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Office Name Dates Notes
Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Minister for the Civil Service
Margaret Thatcher 4 May 197928 November 1990
Minister of State, Civil Service Department Paul Channon 7 May 1979  
Barney Hayhoe 5 January 198112 November 1981 department abolished
Lord President of the Council The Lord Soames 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 14 September 1981  
John Biffen 7 April 1982  
The Viscount Whitelaw 11 June 1983  
John Wakeham 10 January 1988  
Sir Geoffrey Howe 24 July 1989  
John MacGregor 2 November 1990  
Minister of State for the Privy Council Office The Earl of Gowrie 11 June 198311 September 1984  
Richard Luce 2 September 1985  
David Mellor 24 July 1990  
Lord Chancellor The Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone 5 May 1979  
The Lord Havers 13 June 1987  
The Lord Mackay of Clashfern 26 October 1987  
Lord Privy Seal Sir Ian Gilmour 5 May 1979  
Humphrey Atkins 14 September 1981  
The Lady Young 6 April 1982  
John Biffen 11 June 1983  
John Wakeham 13 June 1987  
The Lord Belstead 10 January 1988  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir Geoffrey Howe 5 May 1979  
Nigel Lawson 11 June 1983  
John Major 26 October 1989  
Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Biffen 5 May 1979  
Leon Brittan 5 January 1981  
Peter Rees 11 June 1983  
John MacGregor 2 September 1985  
John Major 13 June 1987  
Norman Lamont 24 July 1989  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Nigel Lawson 6 May 1979  
Nicholas Ridley 30 September 1981  
John Moore 18 October 1983  
Norman Lamont 21 May 1986  
Peter Lilley 24 July 1989  
Francis Maude 14 July 1990  
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Jock Bruce-Gardyne 11 November 1981
John Moore 13 June 1983  
Ian Stewart 18 October 1983  
Peter Lilley 13 June 1987  
Richard Ryder 24 July 1989  
John Maples 24 July 1990  
Minister of State to the Treasury Peter Rees 6 May 197914 September 1981  
The Lord Cockfield 6 May 1979|–6 April 1982  
Jock Bruce-Gardyne 15 September 198111 November 1981  
Barney Hayhoe 11 November 19812 September 1985  
John Wakeham 6 April 198213 June 1983  
Ian Gow 2 September 198519 November 1985  
Peter Brooke 19 November 198513 June 1987  
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Lord Carrington 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 6 April 1982  
Sir Geoffrey Howe 11 June 1983  
John Major 24 July 1989  
Douglas Hurd 26 October 1989  
Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Douglas Hurd 6 May 197911 June 1983  
Nicholas Ridley 6 May 197929 September 1981  
Peter Blaker 6 May 197929 May 1981  
Richard Luce 30 September 19815 April 1982  
The Lord Belstead 5 April 198213 June 1983  
Cranley Onslow 5 April 198213 June 1983  
Richard Luce 11 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lady Young 13 June 198313 June 1987  
Malcolm Rifkind 13 June 198311 January 1986  
Tim Renton 2 September 198513 June 1987  
Lynda Chalker 11 January 198624 July 1989  
The Lord Glenarthur 13 June 198724 July 1989  
David Mellor 13 June 198726 July 1988  
William Waldegrave 26 July 19882 November 1990  
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 24 July 198924 July 1990  
Francis Maude 24 July 198914 July 1990  
Tristan Garel-Jones 14 July 199028 November 1990  
The Earl of Caithnes 14 July 199028 November 1990
Douglas Hogg 2 November 199028 November 1990
Minister of State for Overseas Development Neil Marten 8 October 1979  
Timothy Raison 6 January 1983  
Chris Patten 10 September 1986  
Lynda Chalker 24 July 1989  
