This is alist of Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ofGreat Britain (1714–1801) and of theUnited Kingdom (1817–present).
In modern times, theLords Commissioners of the Treasury are thePrime Minister (who is also theFirst Lord of the Treasury ), theChancellor of the Exchequer and somegovernment whips . Although there is a small overlap, this list should not be confused with a list of ministers inHM Treasury .
In addition, for earlier officials, see thelist of lord high treasurers of England and Great Britain .
Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain (1714–1817)[ edit ] Townshend ministry (1714–1717)[ edit ] 13 October 1714[ 1] 23 May 1715[ 2] 11 October 1715[ 3] 25 June 1716[ 4] Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir William St Quintin, 3rd Baronet Paul Methuen Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington Richard Edgcumbe Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1717–1718)[ edit ] Stanhope–Sunderland ministry (1718–1721)[ edit ] 20 March 1718[ 4] 11 June 1720 Walpole–Townshend ministry (1721–1730)[ edit ] 3 April 1721[ 4] 23 March 1724Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Baillie Sir Charles Turner Henry Pelham William Yonge 2 April 1724[ 4] Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Baillie Sir Charles Turner William Yonge George Bubb Dodington 27 May 1725[ 4] 28 July 1727 Walpole ministry (1730–1742)[ edit ] 11 May 1730[ 4] 16 May 1735[ 4] 20 May 1736[ 4] Sir Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Bubb Dodington Sir George Oxenden, 5th Baronet William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon Thomas Winnington 22 June 1737[ 4] Sir Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Bubb Dodington William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon Thomas Winnington Giles Earle 20 October 1740[ 4] Sir Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Clayton, 1st Baron Sundon Thomas Winnington Giles Earle George Treby 28 April 1741[ 4] Sir Robert Walpole (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Thomas Winnington Giles Earle George Treby Thomas Clutterbuck Carteret ministry (1742–1744)[ edit ] 16 February 1742 25 August 1743 Pelham ministry (1744–1746)[ edit ] Pelham ministry (1746–1754)[ edit ] 24 June 1746 23 June 1747Henry Pelham (First Lord & Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Lyttelton Henry Bilson Legge John Campbell George Grenville 29 April 1749Henry Pelham (First Lord & Chancellor of the Exchequer) (d. 18 March 1754) George Lyttelton John Campbell George Grenville Henry Vane Newcastle ministry (1754–1756)[ edit ] 6 April 1754 22 November 1755Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord) Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Baronet (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Thomas Hay, Viscount Dupplin Robert Nugent 20 December 1755 Pitt–Devonshire ministry (1756–1757)[ edit ] Pitt–Newcastle ministry (1757–1762)[ edit ] 2 July 1757 22 December 1759Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (First Lord) Henry Bilson Legge (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Grenville Frederick North, Lord North James Oswald 12 March 1761 Bute ministry (1762–1763)[ edit ] Grenville ministry (1763–1765)[ edit ] Rockingham ministry (1765–1766)[ edit ] Chatham ministry (1766–1768)[ edit ] 2 August 1766 1 December 1767Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (First Lord) Frederick North, Lord North (Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Onslow Pryse Campbell Charles Jenkinson Grafton ministry (1768–1770)[ edit ] North ministry (1770–1782)[ edit ] 6 February 1770 9 January 1773Frederick North, Lord North (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Onslow Jeremiah Dyson Charles Townshend Charles James Fox 12 March 1774 5 June 1777Frederick North, Lord North (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Onslow, 4th Baron Onslow Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp Charles Wolfran Cornwall William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote 14 December 1777Frederick North, Lord North (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Francis Seymour-Conway, Viscount Beauchamp Charles Wolfran Cornwall William Lyttelton, 1st Baron Westcote Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston 6 September 1780 Rockingham ministry (1782)[ edit ] Shelburne ministry (1782–1783)[ edit ] Fox–North coalition (1783)[ edit ] Pitt ministry (1783–1801)[ edit ] 27 December 1783 19 September 1786 8 April 1789 20 June 1791William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward James Eliot Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington John Pratt, Viscount Bayham Richard Hopkins 22 June 1793William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington John Pratt, Viscount Bayham Richard Hopkins John Townshend 7 May 1794William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington Richard Hopkins John Townshend John Smyth 3 February 1797William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Richard