Great Offices of the United Kingdom Government

The UK Government has four Great Offices of State. These are Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary. Since the formation of the United Kingdom 214 people have served in these offices. How many can you name?

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	Government	Prime Minister	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Foreign Secretary	Home Secretary

	Whig	Office established in 1721	John Smith	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
	1708-1710

	Tory	Office established in 1721	Robert Harley	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
			Robert Benson
	1710-1714		William Wyndham

	Whig	Office established in 1721	Richard Onslow	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
			Robert Walpole
			Earl Stanhope
			John Aislabie
			John Pratt
		Robert Walpole	Robert Walpole
		Earl of Wilmington	Samuel Sandys
		Henry Pelham

			Henry Pelham
		Duke of Newcastle	William Lee
			Henry Bilson-Legge
			George Lyttelton
		Duke of Devonshire	Henry Bilson-Legge
			Earl of Mansfield




		Duke of Newcastle

			Henry Bilson-Legge
	1714-1762		Viscount Barrington

	Tory	Earl of Bute	Lord le Despencer	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
	1762-1763

	Whig	George Grenville	George Grenville	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
		Marquess of Rockingham	William Dowdeswell
		William Pitt (Elder)	Lord North
	1763-1770	Duke of Grafton

	Tory	Lord North	Lord North	Office established in 1782	Office established in 1782
	1770-1782

	Whig	Marquess of Rockingham	Lord John Cavendish	Charles James Fox	Earl of Shelburne
		Earl of Shelburne	William Pitt (Younger)	Lord Grantham	Thomas Townshend
	1782-1783	Duke of Portland	Lord John Cavendish	Charles James Fox	Lord North

	Tory	William Pitt (Younger)	William Pitt (Younger)	Earl Temple	Earl Temple
				Duke of Leeds	Lord Sydney
					Lord Grenville
				Lord Grenville	Henry Dundas
				Lord Hawkesbury	Duke of Portland

		Henry Addington	Henry Addington

					Lord Pelham
					Charles Philip Yorke
		William Pitt (Younger)	William Pitt (Younger)	Lord Harrowby	Lord Hawkesbury
	1783-1806			Lord Mulgrave

	Coalition	Lord Grenville	Lord Henry Petty	Charles James Fox	Earl Spencer
	1806-1807			Viscount Howick

	Tory	Duke of Portland	Spencer Perceval	George Canning	Lord Hawkesbury
Spencer Perceval		Earl Bathurst		Richard Ryder
		Marquess Wellesley
		Viscount Castlereagh

Earl of Liverpool			Nicholas Vansittart	Viscount Sidmouth
		Frederick John Robinson	George Canning	Robert Peel
George Canning		George Canning	Earl of Dudley	William Sturges-Bourne
				Marquess of Lansdowne (Elder)

Viscount Goderich		John Herries
Duke of Wellington		Henry Goulburn		Robert Peel

	1807-1830		Earl of Aberdeen

Whig	Earl Grey	Viscount Althorp	Viscount Palmerston	Viscount Melbourne
1830-1834	Viscount Melbourne			Viscount Duncannon

Conservative	Duke of Wellington	Lord Denman	Duke of Wellington	Duke of Wellington
	Robert Peel	Robert Peel		Henry Goulburn
1834-1835

Whig	Viscount Melbourne	Thomas Rice	Viscount Palmerston	Lord John Russell
1835-1841		Francis Baring		Marquess of Normanby

Conservative	Robert Peel	Henry Goulburn	Earl of Aberdeen	James Graham
1841-1846

Whig	Lord John Russell	Charles Wood	Viscount Palmerston	George Grey
1846-1852			Earl Granville

Conservative	Earl of Derby (Elder)	Benjamin Disraeli	Earl of Malmesbury	Spencer Walpole
1852

Peelite	Earl of Aberdeen	William Gladstone	Lord John Russell	Viscount Palmerston
1852-1855			Earl of Clarendon

Liberal	Viscount Palmerston	George Lewis	Earl of Clarendon	George Grey
1855-1858

Conservative	Earl of Derby (Elder)	Benjamin Disraeli	Earl of Malmesbury	Spencer Walpole
1858-1859				T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt

Liberal	Viscount Palmerston	William Gladstone	Lord John Russell	George Lewis
				George Grey

1859-1866	Earl Russell		Earl of Clarendon

Conservative	Earl of Derby (Elder)	Benjamin Disraeli	Lord Stanley	Spencer Walpole
				Gathorne Hardy

	Benjamin Disraeli	George Hunt
1866-1868

Liberal	William Gladstone	Robert Lowe	Earl of Clarendon	Henry Bruce
1868-1874		William Gladstone	Earl Granville	Robert Lowe

Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli	Stafford Northcote	Earl of Derby (Younger)	Richard Cross
1874-1880			Marquess of Salisbury

Liberal	William Gladstone	William Gladstone	Earl Granville	William Harcourt
1880-1885		Hugh Childers