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Richard Luce 6 May 1979  
The Lord Trefgarne 14 September 1981  
Malcolm Rifkind 6 April 1982  
Ray Whitney 13 June 1983  
Tim Renton 11 September 1984  
Timothy Eggar 2 September 1985  
Tim Sainsbury 24 July 1989  
Mark Lennox-Boyd 24 July 1990  
Secretary of State for the Home Department William Whitelaw 5 May 1979  
Leon Brittan 11 June 1983  
Douglas Hurd 3 September 1985  
David Waddington 26 October 1989  
Minister of State for the Home Department Timothy Raison 6 May 19796 January 1983  
Leon Brittan 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Peter Mayhew 5 January 198113 June 1983  
David Waddington 6 January 198313 June 1987  
Douglas Hurd 13 June 198311 September 1984  
The Lord Elton 11 September 198425 March 1985  
Giles Shaw 11 September 198410 September 1986  
The Earl of Caithnes 10 September 198610 January 1988  
David Mellor 10 September 198613 June 1987  
John Patten 13 June 198728 November 1990  
Tim Renton 13 June 198728 October 1989  
The Earl Ferrers 10 January 198828 November 1990  
David Mellor 27 October 198922 July 1990
Angela Rumbold 23 July 199028 November 1990
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department The Lord Belstead 7 May 19796 April 1982  
The Lord Elton 6 April 198211 September 1984  
David Mellor 6 January 198310 September 1986  
The Lord Glenarthur 27 March 198510 September 1986  
Douglas Hogg 10 September 198626 July 1989  
Peter Lloyd 25 July 198928 November 1990
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Peter Walker 5 May 1979  
Michael Jopling 11 June 1983  
John MacGregor 13 June 1987  
John Gummer 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Earl Ferrers 7 May 197913 June 1983  
Alick Buchanan-Smith 7 May 197913 June 1983  
John MacGregor 13 June 19832 September 1985  
The Lord Belstead 13 June 198313 June 1987  
John Gummer 2 September 198526 July 1988  
The Lady Trumpington 28 September 198928 November 1990  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Jerry Wiggin 7 May 197929 September 1981  
Peggy Fenner 14 September 198110 September 1986  
Donald Thompson 10 September 198624 July 1989  
The Baroness Trumpington 13 June 198728 September 1989  
Richard Ryder 25 July 198824 July 1989  
David Curry 26 July 198928 November 1990  
David Maclean 26 July 198928 November 1990  
Minister for the Arts Norman St John-Stevas 5 May 1979  
Paul Channon 5 January 1981  
The Earl of Gowrie 13 June 1983 in cabinet from 11 September 1984
Richard Luce 2 September 1985  
David Mellor 23 July 1990  
Secretary of State for Defence Francis Pym 5 May 1979
John Nott 5 January 1981  
Michael Heseltine 6 January 1983  
George Younger 9 January 1986  
Tom King 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Defence The Lord Strathcona 6 May 1979  
The Viscount Trenchard 5 January 198129 May 1981
Minister of State for the Armed Forces Peter Blaker 29 May 1981  
John Stanley13 June 1983  
Ian Stewart 13 June 1987  
Archie Hamilton 25 July 1988  
Minister of State for Defence Procurement The Viscount Trenchard 29 May 1981  
Geoffrey Pattie 6 January 1983  
Adam Butler 11 September 1984  
Norman Lamont 2 September 1985  
The Lord Trefgarne 21 May 1986
Alan Clark 24 July 1989
Minister of State for Defence Support The Lord Trefgarne 2 September 198521 May 1986
Under-Secretary of State for the Army Barney Hayhoe 6 May 1979
Philip Goodhart 5 January 198129 May 1981
Under-Secretary of State for the Navy Keith Speed 6 May 197918 May 1981
Under-Secretary of State for Air Geoffrey Pattie 6 May 197929 May 1981
Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces Philip Goodhart 29 May 198130 September 1981  