Wellesley, 2nd Earl of Mornington John Townshend John Smyth Sylvester Douglas 3 August 1797William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Townshend John Smyth Sylvester Douglas Charles Small Pybus 28 July 1800William Pitt the Younger (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smyth Sylvester Douglas Charles Small Pybus Lord Granville Leveson-Gower 9 December 1800William Pitt (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Smyth Charles Small Pybus Lord Granville Leveson-Gower John Hiley Addington Addington ministry (1801–1804)[ edit ] 21 March 1801 5 July 1802Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Charles Small Pybus Lord George Thynne Nathaniel Bond John Hiley Addington 13 November 1803Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Charles Small Pybus Lord George Thynne Nathaniel Bond William Brodrick 19 November 1803Henry Addington (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Lord George Thynne Nathaniel Bond William Brodrick Edward Golding Pitt ministry (1804–1806)[ edit ] Grenville ministry (1806–1807)[ edit ] Portland ministry (1807–1809)[ edit ] 31 March 1807 16 September 1807William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (First Lord) Spencer Perceval (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Foster William Eliot Richard Ryder 2 December 1807 Perceval ministry (1809–1812)[ edit ] 6 December 1809 23 June 1810Spencer Perceval (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Foster William Brodrick William Eliot Snowdon Barne Berkeley Paget 6 January 1812 Liverpool ministry (1812–1827)[ edit ] 16 June 1812 25 November 1813Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord) Nicholas Vansittart (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Vesey-FitzGerald Berkeley Paget James Brogden William Lowther, Viscount Lowther 20 December 1813Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord) Nicholas Vansittart (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Vesey-FitzGerald Berkeley Paget William Lowther, Viscount Lowther Charles Grant Commissioners of the Treasury of the United Kingdom (since 1817)[ edit ] Although theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801, it was not until theConsolidated Fund Act 1816 when the separate offices of Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain andLord High Treasurer of Ireland were united into one office as the Lord High Treasurer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 5 January 1817.[ 6] The office continued to remain vacant and the previous commissioners for exercising the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer were appointed to serve as commissioners for exercising the office of Treasurer of the Exchequer and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland.[ 4]
Liverpool ministry cont. (1812–1827)[ edit ] 7 January 1817 25 March 1819 3 May 1823Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord) Frederick John Robinson (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Berkeley Paget William Lowther, Viscount Lowther Lord Granville Somerset Edmond Alexander Macnaghten 13 June 1826Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (First Lord) Frederick John Robinson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Lowther, Viscount Lowther Lord Granville Somerset Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles Edmond Alexander Macnaghten Canning ministry (1827)[ edit ] 30 April 1827 31 July 1827George Canning (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles Lord Francis Leveson Gower Edward Granville, Lord Eliot Maurice FitzGerald Edmond Alexander Macnaghten Goderich ministry (1827–1828)[ edit ] Wellington–Peel ministry (1828–1830)[ edit ] 26 January 1828 24 April 1830 24 July 1830Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (First Lord) Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Lord Granville Somerset Edward Granville, Lord Eliot George Bankes William Yates Peel Grey ministry (1830–1834)[ edit ] 24 November 1830 22 November 1832Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (First Lord) Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Vernon Smith Francis Thornhill Baring George Ponsonby Thomas Francis Kennedy 9 April 1834Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (First Lord) Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Vernon Smith Francis Thornhill Baring George Ponsonby Robert Graham 20 June 1834Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (First Lord) Charles John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Vernon Smith George Ponsonby Robert Graham George Stevens Byng Melbourne ministry (1834)[ edit ] Wellington caretaker ministry (1834)[ edit ] Peel ministry (1834–1835)[ edit ] 26 December 1834 14 March 1835Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Yates Peel Henry Pelham-Clinton, Earl of Lincoln William David Murray, Viscount Stormont Charles Ross John Iltyd Nicholl Melbourne ministry (1835–1839)[ edit ] 18 April 1835 16 May 