Lord Privy Seal | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | Graaf van Minto Gilbert Elliot (1782–1859) | 30 juni 1846 | 22 februari 1852 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | Markies van Salisbury James Gascoyne-Cecil (1791–1868) | 22 februari 1852 | 28 december 1852 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| | Hertog van Argyll George Campbell (1823–1900) | 28 december 1852 | 10 december 1855 [1] | Peelite (1852–1855) | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon | |
| Whig Party (1855) | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | |
| | Graaf van Harrowby Dudley Ryder (1798–1882) | 10 december 1855 | 3 februari 1858 [1] | Whig Party | |
| | Markies van Clanricarde Ulick de Burgh (1802–1874) | 3 februari 1858 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | |
| | Graaf van Hardwicke Charles Yorke (1799–1873) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | |
| | Hertog van Argyll George Campbell (1823–1900) | 12 juni 1859 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | |
John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | |
| | Graaf van Malmesbury James Harris (1807–1889) | 28 juni 1866 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | |
Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Graaf van Kimberley John Wodehouse (1826–1902) | 3 december 1868 | 1 juli 1870 [2] | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | |
| | Burggraaf Halifax Charles Wood (1800–1885) | 1 juli 1870 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | |
| | Graaf van Malmesbury James Harris (1807–1889) | 20 februari 1874 | 22 augustus 1876 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | |
| | Graaf van Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) | 22 augustus 1876 | 4 februari 1878 | Conservative Party | Premier |
Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Hertog van Northumberland Algernon Percy (1810–1899) | 4 februari 1878 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | |
| | Hertog van Argyll George Campbell (1823–1900) | 23 april 1880 | 1 mei 1881 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | |
| | Baron Carlingford Chichester Parkinson- Fortescue (1823–1898) | 1 mei 1881 | 5 maart 1885 | Liberal Party | Lord President of the Council (1883–1885) |
| | Graaf van Rosebery Archibald Primrose (1847–1929) | 5 maart 1885 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | Minister van Openbare Werken |
| | Graaf van Harrowby Dudley Ryder (1831–1900) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | |
| | William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone II | Premier |
Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Graaf Cadogan George Cadogan (1840–1915) | 20 juli 1886 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | |
| | William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) | 15 augustus 1892 | 5 maart 1894 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) | Gladstone IV | Premier |
Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks (1849–1909) | 5 maart 1894 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster |
| | Burggraaf Cross Richard Cross (1823–1914) | 25 juni 1895 | 10 november 1900 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster (1895) |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 10 november 1900 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Gascoyne-Cecil IV | Premier |
Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) | 12 juli 1902 | 19 oktober 1903 | Conservative Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | Premier |
| | Markies van Salisbury James Gascoyne-Cecil (1861–1947) | 19 oktober 1903 | 5 december 1905 | Conservative Party | Minister van Handel (1905) |
| | Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 5 december 1905 | 14 oktober 1908 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | Leader of the House of Lords |
Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I |
| | Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 14 oktober 1908 | 24 oktober 1911 | Liberal Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
Asquith II |
Asquith III |
| | Baron Carrington Charles Wynn-Carington (1843–1928) | 24 oktober 1911 | 12 februari 1912 | Liberal Party | |
| | Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 12 februari 1912 | 25 mei 1915 | Liberal Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 25 mei 1915 | 7 december 1916 | Conservative Party | Asquith IV | Minister voor de Luchtmacht |
| | Graaf van Crawford David Lindsay (1871-1940) | 7 december 1916 | 14 januari 1919 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I | |
Lloyd George II |
| | Bonar Law (1858-1923) | 14 januari 1919 | 1 april 1921 | Conservative Party | |
| | Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863-1937) | 1 april 1921 | 23 oktober 1922 | Conservative Party | |
Vacant | Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | |
| | Burggraaf Cecil van Chelwood Robert Cecil (1864–1958) | 22 mei 1923 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I | |
| | John Robert Clynes (1869–1949) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1924) | MacDonald I | |
| | Markies van Salisbury James Gascoyne-Cecil (1861–1947) | 4 november 1924 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Jimmy Thomas (1874–1949) | 5 juni 1929 | 5 juni 1930 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | |
| | Vernon Hartshorn (1872–1931) | 5 juni 1930 | 13 maart 1931 [3] | Labour Party | |
| | Tom Johnston (1881–1965) | 13 maart 1931 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | |
| | Graaf Peel Willem Peel (1867–1937) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Conservative Party | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | |
| | Burggraaf Snowden Philip Snowden (1864–1937) | 5 november 1931 | 29 september 1932 [1] | National Labour | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | |
| | Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) | 29 september 1932 | 31 december 1933 | Conservative Party | Lord President of the Council |
| | Anthony Eden (1897–1977) | 31 december 1933 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | |
| | Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1878–1949) | 7 juni 1935 | 22 november 1935 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 22 november 1935 | 28 mei 1937 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Graaf De La Warr Herbrand Sackville (1900–1976) | 28 mei 1937 | 31 oktober 1938 | National Labour | Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) | |