Jerry Wiggin 15 September 198111 June 1983 &nbspl
The Lord Trefgarne 13 June 19831 September 1985  
Roger Freeman 21 May 198615 December 1988  
Michael Neubert 19 December 198823 July 1990
Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Geoffrey Pattie 29 May 1981  
Ian Stewart 6 January 1983  
John Lee 18 October 1983  
Archie Hamilton 10 September 1986  
Tim Sainsbury 13 June 1987
The Earl of Arran 25 July 1989  
Kenneth Carlisle 26 July 1990
Secretary of State for Education and Science Mark Carlisle 5 May 1979  
Sir Keith Joseph 14 September 1981  
Kenneth Baker 21 May 1986  
John MacGregor 24 July 1989  
Kenneth Clarke 2 November 1990  
Minister of State for Education and Science The Lady Young 7 May 197914 September 1981  
Paul Channon 5 January 198113 June 1983  
Chris Patten 5 September 198510 September 1986  
Angela Rumbold 10 September 198624 July 1990  
Timothy Eggar 24 July 199028 November 1990  
Under-Secretary of State for Education and Skills Rhodes Boyson 7 May 197913 June 1983  
Neil Macfarlane 7 May 197915 September 198  
William Shelton 15 September 198113 June 1983  
William Waldegrave 15 September 198113 June 1983  
Peter Brooke 13 June 198319 November 1985  
Bob Dunn 13 June 198326 July 1988  
George Walden 19 November 198513 June 1987  
The Lady Hooper 13 June 198726 July 1988  
Robert Jackson 13 June 198724 July 1990  
John Butcher 26 July 198824 July 1989  
Alan Howarth 24 July 198928 November 1990  
Michael Fallon 24 July 199028 November 1990  
Secretary of State for Employment James Prior 5 May 1979  
Norman Tebbit 14 September 1981&  
Tom King 16 October 1983  
The Lord Young of Graffham 2 September 1985  
Norman Fowler 13 June 1987  
Michael Howard 3 January 1990  
Minister of State for Employment The Earl of Gowrie 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Michael Alison 15 September 198113 June 1983  
Peter Morrison 13 June 19832 September 1985  
John Gummer 18 October 198311 September 1984  
Kenneth Clarke 2 September 198513 June 1987 also Paymaster-General
John Cope 13 June 198725 July 1989  
Timothy Eggar 25 July 198923 June 1990
Under-Secretary of State for Employment      
Secretary of State for Energy David Howell 5 May 1979  
Nigel Lawson 14 September 1981  
Peter Walker 11 June 1983  
Cecil Parkinson 13 June 1987  
John Wakeham 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Energy Hamish Gray 7 May 1979  
Alick Buchanan-Smith 13 June 1983  
Peter Morrison 13 June 198726 July 1990  
Under-Secretary of State for Employment      
Secretary of State for the Environment Michael Heseltine 5 May 1979  
Tom King 6 January 1983  
Patrick Jenkin 11 June 1983  
Kenneth Baker 2 September 1985  
Nicholas Ridley 21 May 1986  
Chris Patten 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Local Government Tom King 6 May 1979  
The Lord Bellwin 6 January 1983  
Kenneth Baker 11 September 1984  
William Waldegrave 2 September 1985  
Rhodes Boyson 10 September 1986  
Michael Howard 13 June 1987  
John Gummer 25 July 1988  
David Hunt 25 July 1989  
Michael Portillo 4 May 1990  
Minister of State for Housing John Stanley 7 May 1979  
Ian Gow 13 June 1983  
John Patten 2 September 1985  
William Waldegrave 13 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 10 January 1988
Michael Howard 25 July 1988  
David Trippier 24 July 1989  
Under-Secretary of State for Sport      
Under-Secretary of State for the Environment      
Secretary of State for Health and Social Security Patrick Jenkin 5 May 1979  
Norman Fowler 14 September 1981  
John Moore 13 June 198725 July 1988 Social Security a separate department, 25 July 1988