1835William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (First Lord) Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour William Henry Ord Robert Steuart Richard More O'Ferrall 18 July 1837William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (First Lord) Thomas Spring Rice (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Adolphus Seymour, Lord Seymour Robert Steuart Richard More O'Ferrall John Parker 28 August 1839 26 May 1840 23 June 1841William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (First Lord) Francis Thornhill Baring (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Thomas Wyse, Jr. Henry Tufnell Edward Horsman William Francis Cowper Peel ministry (1841–1846)[ edit ] 6 September 1841 21 May 1844Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (First Lord) Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Milnes Gaskell Henry Bingham Baring Alexander Pringle Lord Arthur Lennox 26 April 1845Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (First Lord) Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Milnes Gaskell Henry Bingham Baring Lord Arthur Lennox William Forbes Mackenzie 8 August 1845Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet (First Lord) Henry Goulburn (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Milnes Gaskell Henry Bingham Baring William Forbes Mackenzie William Cripps 11 March 1846 Russell ministry (1846–1852)[ edit ] 6 July 1846 6 August 1847Lord John Russell (First Lord) Sir Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Hugh Fortescue, Viscount Ebrington William Gibson Craig Henry Rich Richard Montesquieu Bellew 24 December 1847 Derby–Disraeli ministry (1852)[ edit ] Aberdeen ministry (1852–1855)[ edit ] 1 January 1853 6 March 1854George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (First Lord) William Ewart Gladstone (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Lord Alfred Hervey Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho Chichester Fortescue Palmerston ministry (1855–1858)[ edit ] 10 February 1855 7 March 1855 16 April 1855Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord) Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Charles Stanley Monck, 4th Viscount Monck Adam Haldane-Duncan, Viscount Duncan Henry Brand Derby–Disraeli ministry (1858–1859)[ edit ] 1 March 1858 15 March 1859Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (First Lord) Benjamin Disraeli (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Thomas Edward Taylor Henry Whitmore Peter Blackburn Palmerston ministry (1859–1865)[ edit ] 24 June 1859 25 March 1862Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord) William Ewart Gladstone (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen Sir William Dunbar, 7th Baronet Lt. Col.Luke White 21 April 1865Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (First Lord) William Ewart Gladstone (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Knatchbull-Hugessen William Patrick Adam Lt. Col. Luke White Russell ministry (1865–1866)[ edit ] 6 November 1865 2 June 1866 Derby–Disraeli ministry (1866–1868)[ edit ] Disraeli ministry (1868)[ edit ] 29 February 1868 2 November 1868Benjamin Disraeli (First Lord) George Ward Hunt (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Lord Claud John Hamilton Sir Graham Graham-Montgomery, 3rd Baronet Henry Whitmore Gladstone ministry (1868–1874)[ edit ] 16 December 1868 2 November 1869William Ewart Gladstone (First Lord) Robert Lowe (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne William Patrick Adam John Cranch Walker Vivian William Henry Gladstone 8 August 1873 Disraeli ministry (1874–1880)[ edit ] 4 March 1874 16 February 1876Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield (First Lord) Sir Stafford Northcote, 8th Baronet (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Crichton, Viscount Crichton Rowland Winn Sir James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone, 2nd Baronet Gladstone ministry (1880–1885)[ edit ] 5 May 1880 24 August 1881William Ewart Gladstone (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, 2nd Baronet. John Holms Charles Cecil Cotes Herbert John Gladstone 26 June 1882William Ewart Gladstone (First Lord and Chancellor of the Exchequer) Charles Cecil Cotes Herbert John Gladstone Robert William Duff 1 January 1883 Salisbury ministry (1885–1886)[ edit ] Gladstone ministry (1886)[ edit ] Salisbury ministry (1886–1892)[ edit ] 9 August 1886 17 January 1887 9 November 1891Arthur Balfour (First Lord) George Goschen (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sidney Herbert Col. William Hood Walrond Sir Herbert Maxwell, 7th Baronet Gladstone ministry (1892–1894)[ edit ] Rosebery ministry (1894–1895)[ edit ] Salisbury ministry (1895–1902)[ edit ] Balfour ministry (1902–1905)[ edit ] 15 August 1902 15 October 1903 17 June 1905Arthur Balfour (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Forster David Lindsay, Lord Balcarres Lord Edmund Talbot Campbell-Bannerman ministry (1905–1908)[ edit ] 22 December 1905 25 January 1906Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (First Lord) H. H. Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jack Pease Herbert Lewis Cecil Norton John Fuller 27 February 1907Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (First Lord) H. H. Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jack Pease Herbert Lewis Cecil Norton John Henry Whitley Asquith ministry (1908–1916)[ edit ] 8 April 1908[ 7] 1 June 1908H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Herbert Lewis Cecil Norton J. H. Whitley 8 July 1909 7 March 1910 26 January 1911H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Percy Illingworth John Gulland William Benn Ernest Soares William Jones 1 May 1911H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Percy Illingworth John Gulland William Benn William Jones Freddie Guest 23 February 1912H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Percy Illingworth John Gulland William Benn William Jones Sir Arthur Haworth, 1st Baronet 16 August 1912H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Gulland William Benn William Jones Henry Webb 25 January 1915H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Benn William Jones Henry Webb 4 February 1915H. H. Asquith (First Lord) David Lloyd George (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Benn William Jones Henry Webb Cecil Beck Walter Rea Asquith coalition ministry (1915–1916)[ edit ] Lloyd George ministry (1916–1922)[ edit ] 11 December 1916[ 8] 26 January 1917[ 9] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Hope John Pratt Stanley Baldwin 29 January 1917[ 10] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Hope John Pratt Stanley Baldwin James Parker Towyn Jones 21 June 1917[ 11] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Hope John Pratt James Parker Towyn Jones 14 January 1919[ 12] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Hope John Pratt James Parker Towyn Jones 14 January 1919David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Pratt James Parker Towyn Jones 5 February 1919[ 13] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Pratt James Parker Towyn Jones Robert Sanders 14 August 1919[ 14] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Sanders James Parker Towyn Jones SirGodfrey Collins 14 February 1920[ 15] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir Robert Sanders, 1st Baronet James Parker Towyn Jones SirSir William Sutherland 26 March 1920[ 16] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Austen Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir Robert Sanders, 1st Baronet James Parker Towyn Jones Sir William Sutherland 1 April 1921[ 17] July 1922[ 18] David Lloyd George (First Lord) Sir Robert Horne (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Parker Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Thomas Arthur Lewis Law ministry (1922–1923)[ edit ] October 1922 6 December 1922[ 19] Bonar Law (First Lord) Stanley Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Douglas King Albert Buckley George Hennessy 6 February 1923[ 20] Bonar Law (First Lord) Stanley Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Douglas King Albert Buckley George Hennessy Frederick Thomson 22 March 1923[ 21] Bonar Law (First Lord) Stanley Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Douglas King George Hennessy Frederick Thomson William Cope 10 April 1923[ 22] Bonar Law (First Lord) Stanley Baldwin (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Douglas King George Hennessy William Cope Patrick Johnston Ford Baldwin ministry (1923–1924)[ edit ] 25 May 1923[ 23] 18 July 1923[ 24] 24 August 1923[ 25] Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Henry Douglas King George Hennessy William Cope Patrick Johnston Ford December 1923Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Henry Douglas King George Hennessy William Cope Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet MacDonald ministry (1924)[ edit ] Baldwin ministry (1924–1929)[ edit ] 7 November 1924[ 27] 17 December 1925[ 28] Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Cope Frederick Thomson Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley 28 July 1926[ 29] Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Winston Churchill (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Cope Frederick Thomson Francis Curzon, Viscount Curzon Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley David Margesson 14 January 1928[ 30] 15 January 1929[ 31] MacDonald ministry (1929–1931)[ edit ] 11 June 1929[ 32] 24 June 1929[ 33] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Allen Parkinson Charles Edwards Alfred Barnes William Whiteley Wilfred Paling 24 October 1930[ 34] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Allen Parkinson Charles Edwards William Whiteley Wilfred Paling Ernest Thurtle 20 March 1931[ 35] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Charles Edwards William Whiteley Wilfred Paling Ernest Thurtle Henry Charles Charleton MacDonald ministry (1931–1935)[ edit ] 26 