Conservative	Marquess of Salisbury	Michael Hicks Beach	Marquess of Salisbury	Richard Cross
1885-1886

Liberal	William Gladstone	William Harcourt	Earl of Rosebery	Hugh Childers
1886

Conservative	Marquess of Salisbury	Lord Randolph Churchill	Earl of Iddesleigh	Henry Matthews
1886-1892		George Goschen	Marquess of Salisbury

Liberal	William Gladstone	William Harcourt	Earl of Rosebery	H. H. Asquith
1892-1895	Earl of Rosebery		Earl of Kimberley

Conservative	Marquess of Salisbury	Michael Hicks Beach	Marquess of Salisbury	Matthew Ridley
			Marquess of Lansdowne (Younger)	Charles Ritchie
	Arthur Balfour	Charles Ritchie		Aretas Akers-Douglas
1895-1905		Austen Chamberlain

Liberal	Henry Campbell-Bannerman	H. H. Asquith	Edward Grey	Herbert Gladstone
	H. H. Asquith	David Lloyd George

				Winston Churchill
				Reginald McKenna
				John Simon
1905-1916		Reginald McKenna		Herbert Samuel

War Coalition	David Lloyd George	Bonar Law	Arthur Balfour	Viscount Cave
		Austen Chamberlain	Earl Curzon of Kedleston	Edward Shortt
1916-1922		Robert Horne

Conservative	Bonar Law	Stanley Baldwin	Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	William Bridgeman
	Stanley Baldwin

1922-1924		Neville Chamberlain

Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	Philip Snowden	Ramsay MacDonald	Arthur Henderson
1924

Conservative	Stanley Baldwin	Winston Churchill	Austen Chamberlain	William Joynson-Hicks
1924-1929

Labour	Ramsay MacDonald	Philip Snowden	Arthur Henderson	John Robert Clynes
1929-1931

Coalition	Ramsay MacDonald	Philip Snowden	Marquess of Reading	Herbert Samuel
		Neville Chamberlain

			John Simon	John Gilmour
	Stanley Baldwin		Anthony Eden	John Simon
		John Simon		Samuel Hoare

	Neville Chamberlain
1931-1940			Viscount Halifax

War Coalition	Winston Churchill	Kingsley Wood	Viscount Halifax	John Anderson
			Anthony Eden	Herbert Morrison
1940-1945		John Anderson		Donald Somervell

Labour	Clement Attlee	Hugh Dalton	Ernest Bevin	James Chuter Ede

		Stafford Cripps
1945-1951		Hugh Gaitskell	Herbert Morrison

Conservative	Winston Churchill	Rab Butler	Anthony Eden	David Maxwell Fyfe
				Gwilym Lloyd-George

	Anthony Eden		Harold Macmillan
		Harold Macmillan	Selwyn Lloyd
	Harold Macmillan	Peter Thorneycroft		Rab Butler
		Derick Heathcoat-Amory
		Selwyn Lloyd	Earl of Home








		Reginald Maudling		Henry Brooke

1951-1964	Alec Douglas-Home		Rab Butler

Labour	Harold Wilson	James Callaghan	Patrick Gordon Walker	Frank Soskice
			Michael Stewart	Roy Jenkins

		Roy Jenkins	George Brown	James Callaghan

1964-1970			Michael Stewart

Conservative	Edward Heath	Iain Macleod	Alec Douglas-Home	Reginald Maudling
1970-1974		Anthony Barber		Robert Carr

Labour	Harold Wilson	Denis Healey	James Callaghan	Roy Jenkins

	James Callaghan		Anthony Crosland
1974-1979			David Owen	Merlyn Rees

Conservative	Margaret Thatcher	Geoffrey Howe	Lord Carrington	William Whitelaw
			Francis Pym
		Nigel Lawson	Geoffrey Howe	Leon Brittan
			John Major	Douglas Hurd
		John Major	Douglas Hurd	David Waddington
	John Major	Norman Lamont		Kenneth Baker
				Ken Clarke
1979-1997		Ken Clarke	Malcolm Rifkind	Michael Howard

Labour	Tony Blair	Gordon Brown	Robin Cook	Jack Straw
			Jack Straw	David Blunkett
				Charles Clarke
			Margaret Beckett	John Reid
	Gordon Brown	Alistair Darling	David Miliband	Jacqui Smith

1997-2010				Alan Johnson

Coalition	David Cameron	George Osborne	William Hague	Theresa May

2010-2015			Philip Hammond

Conservative	David Cameron	George Osborne	Philip Hammond	Theresa May
	Theresa May	Philip Hammond	Boris Johnson	Amber Rudd
			Jeremy Hunt	Sajid Javid
	Boris Johnson	Sajid Javid	Dominic Raab	Priti Patel
		Rishi Sunak
		Nadhim Zahawi	Liz Truss
	Liz Truss	Kwasi Kwarteng	James Cleverly	Suella Braverman
		Jeremy Hunt		Grant Shapps
	Rishi Sunak			Suella Braverman
2015-Present			Lord Cameron	James Cleverly

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