Secretary of State for Health Kenneth Clarke 25 July 1988  
William Waldegrave 2 November 1990  
Minister of State for Health Gerard Vaughan 7 May 1979  
Kenneth Clarke 5 March 1982  
Barney Hayhoe 2 September 1985  
Tony Newton 10 September 1986  
David Mellor 25 July 1988  
The Lord Trafford 25 July 1989  
Virginia Bottomley 28 October 1989  
Minister of State for Social Security Reginald Prentice 7 May 1979  
Hugh Rossi 5 January 1981  
Rhodes Boyson 12 June 1983  
Tony Newton 11 September 1984  
John Major 10 September 1986  
Nicholas Scott 13 June 1987&25 July 1988  
Under-Secretary of State for Social Services      
Secretary of State for Industry Sir Keith Joseph 7 May 1979  
Patrick Jenkin 14 September 198112 June 1983 reorganized into the Department of Trade and Industry
Minister of State for Industry Adam Butler 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Thomas Trenchard, 2nd Viscount Trenchard 6 May 19795 January 1981  
Norman Tebbit 5 January 198114 September 1981  
Norman Lamont 14 September 198112 June 1983  
Minister of State for Industry and Information Technology Kenneth Baker 5 January 198112 June 1983
Under-Secretary of State for Industry      
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Norman St John-Stevas 5 May 1979 also Minister for the Arts
Francis Pym 5 January 1981  
The Lady Young 27 October 1981  
Cecil Parkinson 6 April 1982  
The Lord Cockfield 11 June 1983  
The Earl of Gowrie 11 September 1984 also Minister for the Arts
Norman Tebbit 3 September 1985  
Kenneth Clarke 13 June 1987 also Minister for Trade
Tony Newton 25 July 1988  
Kenneth Baker 24 July 1989  
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Humphrey Atkins 5 May 1979  
James Prior 14 September 1981  
Douglas Hurd 11 September 1984  
Tom King 3 September 1985  
Peter Brooke 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Northern Ireland Michael Alison 7 May 197915 September 1981  
Hugh Rossi 7 May 19795 January 1981  
Adam Butler 5 January 198111 September 1984  
The Earl of Gowrie 15 September 198110 June 1983
The Earl of Mansfield 13 June 198312 April 1984
Rhodes Boyson 11 September 198410 September 1986  
Nicholas Scott 10 September 198613 June 1987  
John Stanley 13 June 198725 July 1988  
Ian Stewart 25 July 198825 July 1989  
John Cope 25 July 198928 November 1990 
Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland      
Paymaster-General Angus Maude 5 May 1979  
Francis Pym 5 January 1981  
Cecil Parkinson 14 September 198111 June 1983  
John Gummer 11 September 1984  
Kenneth Clarke 2 September 1985 also Minister of State for Employment
Peter Brooke 13 June 1987  
The Earl of Caithness 24 July 1989  
Richard Ryder 14 July 1990
Minister without Portfolio The Lord Young of Graffham 11 September 19843 September 1985  
Secretary of State for Scotland George Younger 5 May 1979
Malcolm Rifkind 11 January 1986
Minister of State for Scotland The Earl of Mansfield 7 May 197913 June 1983  
The Lord Gray of Contin 13 June 198311 September 1986  
The Lord Glenarthur 10 September 1986&ndsah;13 June 1987  
Ian Lang 13 June 198728 November 1990  
The Lord Sanderson of Bowden 13 June 19877 September 1990
Michael Forsyth 7 September 199028 November 1990
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland      
Secretary of State for Social Security John Moore 25 July 1988  
Tony Newton 23 July 1989  
Minister of State for Social Security Nicholas Scott 25 July 1988  
Secretary of State for Trade John Nott 5 May 1979  
John Biffen 5 January 1981  
The Lord Cockfield 6 April 1982  
Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Cecil Parkinson 12 June 1983  