August 1931[ 36] 28 August 1931[ 37] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Margesson 3 September 1931[ 38] 10 September 1931[ 39] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Philip Snowden (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Margesson Sir Frederick Penny Alec Glassey William Cavendish-Bentinck, Marquess of Titchfield Euan Wallace 12 November 1931[ 40] 1 October 1932[ 41] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Austin Hudson Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet James Blindell Walter Womersley George Davies 12 April 1935[ 42] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sir Lambert Ward, 1st Baronet James Blindell Sir Walter Womersley George Davies Archibald Southby 7 May 1935[ 43] Ramsay MacDonald (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Blindell Sir Walter Womersley James Gray Stuart George Davies Archibald Southby Baldwin ministry (1935–1937)[ edit ] 8 June 1935[ 44] 7 December 1935[ 45] Stanley Baldwin (First Lord) Neville Chamberlain (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Blindell James Stuart Archibald Southby John Morris-Jones Arthur Hope Chamberlain ministry (1937–1940)[ edit ] 29 May 1937 19 October 1937Neville Chamberlain (First Lord) Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Charles Kerr Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro Robert Grimston 19 May 1938Neville Chamberlain (First Lord) Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Charles Kerr Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro Stephen Furness 5 April 1939Neville Chamberlain (First Lord) Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro Stephen Furness Sir James Edmondson 13 November 1939Neville Chamberlain (First Lord) Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro Stephen Furness Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 13 February 1940Neville Chamberlain (First Lord) Sir John Simon (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Patrick Munro Stephen Furness Patrick Buchan-Hepburn William Boulton Churchill ministry (1940–1945)[ edit ] 13 May 1940 18 May 1940Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Patrick Munro Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Wilfred Paling William Boulton 26 June 1940Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Stuart Patrick Munro Wilfred Paling William Boulton James Thomas 8 February 1941Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro William Boulton James Thomas 1 March 1941Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Thomas Dugdale Patrick Munro William Boulton James Thomas William Murdoch Adamson 23 February 1942Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Patrick Munro William Boulton James Thomas William Murdoch Adamson Arthur Young 13 March 1942Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir Kingsley Wood (Chancellor of the Exchequer) James Thomas William Murdoch Adamson Arthur Young John McEwen Leslie Pym 28 September 1943Winston Churchill (First Lord) SirJohn Anderson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Murdoch Adamson Arthur Young John McEwen Leslie Pym Alec Beechman 7 July 1944Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir John Anderson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Murdoch Adamson John McEwen Leslie Pym Alec Beechman Cedric Drewe 2 October 1944Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir John Anderson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John McEwen William John Leslie Pym Alec Beechman Cedric Drewe 6 December 1944Winston Churchill (First Lord) Sir John Anderson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William John Leslie Pym Alec Beechman Cedric Drewe Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 28 May 1945 Attlee ministry (1945–1951)[ edit ] 4 August 1945 10 August 1945 1 April 1946Clement Attlee (First Lord) Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Joseph Henderson Frank Collindridge Arthur Blenkinsop Charles Simmons 10 May 1946Clement Attlee (First Lord) Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Joseph Henderson Frank Collindridge Charles Simmons William Hannan 9 December 1946Clement Attlee (First Lord) Hugh Dalton (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Joseph Henderson Charles Simmons William Hannan Julian Snow 17 November 1947Clement Attlee (First Lord) SirStafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Joseph Henderson Julian Snow Charles Simmons William Hannan 2 February 1949Clement Attlee (First Lord) Sir Stafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Joseph Henderson Julian Snow William Hannan Richard Adams 2 January 1950Clement Attlee (First Lord) Sir Stafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor Julian Snow William Hannan Richard Adams William Wilkins 4 March 1950Clement Attlee (First Lord) Sir Stafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor William Hannan Richard Adams William Wilkins Herbert Bowden 24 April 1950Clement Attlee (First Lord) Sir Stafford