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| Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords | |
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| Inaugural holder | The Duke of Wellington |
| Formation | 1834 |
TheLeader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords is the parliamentary chairperson of theConservative Party of theHouse of Lords, the upper house of theParliament of the United Kingdom. TheConservative Party peers elect theLeader of the Conservative Party in theHouse of Lords.
When the Conservative Party is the main party of opposition in theHouse of Commons, this post also acts as Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.
Those asterisked were considered the overall leader of the party.
| Portrait | Leader | Term of office | LOTO | Other ministerial offices held as Leader of the House of Lords | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Duke of Wellington | 18 December 1834 | 1846 | 1835–1841 | –Foreign Secretary (14 November 1834 – 18 April 1835) |
| –Minister without Portfolio (3 September 1841 – 27 June 1846) | |||||
.jpg) | The Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe*[a] | 1846 | 27 February 1868 | 1852–1858 1859–1866 | –Prime Minister (23 February 1852 – 17 December 1852) |
| –Prime Minister (21 February 1858 – 11 June 1859) | |||||
| –Prime Minister (28 June 1866 – 25 February 1868) | |||||
 | The Earl of Malmesbury | 27 February 1868 | 1869 | 1868–1869 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (6 July 1866 – 1 December 1868) |
 | The Lord Cairns | 1869 | 26 February 1870 | 1869–1870 | – |
 | The Duke of Richmond | 26 February 1870 | 21 August 1876 | 1870–1874 | –Lord President of the Council (21 February 1874 – 28 April 1880) |
 | The Earl of Beaconsfield* | 21 August 1876 | 19 April 1881 | 1880–1881 | –Prime Minister (20 February 1874 – 21 April 1880) |
| –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (12 August 1876 – 4 February 1878) | |||||
.jpg) | The Marquess of Salisbury* | 9 May 1881 | 12 July 1902 | 1881–1885 1886 1892–1895 | –Prime Minister (23 June 1885 – 28 January 1886) |
| –Foreign Secretary (24 June 1885 – 6 February 1886) | |||||
| –Prime Minister (25 July 1886 – 11 August 1892) | |||||
| –Foreign Secretary (14 January 1887 – 11 August 1892) | |||||
| –Prime Minister (25 June 1895 – 11 July 1902) | |||||
| –Foreign Secretary (29 June 1895 – 12 November 1900) | |||||
| –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (12 November 1900 – 11 July 1902) | |||||
 | The Duke of Devonshire | 12 July 1902 | 10 October 1903 | –Lord President of the Council (29 June 1895 – 19 October 1903) | |
| –President of the Board of Education (3 March 1900 – 8 August 1902) | |||||
 | The Marquess of Lansdowne | 10 October 1903 | 10 December 1916 | 1905–1915 | –Foreign Secretary (12 November 1900 – 4 December 1905) |
| –Minister without Portfolio (25 May 1915 – 10 December 1916) | |||||
 | The Earl Curzon of Kedleston[b] | 10 December 1916 | 20 March 1925 | 1924 | –President of the Air Board (15 May 1916 – 3 January 1917) |
| –Lord President of the Council (10 December 1916 – 23 October 1919) | |||||
| –Foreign Secretary (23 October 1919 – 22 January 1924) | |||||
| –Lord President of the Council (3 November 1924 – 20 March 1925) | |||||
 | The Marquess of Salisbury | 27 April 1925 | 17 June 1931 | 1929–1931 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (6 November 1924 – 4 June 1929) |
 | The Viscount Hailsham | 17 June 1931 | 7 June 1935 | 1931 | –War Secretary (5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935) |
 | The Marquess of Londonderry | 7 June 1935 | 22 November 1935 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Viscount Halifax | 22 November 1935 | 21 February 1938 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (22 November 1935 – 28 May 1937) | |
| –Lord President of the Council (28 May 1937 – 9 March 1938) | |||||
 | The Earl Stanhope | 21 February 1938 | 14 May 1940 | –President of the Board of Education (28 May 1937 – 27 October 1938) | |
| –First Lord of the Admiralty (27 October 1938 – 3 September 1939) | |||||
| –Lord President of the Council (3 September 1939 – 10 May 1940) | |||||
 | The Viscount Caldecote | 14 May 1940 | 3 October 1940 | –Dominions Secretary | |
| The Viscount Halifax | 3 October 1940 | 22 December 1940 | –Foreign Secretary (21 February 1938 – 22 December 1940) | |
 | The Lord Lloyd | 22 December 1940 | 8 February 1941 | –Colonial Secretary (12 May 1940 – 4 February 1941) | |
 | The Lord Moyne | 8 February 1941 | 22 February 1942 | –Colonial Secretary | |
 | The Viscount Cranborne[c] | 21 February 1942 | 29 March 1957 | 1945–1951 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (21 February 1942 – 24 September 1943) |
| –Colonial Secretary (21 February 1942 – 22 November 1942) | |||||
| –Dominions Secretary (24 September 1943 – 26 July 1945) | |||||
| –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (28 October 1951 – 7 May 1952) | |||||
| –Commonwealth Relations Secretary (12 March 1952 – 24 November 1952) | |||||
| –Lord President of the Council (25 November 1952 – 29 March 1957) | |||||
.jpg) | The Earl of Home | 29 March 1957 | 27 July 1960 | –Lord President of the Council (29 March 1957 – 17 September 1957) | |
| –Commonwealth Relations Secretary (7 April 1955 – 27 July 1960) | |||||
| –Lord President of the Council (14 October 1959 – 27 July 1960) | |||||
 | The Viscount Hailsham | 27 July 1960 | 20 October 1963 | –Lord President of the Council (27 July 1960 – 16 October 1964) | |
| – Minister for Science (14 October 1959 – 31 March 1964) | |||||
 | The Lord Carrington | 20 October 1963 | 20 June 1970 | 1964–1970 | –Minister without Portfolio (20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964) |
 | The Earl Jellicoe | 20 June 1970 | 23 May 1973 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Lord Windlesham | 23 May 1973 | 4 March 1974 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| The Lord Carrington | 4 March 1974 | 4 May 1979 | 1974–1979 | – |
 | The Lord Soames | 5 May 1979 | 14 September 1981 | –Lord President of the Council | |
| The Baroness Young | 14 September 1981 | 11 June 1983 | –Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (14 September 1981 – 7 April 1982) | |
| –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (7 April 1982 – 11 June 1983) | |||||
| The Viscount Whitelaw | 11 June 1983 | 10 January 1988 | –Lord President of the Council | |
| The Lord Belstead | 10 January 1988 | 28 November 1990 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
| The Lord Waddington | 28 November 1990 | 11 April 1992 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Lord Wakeham | 11 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Viscount Cranborne[d] | 20 July 1994 | 3 December 1998 | 1997–1998 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (20 July 1994 – 2 May 1997) |
 | The Lord Strathclyde | 3 December 1998 | 7 January 2013 | 1998–2010 | –Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (12 May 2010 – 7 January 2013) |
 | The Lord Hill of Oareford | 7 January 2013 | 15 July 2014 | –Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |
 | The Baroness Stowell of Beeston | 15 July 2014 | 14 July 2016 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park | 14 July 2016 | 6 September 2022 | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | |
 | The Lord True | 6 September 2022 | Incumbent | 2024– | –Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (6 September 2022 – 5 July 2024) |