| 1791–1801 |
W. Wyndham, baron Grenville |
| 1801–06 |
Robert Banks Jenkinson, earl of Liverpool |
| 1806 |
C. J. Fox |
| 1806–07 |
Charles, earl Grey |
| 1807–09 |
George Canning |
| 1809 |
Henry, earl of Bathurst |
| 1812–22 |
Robert Stewart, viscount Castlereagh |
| 1822–27 |
George Canning |
| 1828–30 |
G. Gordon, earl of Aberdeen |
| 1830–34 |
Henry John Temple, viscount Palmerston |
| 1834–35 |
Arthur Wellesley, duke of Wellington |
| 1835–41 |
H. J. Temple, viscount Palmerston |
| 1841–46 |
G. Gordon, earl of Aberdeen |
| 1846–51 |
H. J. Temple, viscount Palmerston |
| 1852–56 |
J. Wodehouse, earl of Kimberley |
| 1853–59 |
G. Villiers, earl of Clarendon |
| 1859–65 |
John, earl Russell |
| 1865–70 |
G. Villiers, earl of Clarendon |
| 1870–73 |
G. Leveson-Gower, earl of Granville |
| 1874–80 |
E. Stanley (jr.), earl of Derby |
| 1878–80 |
R. Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
| 1880–85 |
G. Leveson-Gower, earl of Granville |
| 1886 |
A. Primrose, earl of Rosebery |
| 1887–92 |
R. Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
| 1892–94 |
A. Primrose, earl of Rosebery |
| 1894–95 |
J. Wodehouse, earl of Kimberley |
| 1895–1900 |
R. Cecil, Marquess of Salisbury |
| 1900–05 |
H. Petty-Fitzmaurice, marquess of Lansdowne |
| 1905–16 |
Edward Grey |
| 1916–19 |
Arthur James Balfour |
| 1919–24 |
George Nathaniel Curzon, marquess of Keddlestone |
| 1924 |
James Ramsay MacDonald |
| 1924–29 |
Sir Austen Chamberlain |
| 1929–31 |
Arthur Henderson |
| 1931 |
R. Isaacs, marquess of Reading |
| 1931–35 |
Sir John Simon |
| 1935–38 |
Anthony Eden
|
| 1938–40 |
E. Wood, Viscount Halifax |
| 1940–45 |
Anthony Eden |
| 1945–51 |
Ernest Bevin |
| 1951 |
Herbert Stanley Morrison |
| 1951–55 |
Anthony Eden |
| 1955 |
Harold Macmillan |
| 1955–60 |
John Selwyn Brooke Lloyd |
| 1960–63 |
Sir Alexander Douglas-Home |
| 1963–64 |
Richard (Rab) Butler
|
| 1964–66 |
George Brown
|
| 1966 |
Michael Stewart |
| 1966–68 |
George Brown |
| 1968–70 |
Michael Stewart |
| 1970–74 |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home |
| 1974–76 |
James Callaghan |
| 1976–77 |
Anthony Crosland
|
| 1977–79 |
David Owen |
| 1979–82 |
Rupert, baron Carrington |
| 1982–83 |
Francis Pym |
| 1983–89 |
Sir Geoffrey Howe |
| 1989 |
John Major |
| 1989–95 |
Douglas Hurd
|
| 1995–97 |
Malcolm Rifkind |
| 1997–2001 |
Robin Cook |
| 2001–06 |
Jack Straw |
| 2006–07 |
Margaret Beckett |
| 2007–10 |
David Miliband |
| 2010- |
William Hague
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