Cripps (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Taylor William Hannan William Wilkins Herbert Bowden Charles Royle 25 October 1950Clement Attlee (First Lord) Hugh Gaitskell (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Robert Taylor William Hannan William Wilkins Herbert Bowden Charles Royle Churchill ministry (1951–1955)[ edit ] 27 October 1951 7 November 1951 28 May 1951Winston Churchill (First Lord) Rab Butler (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Heath Herbert Butcher Tam Galbraith Dennis Vosper Hendrie Oakshott 4 July 1953Winston Churchill (First Lord) Rab Butler (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Heath Tam Galbraith Dennis Vosper Hendrie Oakshott Martin Redmayne 29 July 1954Winston Churchill (First Lord) Rab Butler (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Heath Dennis Vosper Hendrie Oakshott Martin Redmayne Richard Thompson Eden ministry (1955–1957)[ edit ] 12 April 1955 14 June 1955Sir Anthony Eden (First Lord) Rab Butler (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Edward Heath Martin Redmayne Richard Thompson Gerald Wills Peter Legh 22 December 1955 25 January 1956Sir Anthony Eden (First Lord) Harold Macmillan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Richard Thompson Gerald Wills Peter Legh Edward Wakefield 9 April 1956Sir Anthony Eden (First Lord) Harold Macmillan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Gerald Wills Peter Legh Edward Wakefield Harwood Harrison Macmillan ministry (1957–1963)[ edit ] 14 January 1957[ 46] 10 April 1957[ 47] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Peter Thorneycroft (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Peter Legh Edward Wakefield Harwood Harrison Anthony Barber 29 October 1957[ 48] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Peter Thorneycroft (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Edward Wakefield Harwood Harrison Anthony Barber Richard Brooman-White 7 January 1958[ 49] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Martin Redmayne Edward Wakefield Harwood Harrison Anthony Barber Richard Brooman-White 1 March 1958[ 50] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Edward Wakefield Harwood Harrison Richard Brooman-White Paul Bryan 30 October 1958[ 51] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Harwood Harrison Richard Brooman-White Paul Bryan Michael Hughes-Young 17 January 1959[ 52] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Martin Redmayne Richard Brooman-White Paul Bryan Michael Hughes-Young Graeme Finlay 22 October 1959[ 53] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Hughes-Young Richard Brooman-White Paul Bryan Graeme Finlay David Gibson-Watt 22 June 1960[ 54] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Derick Heathcoat-Amory (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Hughes-Young Paul Bryan Graeme Finlay David Gibson-Watt Robin Chichester-Clark 28 July 1960[ 55] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Selwyn Lloyd (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Michael Hughes-Young Paul Bryan Graeme Finlay David Gibson-Watt Robin Chichester-Clark 28 October 1960[ 56] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Selwyn Lloyd (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Hughes-Young Paul Bryan David Gibson-Watt Robin Chichester-Clark John Hill 6 March 1961[ 57] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Selwyn Lloyd (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Hughes-Young David Gibson-Watt Robin Chichester-Clark John Hill William Whitelaw 30 November 1961[ 58] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Selwyn Lloyd (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Hughes-Young John Hill William Whitelaw John Peel Michael Noble 7 March 1962[ 59] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Selwyn Lloyd (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Hill William Whitelaw John Peel Michael Noble Francis Pearson 16 July 1962[ 60] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Reginald Maudling (Chancellor of the Exchequer)John Hill William Whitelaw John Peel Michael Noble Francis Pearson 7 September 1962[ 61] 7 September 1962[ 61] Harold Macmillan (First Lord) Reginald Maudling (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Hill John Peel Francis Pearson Gordon Campbell Michael Hamilton Douglas-Home ministry (1963–1964)[ edit ] 21 October 1963[ 62] 21 November 1963[ 63] Sir Alec Douglas-Home (First Lord) Reginald Maudling (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Hill John Peel Gordon Campbell Michael Hamilton Martin McLaren 12 December 1963[ 64] Sir Alec Douglas-Home (First Lord) Reginald Maudling (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Hill John Peel Michael Hamilton Martin McLaren Ian MacArthur Wilson ministry (1964–1970)[ edit ] 21 October 1964[ 65] 11 January 1966Harold Wilson (First Lord) James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Silkin George Lawson Jack McCann Ifor Davies Harriet Slater 14 April 