Norman Tebbit 16 October 1983  
Leon Brittan 2 September 1985  
Paul Channon 24 January 1986  
The Lord Young of Graffham 13 June 1987
Nicholas Ridley 24 July 1989  
Peter Lilley 14 July 1990  
Minister for Consumer Affairs Sally Oppenheim 6 May 1979  
Gerard Vaughan 5 March 198213 June 1983 office abolished
Minister of State for Trade and Industry Norman Lamont 13 June 19832 September 1985  
Giles Shaw 10 September 198613 June 1987  
Minister of State for Trade Cecil Parkinson 7 May 1979  
Peter Rees 14 September 1981  
Paul Channon 13 June 1983  
Alan Clark 24 January 1986  
The Lord Trefgarne 25 July 1989  
Tim Sainsbury 23 July 1990  
Minister of State for Industry and Information Technology Kenneth Baker 13 June 1983  
Geoffrey Pattie 11 September 1984&nadsh;13 June 1987  
Minister of State for Industry Douglas Hogg 24 July 1989  
The Lord Hesketh 2 November 1990  
Minister of State for Corporate Affairs John Redwood 2 November 1990  
Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry      
Minister of Transport Norman Fowler 11 May 19795 January 1981  
Secretary of State for Transport Norman Fowler 5 January 1981  
David Howell 14 September 1981  
Tom King 11 June 1983  
Nicholas Ridley 16 October 1983  
John Moore 21 May 1986  
Paul Channon 13 June 1987  
Cecil Parkinson 24 July 1989  
Minister of State for Transport Lynda Chalker 18 October 198310 January 1986  
David Mitchell 23 January 198625 July 1988  
Michael Portillo 25 July 19884 May 1990  
Roger Freeman 4 May 199028 November 1990
The Lord Brabazon of Tara 23 July 199028 November 1990
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport      
Under-Secretary of State for Transport      
Secretary of State for Wales Nicholas Edwards 5 May 1979  
Peter Walker 13 June 1987  
David Hunt 4 May 1990  
Minister of State for Wales John Stradling Thomas 17 February 1983  
Wyn Roberts 15 June 1987  
Attorney General Sir Michael Havers 6 May 1979
Sir Patrick Mayhew 13 June 1987  
Solicitor General Sir Ian Percival 6 May 1979  
Sir Patrick Mayhew 11 June 1983  
Sir Nicholas Lyell 15 June 1987  
Lord Advocate The Lord Mackay of Clashfern 7 May 1979  
The Lord Cameron of Lochbroom 16 May 1984  
The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie 4 January 1989 
Solicitor General for Scotland Nicholas Fairbairn 7 May 1979  
Peter Fraser 28 January 1982  
Alan Rodger 4 January 1989
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Michael Jopling 5 May 1979  
John Wakeham 11 June 1983  
David Waddington 13 June 1987  
Tim Renton 28 October 1989  
Junior Lords of the Treasury      
Assistant Whips      
Treasurer of the Household John Stradling Thomas 6 May 1979  
Anthony Berry 17 February 1983  
John Cope 11 June 1983  
David Hunt 15 June 1987  
Tristan Garel-Jones 25 July 1989  
Alastair Goodlad 22 July 1990  
Comptroller of the Household Spencer le Marchant 7 May 1979  
Anthony Berry 30 September 1981  
Carol Mather 17 February 1983  
Robert Boscawen 16 October 1986  
Tristan Garel-Jones 26 July 1988  
Alastair Goodlad 25 July 1989  
Sir George Young 23 July 1990  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Anthony Berry 7 May 1979  
Carol Mather 30 September 1981  
Robert Boscawen 17 February 1983  
Tristan Garel-Jones 16 October 1986  
Michael Neubert 26 July 1988  
Tony Durant 20 December 1988  
David Lightbown 25 July 1990  
Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms The Lord Denham 6 May 1979  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Sandys 6 May 1979  
The Earl of Swinton 20 October 1982  
The Viscount Davidson 10 September 1986  
Lords in Waiting