Secretary of State for War

1. Herbert Asquith

   1914

   April-August 1914

2. Hugh Arnold-Forster

   1903-1905

3. William Brodrick

   1900-1903

4. Edward Cardwell

   1868-1874

5. Henry Campbell-Bannerman

   1886;1892-4

6. Duff Cooper

   1935-1937

7. Joseph Godber

   1963

8. James Grigg

9. Richard Haldane

   1905-1912

10. Gathorne Hardy

    1874-1878

11. John Hare

    1956-1958

12. Hartington

    1882-1885

13. Anthony Head

    1951-1956

14. John Herries

    1834-1835

15. Leslie Hore-Belisha

    1937-1940

16. Stephen Walsh

    1924

    January-November 1924

17. James Ramsden

    1963-1964

18. Worthington Evans

    1921-1922

19. Worthington Evans

    1924-1929

20. Edward Wood

    1935

21. David Lloyd George

    1916

22. Jack Lawson

    1945-1946

23. John Seely

    1912-1914

24. Anthony Eden

    1940

    May-December 1940

25. Thomas Shaw

    1929-1931

26. W.H. Smith

    1885-1886

27. W.H. Smith

    1886-1887

28. Edward Stanhope

    1887-1892

29. Frederick Stanley

    1878-1880

30. Oliver Stanley

    1940

    January-May 1940

31. Emanuel Shinwell

    1947-1950

32. John Pakington

    1867-1868