1966[ 66] 6 July 1966[ 67] Harold Wilson (First Lord) James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) George Lawson Alan Fitch Joseph Harper William Howie Harry Gourlay 31 March 1967[ 68] Harold Wilson (First Lord) James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) William Whitlock Alan Fitch Joseph Harper Harry Gourlay Brian O'Malley 28 July 1967[ 69] Harold Wilson (First Lord) James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Brian O'Malley Alan Fitch Joseph Harper Harry Gourlay Jack McCann 28 July 1967[ 69] Harold Wilson (First Lord) James Callaghan (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Brian O'Malley Alan Fitch Joseph Harper Harry Gourlay Jack McCann 29 November 1967[ 70] Harold Wilson (First Lord) Roy Jenkins (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Brian O'Malley Alan Fitch Joseph Harper Harry Gourlay Jack McCann 29 October 1968[ 71] Harold Wilson (First Lord) Roy Jenkins (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Brian O'Malley Alan Fitch Joseph Harper Jack McCann Walter Harrison 13 October 1969[ 72] Heath ministry (1970–1974)[ edit ] 22 June 1970[ 73] 28 July 1970[ 74] September 1970Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Hector Monro Bernard Weatherill Walter Clegg David Howell 21 October 1970[ 75] Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Hector Monro Bernard Weatherill Walter Clegg David Howell Victor Goodhew January 1971Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Hector Monro Bernard Weatherill Walter Clegg Victor Goodhew Paul Hawkins July 1971Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Bernard Weatherill Walter Clegg Victor Goodhew Paul Hawkins October 1971Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Walter Clegg Victor Goodhew Paul Hawkins Tim Fortescue Keith Speed April 1972Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Victor Goodhew Paul Hawkins Tim Fortescue Hugh Rossi Oscar Murton September 1973Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Victor Goodhew Paul Hawkins Hugh Rossi Oscar Murton 9 October 1973Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Paul Hawkins Hugh Rossi Oscar Murton 30 October 1973 December 1973Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Hugh Rossi Michael Jopling John Stradling Thomas Hamish Gray Marcus Fox January 1974Edward Heath (First Lord) Anthony Barber (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Jopling John Stradling Thomas Hamish Gray Marcus Fox Kenneth Clarke Wilson ministry (1974–1976)[ edit ] March 1974 June 1974Harold Wilson (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Coleman James Dunn John Golding Thomas Pendry Michael Cocks October 1974Harold Wilson (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Coleman James Dunn Thomas Pendry Michael Cocks Jack Dormand Callaghan ministry (1976–1979)[ edit ] April 1976 January 1977James Callaghan (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Coleman Jack Dormand Edward Graham David Stoddart Tom Cox November 1977James Callaghan (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Coleman Jack Dormand Edward Graham Tom Cox Peter Snape July 1978James Callaghan (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jack Dormand Edward Graham Tom Cox Peter Snape Albert Stallard January 1979James Callaghan (First Lord) Denis Healey (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jack Dormand Edward Graham Tom Cox Peter Snape Alfred Bates Thatcher ministry (1979–1990)[ edit ] 8 May 1979[ 76] 15 May 1979[ 77] 1 June 1979[ 78] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Sir Geoffrey Howe (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Carol Mather Peter Morrison Lord James Douglas-Hamilton John MacGregor David Waddington 19 January 1981[ 79] 6 October 1981[ 80] 26 March 1982[ 81] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Sir Geoffrey Howe (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Boscawen John Cope Peter Brooke John Gummer Alastair Goodlad 24 January 1983[ 82] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Sir Geoffrey Howe (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Cope Peter Brooke Alastair Goodlad Donald Thompson 4 March 1983[ 83] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Sir Geoffrey Howe (Chancellor of the Exchequer) John Cope Peter Brooke Alastair Goodlad Donald Thompson David Hunt 22 June 1983[ 84] 12 October 1984[ 85] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Thompson Ian Lang Tristan Garel-Jones Archie Hamilton John Major 17 October 1985[ 86] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Thompson Ian Lang Tristan Garel-Jones Archie Hamilton Tim Sainsbury 21 February 1986[ 87] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Donald Thompson Tristan Garel-Jones Archie Hamilton Tim Sainsbury Michael Neubert 10 November 1986[ 88] 17 July 1987[ 89] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Michael Neubert Tony Durant Peter Lloyd Mark Lennox-Boyd David Lightbown 26 August 1988[ 90] 27 January 1989[ 91] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) Nigel Lawson (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Lightbown Kenneth Carlisle Alan Howarth David Maclean Stephen Dorrell 21 September 1989[ 92] October 1989[citation needed ] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) John Major (Chancellor of the Exchequer)David Lightbown Kenneth Carlisle Stephen Dorrell John Mark Taylor Tom Sackville 14 June 1990[ 93] Margaret Thatcher (First Lord) John Major (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Lightbown Kenneth Carlisle John Mark Taylor Tom Sackville Michael Fallon 12 September 1990[ 94] Major ministry (1990–1997)[ edit ] November 1990 April 1992John Major (First Lord) Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Greg Knight Irvine Patnick Nicholas Baker Timothy Wood Tim Boswell December 1992John Major (First Lord) Norman Lamont (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Greg Knight Irvine Patnick Nicholas Baker Timothy Wood Timothy Kirkhope 1993John Major (First Lord) Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Exchequer)Irvine Patnick Nicholas Baker Timothy Wood Timothy Kirkhope Andrew MacKay 1994John Major (First Lord) Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Timothy Wood Timothy Kirkhope Andrew MacKay Derek Conway Andrew Mitchell July 1995 October 1995John Major (First Lord) Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Derek Conway Bowen Wells Simon Burns David Willetts Michael Bates November 1995John Major (First Lord) Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Derek Conway Bowen Wells Simon Burns Michael Bates Liam Fox July 1996 December 1996John Major (First Lord) Kenneth Clarke (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Bowen Wells Patrick McLoughlin Roger Knapman Richard Ottaway Gyles Brandreth Blair ministry (1997–2007)[ edit ] 2 May 1997 28 July 1998 11 October 1999Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Robert Ainsworth Jim Dowd Clive Betts David Jamieson 26 January 2001Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jim Dowd Clive Betts David Jamieson 6 February 2001Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Jim Dowd Clive Betts David Jamieson David Clelland 12 June 2001 29 May 2002 14 June 2002Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Nick Ainger John Heppell Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Murphy Ian Pearson Joan Ryan Derek Twigg 14 October 2002Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Nick Ainger John Heppell Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Murphy Joan Ryan Derek Twigg Bill Rammell 28 October 2002Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Nick Ainger John Heppell Jim Fitzpatrick Jim Murphy Joan Ryan Derek Twigg 13 June 2003Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Nick Ainger John Heppell Jim Murphy Joan Ryan Derek Twigg December 2004Tony Blair (First Lord) Gordon Brown (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Nick Ainger John Heppell Jim Murphy Joan Ryan Gillian Merron 11 May 2005 8 May 2006 Brown ministry (2007–2010)[ edit ] 29 June 2007 6 October 2008 Cameron–Clegg coalition (2010–2015)[ edit ] May 2010 September 2012 7 October 2013 8 February 2014David Cameron (First Lord) George Osborne (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Sam Gyimah Anne Milton Mark Lancaster David Evennett John Penrose Stephen Crabb 15 July 2014 Cameron ministry (2015–2016)[ edit ] 13 May 2015 19 March 2016David Cameron (First Lord) George Osborne (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Mel Stride Charlie Elphicke George Hollingbery David Evennett John Penrose Guto Bebb May ministry (2016–2019)[ edit ] 17 July 2016 15 June 2017 9 January 2018 Johnson ministry (2019–2022)[ edit ] 3 September 2019[ 95] 5 February 2020[ 96] 13 March 2020[ 97] 23 July 2020[ 98] Boris Johnson (First Lord) Rishi Sunak (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Rebecca Harris David Rutley Maggie Throup James Morris Michael Tomlinson David Duguid 11 March 2021[ 99] Boris Johnson (First Lord) Rishi Sunak (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Rutley Maggie Throup Rebecca Harris Michael Tomlinson James Morris Scott Mann 4 June 2021[ 100] Boris Johnson (First Lord) Rishi Sunak (Chancellor of the Exchequer) David Rutley Maggie Throup Rebecca Harris Michael Tomlinson James Morris Alan Mak 16 November 2021[ 101] 18 March 2022[ 102] Boris Johnson (First Lord) Rishi Sunak (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Rebecca Harris Michael Tomlinson Alan Mak Lee Rowley Amanda Solloway Gareth Johnson 25 July 2022[ 103] Truss ministry (2022)[ edit ] Sunak ministry (2022–2024)[ edit ] 3 May 2023[ 106] Rishi Sunak (First Lord) Jeremy Hunt (Chancellor of the Exchequer) Andrew Stephenson Stephen Double Scott Mann Amanda Solloway Stuart Anderson Starmer ministry (2024–present)[ edit ] ^ Kwasi Kwarteng left office as Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 October 2022, but he was still appointed as Second Lord of the Treasury in the new letters patent.