List of British Home Secretary
The position of interior minister called the Home Secretary was in the British first awarded in 1782 Cabinet. The office is one of the highest in the UK Cabinet, along with Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Minister, and has already been held by several Prime Ministers .
| Home Secretary (since 1782) | ||
|---|---|---|
| minister | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires |
| William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne | March 27, 1782 | July 10, 1782 |
| Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney | July 10, 1782 | April 2, 1783 |
| Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford | April 2, 1783 | December 19, 1783 |
| George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Earl Temple | December 19, 1783 | December 23, 1783 |
| Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney (2nd term) | December 23, 1783 | June 5, 1789 |
| William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville | June 5, 1789 | June 8, 1791 |
| Henry Dundas | June 8, 1791 | July 11, 1794 |
| William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland | July 11, 1791 | July 30, 1801 |
| Thomas Pelham, 1st Baron Pelham | July 30, 1801 | 17th August 1803 |
| Charles Philip Yorke | 17th August 1803 | May 12, 1804 |
| Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | May 12, 1804 | February 5, 1806 |
| George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer | February 5, 1806 | March 25, 1807 |
| Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (2nd term) | March 25, 1807 | November 1, 1809 |
| Richard Ryder | November 1, 1809 | June 8, 1812 |
| Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth | June 11, 1812 | January 17, 1822 |
| Robert Peel | January 17, 1822 | April 10, 1827 |
| William Sturges-Bourne | April 30, 1827 | July 16, 1827 |
| Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne | July 16, 1827 | January 26, 1828 |
| Robert Peel (2nd term) | January 26, 1828 | November 22, 1830 |
| William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | November 22, 1830 | July 16, 1834 |
| John Ponsonby, Viscount Duncannon | July 19, 1834 | November 15, 1834 |
| Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | November 15, 1834 | December 15, 1834 |
| Henry Goulburn | December 15, 1834 | April 18, 1835 |
| John Russell, 1st Earl Russell | April 18, 1835 | August 30, 1839 |
| Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby | August 30, 1839 | August 30, 1841 |
| Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet | September 6, 1841 | June 30, 1846 |
| Sir George Gray, 2nd Baronet | July 6, 1846 | February 23, 1852 |
| Spencer Horatio Walpole | February 27, 1852 | December 19, 1852 |
| Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | December 28, 1852 | February 6, 1855 |
| Sir George Gray (2nd term) | February 8, 1855 | February 26, 1858 |
| Spencer Horatio Walpole (2nd term) | February 26, 1858 | March 3, 1859 |
| Thomas Sotheron-Estcourt | March 3, 1859 | June 18, 1859 |
| Sir George Lewis, 2nd Baronet | June 18, 1859 | July 25, 1861 |
| Sir George Gray (3rd term) | July 25, 1861 | June 28, 1866 |
| Spencer Horatio Walpole (3rd term) | July 6, 1866 | May 17, 1867 |
| Gathorne Hardy | May 17, 1867 | December 3, 1868 |
| Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare | December 9, 1868 | August 9, 1873 |
| Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke | August 9, 1873 | February 20, 1874 |
| Sir Richard Cross | February 21, 1874 | April 23, 1880 |
| Sir William Vernon Harcourt | April 28, 1880 | June 23, 1885 |
| Sir Richard Cross (2nd term) | June 24, 1885 | February 1, 1886 |
| Hugh Childers | February 6, 1886 | July 26, 1886 |
| Henry Matthews | August 3, 1886 | August 15, 1892 |
| Herbert Henry Asquith | August 18, 1892 | June 25, 1895 |
| Sir Matthew Ridley, 5th Baronet | June 29, 1895 | November 12, 1900 |
| Charles Ritchie | November 12, 1900 | July 12, 1902 |
| Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston | July 12, 1902 | December 5, 1905 |
| Herbert Gladstone | December 11, 1905 | February 19, 1910 |
| Winston Churchill | February 19, 1910 | October 24, 1911 |
| Reginald McKenna | October 24, 1911 | May 27, 1915 |
| John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon | May 27, 1915 | January 12, 1916 |
| Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel | January 12, 1916 | December 7, 1916 |
| George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave | December 11, 1916 | January 14, 1919 |
| Edward Shortt | January 14, 1919 | October 23, 1922 |
| William Bridgeman | October 25, 1922 | January 22, 1924 |
| Arthur Henderson | January 23, 1924 | November 4, 1924 |
| William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford | November 7, 1924 | June 5, 1929 |
| John Robert Clynes | June 8, 1929 | August 26, 1931 |
| Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (2nd term) | August 26, 1931 | October 1, 1932 |
| Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet | October 1, 1932 | June 7, 1935 |
| John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (2nd term) | June 7, 1935 | May 28, 1937 |
| Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood | May 28, 1937 | September 3, 1939 |
| John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley | September 4, 1939 | 4th October 1940 |
| Herbert Stanley Morrison | 4th October 1940 | May 23, 1945 |
| Donald Somervell | May 25, 1945 | July 26, 1945 |
| James Chuter-Ede | August 3, 1945 | October 26, 1951 |
| David Maxwell Fyfe | October 27, 1951 | October 19, 1954 |
| Gwilym Lloyd George | October 19, 1954 | January 14, 1957 |
| Rab butler | January 14, 1957 | July 13, 1962 |
| Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor | July 13, 1962 | October 16, 1964 |
| Frank Soskice | October 18, 1964 | December 23, 1965 |
| Roy Jenkins | December 23, 1965 | November 30, 1967 |
| James Callaghan | November 30, 1967 | June 19, 1970 |
| Reginald Maudling | June 20, 1970 | July 18, 1972 |
| Leonard Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley | July 18, 1972 | March 4th 1974 |
| Roy Jenkins (2nd term) | March 5th 1974 | September 10, 1976 |
| Merlyn Rees | September 10, 1976 | 4th May 1979 |
| William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw | May 5th 1979 | June 11, 1983 |
| Leon Brittan | June 11, 1983 | 2nd September 1985 |
| Douglas Hurd | 2nd September 1985 | October 26, 1989 |
| David Waddington | October 26, 1989 | November 28, 1990 |
| Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking | November 28, 1990 | April 10, 1992 |
| Kenneth Clarke | April 10, 1992 | May 27, 1993 |
| Michael Howard | May 27, 1993 | May 2, 1997 |
| Jack Straw | May 2, 1997 | June 8, 2001 |
| David Blunkett | June 8, 2001 | December 15, 2004 |
| Charles Clarke | December 15, 2004 | May 5, 2006 |
| John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan | May 5, 2006 | June 27, 2007 |
| Jacqui Smith | June 28, 2007 | June 5, 2009 |
| Alan Johnson | June 5, 2009 | May 11, 2010 |
| Theresa May | May 11, 2010 | July 13, 2016 |
| Amber Rudd | July 13, 2016 | April 29, 2018 |
| Sajid Javid | April 30, 2018 | July 24, 2019 |
| Priti Patel | July 24, 2019 | officiating |