Minister of State for Defence

Antony Claud Frederick Lambton, Viscount Lambton 1970May 1973
Robert Alexander Lindsay, Baron Balniel 23 June 19705 November 1972
Ian Hedworth John Little Gilmour 19728 January 1974
George Kenneth Hotson Younger 8 January 19744 March 1974
William Thomas Rodgers March 1974September 1976
Dr John William Gilbert 1976May 1979
Donald Euan Palmer Howard, Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal 19791981
Hon Alan Kenneth McKenzie Clark 19891992
John Francis Spellar 29 July 199911 June 2001
Rt Hon Adam Paterson Ingram 11 June 200129 June 2007
Nicholas Barton Harvey 13 May 20104 September 2012
Rt Hon Dr Mark Gino Francois 4 September 20127 October 2013
Rt Hon Dr Mark Gino Francois 7 October 201311 May 2015
Anna Mary Soubry 15 July 201411 May 2015
Penelope Mary Mordaunt 11 May 201514 July 2016
Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, Earl Howe 11 May 201526 July 2019
John Mark Lancaster 12 June 201712 December 2019
Annabel MacNicholl Goldie, Baroness Goldie 26 July 2019
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan 27 July 201916 December 2019
Anne-Marie Belinda Trevelyan 16 December 201913 February 2020
Leo Docherty 7 July 20227 September 2022
John Luther Mercer 8 July 20226 September 2022
James Stephen Heappey 8 July 202226 March 2024
Rt Hon Alec Edward Shelbrooke 7 September 202226 October 2022
John Luther Mercer 25 October 2022
Alexander John Gervase Chalk 26 October 202221 April 2023
James Roger Cartlidge 21 April 20235 July 2024