This is a list of rulers and office-holders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and predecessor states.
Heads of state
List of English monarchs List of Scottish monarchs List of rulers of Wales List of British monarchs
Heads of government Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721–present) List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom
Ministers
Cabinet of the United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present) Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782; 1794–1801; 1854–1966) Secretary of State for India (1858–1947) Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660–1782) Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782) Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782–present) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968) Secretary of State for War (1794–1801; 1854–1964) Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854) Secretary of State for Air (1918–1964) Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present) Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–1947) Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1966) Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966–1968) Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–present) Secretary of State for Wales (1964–present) Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1969) Secretary of State for International Development (1970–1979, 1997–2020) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970–present) Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902–present) Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916–present) Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924–present) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992–present) Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present) Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997) Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present) Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020) Lord Chancellor (1068–present) Lord President of the Council (1678–present) Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001) Minister of Technology (1964–1970) First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) Paymaster General (1834–present) Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855) President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413–present) Postmaster General (1823–1968) Paymaster of the Forces (1661–1836) Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855) Master of the Mint (1572–1869) Treasurer of the Navy (1544–1836) Secretary at War (1661–1863) First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810–1851) First Commissioner of Works (1851–1937) President of the Poor Law Board (1834–1871) President of the Local Government Board (1871–1919) Secretary for Scotland (1885–1926) HM Treasury Lord treasurers (1126–1714) First Lord of the Treasury (1714–1905) Commissioners of the Treasury (1714–present)
Parliament office-holders Leader of the House of Commons (1721–present) Members of Parliament elected in 2001 Members of Parliament elected in 2005 Members of Parliament elected in 2010 Members of the House of Lords
State office-holders
Great Officers of State Lord High Steward Lord High Constable Lord Great Chamberlain Earl Marshal Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland Keeper of the Privy Seal of Scotland Lord Clerk Register Lord Lyon King of Arms
Officers of the Royal Household Lord Steward Lord Chamberlain Historiographer Royal Astronomer Royal for Scotland Sculptor in Ordinary for Scotland HM Painter and Limner for Scotland Her Majesty's Botanist
Legal officers Attorney General for England and Wales Solicitor General for England and Wales Lord Advocate Solicitor General for Scotland Advocate General for Scotland Counsel General for Wales Attorney General for Northern Ireland
Court office-holders Lord Chief Justice Master of the Rolls Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas (to 1873) Chief Baron of the Exchequer (to 1873) Lord Justice General Lord Justice Clerk Lords justice of appeal of England and Wales Lords justice of appeal of Northern Ireland Senators of the College of Justice
Heads of devolved governments
Northern Ireland Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1171–1922) Governor of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) (Abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973) Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) Secretaries of state for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007) First Minister and Deputy First Minister [1998–2002, 2007–present] Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly [1998–2002, 2007–present]
Scotland Members of the Scottish Parliament First Minister of Scotland List of Scottish governments
Wales Members of the Senedd Welsh Government First Minister for Wales
Heads of colonies and overseas territories British Crown dependencies Overseas territories of the United Kingdom
Crown dependencies
Isle of Man King of Mann Lord of Mann Governor of the Isle of Man Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
Channel Islands Guernsey: Bailiffs of Guernsey Jersey: Bailiffs of Jersey Sark: Seigneurs of Sark
Overseas territories
Anguilla Governors of Anguilla
Bermuda Governors of Bermuda
British Antarctic Territory Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory
British Virgin Islands Colonial governors of the British Virgin Islands Presidents of the British Virgin Islands Governors of the British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands Governors of the Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands Governors of the Falkland Islands
Gibraltar Governors of Gibraltar Chief ministers of Gibraltar
Montserrat Governors of Montserrat
Pitcairn Islands Rulers of the Pitcairn Islands Governors of Fiji High commissioners from the United Kingdom to New Zealand
Saint Helena Governors of Saint Helena
Turks and Caicos Islands Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands
Nobility
Duke of Devonshire Tenants of Herm Duke of Norfolk Seigneurs of Sark Tenants of Brecqhou Rulers of Wales Prince of Wales Duke of York
Mayors Heads of London government List of lord mayors of London
Heads of former states Roman governors of Britannia Historical Kings of the Britons Bretwalda (Overlord of the English kingdoms) Kings of East Anglia Kings of Essex Kings of Hwicce Kings of Kent Kings of Lindsey Kings of Mercia Kings of Northumbria Kings of Sussex Kings of Wessex Kings of Jorvik Earls of York Earls of Northumbria Kings of Dál Riata Kings of the Picts Lords of Galloway Rulers of Wales Kings of Gwynedd Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles Kings of the Isle of Man
See also List of current heads of government in the United Kingdom and dependencies United Kingdom order of precedence