| | Sir John Anderson (1882–1958) | 31 oktober 1938 | 3 september 1939 | Onafhankelijk [4] | |
| | Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) | 3 september 1939 | 3 april 1940 | Conservative Party | Chamberlain II | |
| | Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) | 3 april 1940 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | |
| | Clement Attlee (1883–1967) | 10 mei 1940 | 19 februari 1942 | Labour Party | Winston Churchill (1940–1945) | Churchill I | |
| | Sir Stafford Cripps (1889–1952) | 19 februari 1942 | 22 november 1942 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1893–1972) | 22 november 1942 | 24 september 1943 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Beaverbrook Max Aitken (1879–1964) | 24 september 1943 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | |
Churchill II |
| | Arthur Greenwood (1880–1954) | 26 juli 1945 | 17 april 1947 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | Thesaurier-generaal |
| | Baron Inman Philip Inman (1892–1979) | 17 april 1947 | 7 oktober 1947 | Labour Party | |
| | Burggraaf Addison Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 7 oktober 1947 | 9 maart 1951 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Lords
Thesaurier-generaal (1948–1949) |
Attlee II |
| | Ernest Bevin (1881–1951) | 9 maart 1951 | 14 april 1951 [3] | Labour Party | |
Vacant | |
| | Richard Stokes (1897–1957) | 26 april 1951 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Minister voor Materiële Zaken |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1893–1972) | 26 oktober 1951 | 7 mei 1952 | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Harry Crookshank (1893–1961) | 7 mei 1952 | 20 december 1955 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden |
| | Rab Butler (1902–1982) | 20 december 1955 | 14 oktober 1959 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I | Minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (1957–1959) |
| | Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) | 14 oktober 1959 | 27 juli 1960 | Conservative Party | Macmillan II | Minister zonder portefeuille |
| | Edward Heath (1916–2005) | 27 juli 1960 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | |
| | Selwyn Lloyd (1904–1978) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | |
| | Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) | 16 oktober 1964 | 23 december 1965 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Sir Frank Soskice (1902–1979) | 23 december 1965 | 6 april 1966 | Labour Party | |
| | Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) | 6 april 1966 | 16 januari 1968 | Labour Party | Wilson II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Shackleton Edward Shackleton (1911–1994) | 16 januari 1968 | 6 april 1968 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Fred Peart (1914–1988) | 6 april 1968 | 18 oktober 1968 | Labour Party | |
| | Baron Shackleton Edward Shackleton (1911–1994) | 18 oktober 1968 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Graaf Jellicoe George Jellicoe (1918–2007) | 19 juni 1970 | 5 juni 1973 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Hennessy David Hennessy (1932–2010) | 5 juni 1973 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Shepherd Malcolm Shepherd (1918–2001) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | Leader of the House of Lords |
James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan |
| | Baron Peart Fred Peart (1914–1988) | 10 september 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Sir Ian Gilmour (1926–2007) | 4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | |
| | Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996) | 14 september 1981 | 6 april 1982 | Conservative Party | |
| | Baroness Young Janet Young (1926–2002) | 6 april 1982 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | John Biffen (1930–2007) | 11 juni 1983 | 13 juni 1987 | Conservative Party | Thatcher II | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | John Wakeham (1932) | 13 juni 1987 | 24 juli 1989 | Conservative Party | Thatcher III | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Baron Belstead John Ganzoni (1932–2005) | 24 juli 1989 | 28 november 1990 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Waddington David Waddington (1929–2017) | 28 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Wakeham John Wakeham (1932) | 10 april 1992 | 20 juli 1994 | Conservative Party | Major II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1946) | 20 juli 1994 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baron Richard Ivor Richard (1932–2018) | 2 mei 1997 | 27 juli 1998 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Baroness Jay van Paddington Margaret Jay (1939) | 7 juli 1998 | 8 juni 2001 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| | Baron Williams van Mostyn Gareth Williams (1941–2003) | 8 juni 2001 | 13 juni 2003 [1] | Labour Party | Blair II | Leader of the House of Lords |
| | Peter Hain (1950) | 13 juni 2003 | 5 mei 2005 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Geoff Hoon (1953) | 5 mei 2005 | 6 mei 2006 | Labour Party | Blair III | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Jack Straw (1946) | 6 mei 2006 | 27 juni 2007 | Labour Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Harriet Harman (1950) | 27 juni 2007 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | Leader of the House of Commons |
Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| | Sir George Young (1941) | 11 mei 2010 | 4 september 2012 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Andrew Lansley (1956) | 4 september 2012 | 14 juli 2014 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Commons |
| | Baroness Stowell van Beeston Tina Stowell (1967) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | Leader of the House of Lords |
Cameron II |
| | Baroness Evans van Bowes Park Natalie Evans (1975) | 13 juli 2016 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | Leader of the House of Lords |
May II |
Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I |
Johnson II |
| | Baron True Nicholas True (1951) | 6 september 2022 | heden | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | Leader of the House of Lords |
Rishi Sunak (2022–heden) | Sunak |