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| 1782 (March–July) | Charles James Fox (1749–1806) |
| 1782–1783 | Thomas Robinson, second Baron Grantham (1738–1786) |
| 1783 (April–Dec) | Charles James Fox (1749–1806) |
| 1783 (Dec) | George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, third Earl Temple (1753–1813) |
| 1783–1791 | Francis Osborne, marquess of Carmarthen [see Osborne, Francis, fifth duke of Leeds (1751–1799)] |
| 1791–1801 | William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville (1759–1834) |
| 1801–1804 | Robert Banks Jenkinson, first Baron Hawkesbury [see Jenkinson, Robert Banks, second earl of Liverpool (1770–1828)] |
| 1804–1805 | Dudley Ryder, second Baron Harrowby (1762–1847) |
| 1805–1806 | Henry Phipps, first Baron Mulgrave (1755–1831) |
| 1806 (Feb–Sept) | Charles James Fox (1749–1806) |
| 1806–1807 | Charles Grey, Viscount Howick [see Grey, Charles, second Earl Grey (1764–1845)] |
| 1807–1809 | George Canning (1770–1827) |
| 1809 (Oct–Dec) | Henry Bathurst, third Earl Bathurst (1762–1834) |
| 1809–1812 | Richard Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley (1760–1842) |
| 1812–1822 | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and second marquess of Londonderry (1769–1822) |
| 1822–1827 | George Canning (1770–1827) |
| 1827–1828 | John William Ward, earl of Dudley (1781–1833) |
| 1828–1830 | George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
| 1830–1834 | Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) |
| 1834–1835 | Arthur Wellesley, first duke of Wellington (1769–1852) |
| 1835–1841 | Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) |
| 1841–1846 | George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth earl of Aberdeen (1784–1860) |
| 1846–1851 | Henry John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) |
| 1851–1852 | Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
| 1852 (Feb–Dec) | James Howard Harris, third earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889) |
| 1852–1853 | Lord John Russell (1792–1878) |
| 1853–1858 | George William Frederick Villiers, fourth earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
| 1858–1859 | James Howard Harris, third earl of Malmesbury (1807–1889) |
| 1859–1865 | John Russell, first Earl Russell (1792–1878) |
| 1865–1866 | George William Frederick Villiers, fourth earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
| 1866–1868 | Edward Henry Stanley, Lord Stanley (1826–1893) |
| 1868–1870 | George William Frederick Villiers, fourth earl of Clarendon (1800–1870) |
| 1870–1874 | Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
| 1874–1878 | Edward Henry Stanley, fifteenth earl of Derby (1826–1893) |
| 1878–1880 | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) |
| 1880–1885 | Granville George Leveson-Gower, second Earl Granville (1815–1891) |
| 1885–1886 | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) |
| 1886 (Feb–Aug) | Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth earl of Rosebery (1847–1929) |
| 1886–1887 | Stafford Henry Northcote, first earl of Iddesleigh (1818–1887) |
| 1887–1892 | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) |
| 1892–1894 | Archibald Philip Primrose, fifth earl of Rosebery (1847–1929) |
| 1894–1895 | John Wodehouse, first earl of Kimberley (1826–1902) |
| 1895–1900 | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, third marquess of Salisbury (1830–1903) |
| 1900–1905 | Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, fifth marquess of Lansdowne (1845–1927) |
| 1905–1916 | Edward Grey, Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862–1933) |
| 1916–1919 | Arthur James Balfour (1848–1930) |
| 1919–1924 | George Nathaniel Curzon, Earl Curzon (1859–1925) |
| 1924 (Jan–Nov) | (James) Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) |
| 1924–1929 | Sir (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) |
| 1929–1931 | Arthur Henderson (1863–1935) |
| 1931 (Aug–Nov) | Rufus Daniel Isaacs, first marquess of Reading (1860–1935) |
| 1931–1935 | Sir John Allsebrook Simon (1873–1954) |
| 1935 (June–Dec) | Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, second baronet (1880–1959) |
| 1935–1938 | (Robert) Anthony Eden (1897–1977) |
| 1938–1940 | Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, third Viscount Halifax (1881–1959) |
| 1940–1945 | (Robert) Anthony Eden (1897–1977) |
| 1945–1951 | Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) |
| 1951 (March–Oct) | Herbert Stanley Morrison (1888–1965) |
| 1951–1955 | (Robert) Anthony Eden (1897–1977) |
| 1955 (April–Dec) | (Maurice) Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) |
| 1955–1960 | (John) Selwyn Brooke Lloyd (1904–1978) |
| 1960–1963 | Alexander Frederick [Alec] Douglas-Home, fourteenth earl of Home (1903–1995) |
| 1963–1964 | Richard Austen [Rab] Butler (1902–1982) |
| 1964–1965 | Patrick Chrestien Gordon Walker (1907–1980) |
| 1965–1966 | (Robert) Michael Maitland Stewart (1906–1990) |
| 1966–1968 | George Alfred Brown (1914–1985) |
| 1968–1970 | (Robert) Michael Maitland Stewart (1906–1990) |
| 1970–1974 | Sir Alexander Frederick [Alec] Douglas-Home (1903–1995) |
| 1974–1976 | (Leonard) James Callaghan (1912–2005) |
| 1976–1977 | (Charles) Anthony Raven Crosland (1918–1977) |
| 1977–1979 | David Anthony Llewellyn Owen (b. 1938) |
| 1979–1982 | Peter Alexander Rupert Carrington, sixth Lord Carrington (b. 1919) |
| 1982–1983 | Francis Leslie Pym (1922–2008) |
| 1983–1989 | Sir (Richard Edward) Geoffrey Howe (b. 1926) |
| 1989 (June–Oct) | John Major (b. 1943) |
| 1989–1995 | Douglas Richard Hurd (b. 1930) |
| 1995–1997 | Malcolm Leslie Rifkind (b. 1946) |
| 1997–2001 | Robert Finlayson [Robin] Cook (1946–2005) |
| 2001–2006 | John Whitaker [Jack] Straw (b. 1946) |
| 2006–2007 | Margaret Mary Beckett (b. 1943) |
| 2007–[2010] | David Wright Miliband (b. 1965) |
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