Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie

De minister van Defensie (Engels: Secretary of State for Defence) leidt het Britse ministerie van Defensie.^[1]

Ministers voor de Luchtmacht van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1919-1964)

Minister voor de Luchtmacht Secretary of State for Air			Ambtstermijn		Partij	Premier	Kabinet	Overige functie(s)
		Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	14 januari 1919	1 april 1921	Liberal Party	David Lloyd George (1919–1922)	Lloyd George II	Minister voor Oorlog
		Freddie Guest (1875–1937)	1 april 1921	23 oktober 1922	Liberal Party
		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959)	23 oktober 1922	22 januari 1924	Conservative Party	Bonar Law (1922–1923)	Law
						Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924)	Baldwin I
		Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930)	22 januari 1924	3 november 1924	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald	MacDonald I
		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959)	3 november 1924	5 juni 1929	Conservative Party	Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929)	Baldwin II
		Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930)	5 juni 1929	5 oktober 1930 [2]	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935)	MacDonald II
			Vacant
		Baron Amulree William Mackenzie (1860–1942)	15 oktober 1930	5 november 1931	Labour Party (1930–1931)
					National Labour (1931)		MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I)
		Lieutenant Colonel Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1878–1949)	5 november 1931	7 juni 1935	Conservative Party		MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II)
		Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972)	7 juni 1935	16 mei 1938	Conservative Party	Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937)	Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III)
						Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940)	Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV)
		Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943)	16 mei 1938	3 april 1940	Conservative Party
							Chamberlain II
		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959)	3 april 1940	10 mei 1940	Conservative Party
		Sir Archibald Sinclair (1890–1970)	10 mei 1940	23 mei 1945	Liberal Party	Winston Churchill (1940–1945)	Churchill I
		Harold Macmillan (1894–1986)	23 mei 1945	26 juli 1945	Conservative Party		Churchill II
		Air Commodore Burggraaf Stansgate William Wedgwood Benn (1877–1960)	26 juli 1945	4 oktober 1946	Labour Party	Clement Attlee (1945–1951)	Attlee I
		Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982)	4 oktober 1946	7 oktober 1947	Labour Party
		Arthur Henderson II (1893–1968)	7 oktober 1947	26 oktober 1951	Labour Party
							Attlee II
		Major Burggraaf De L'Isle William Sidney (1909–1991)	26 oktober 1951	20 december 1955	Conservative Party	Winston Churchill (1951–1955)	Churchill III
						Anthony Eden (1955–1957)	Eden
		Nigel Birch (1906–1981)	20 december 1955	10 januari 1957	Conservative Party
		George Ward (1907–1988)	10 januari 1957	28 oktober 1960	Conservative Party	Harold Macmillan (1957–1963)	Macmillan I
							Macmillan II
		Julian Amery (1932–2010)	28 oktober 1960	16 juli 1962	Conservative Party
		Hugh Fraser (1918–1984)	16 juli 1962	1 april 1964	Conservative Party
Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)	Douglas-Home

Ministers voor de Marine van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1858–1964)

Minister voor de Marine First Lord of the Admiralty			Ambtstermijn		Partij(en)	Premier(s)	Kabinet(ten)	Overige functie(s)
		Sir John Pakington (1799–1800)	20 februari 1858	12 juni 1859	Conservative Party	Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859)	Smith- Stanley II
		Hertog van Somerset Edward Seymour (1804–1885)	12 juni 1859	28 juni 1866	Liberal Party	Henry John Temple (1859–1865)	Temple II
						John Russell (1865–1866)	Russell II
		Sir John Pakington (1799–1800)	28 juni 1866	8 maart 1867 [3]	Conservative Party	Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868)	Smith- Stanley III
		Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873)	8 maart 1867	3 december 1868	Conservative Party
					Conservative Party	Benjamin Disraeli (1868)	Disraeli I
		Hugh Childers (1827–1896)	3 december 1868	11 maart 1871 [4]	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874)	Gladstone I
		George Goschen (1831–1907)	11 maart 1871	20 februari 1874	Liberal Party
		George Ward Hunt (1825–1877)	20 februari 1874	29 juli 1877 [2]	Conservative Party	Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880)	Disraeli II
Vacant
		William Henry Smith (1825–1891)	1 augustus 1877	23 april 1880	Conservative Party
		Graaf van Northbrook Thomas Baring (1826–1904)	23 april 1880	23 juni 1885	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885)	Gladstone II
		Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927)	23 juni 1885	28 januari 1886	Conservative Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1885–1886)	Gascoyne- Cecil I
		Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909)	28 januari 1886	20 juli 1886	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1886)	Gladstone III
		Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927)	20 juli 1886	15 augustus 1892	Conservative Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1886–1892)	Gascoyne- Cecil II
		Graaf Spencer John Spencer (1835–1910)	15 augustus 1892	25 juni 1895	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894)	Gladstone IV
						Archibald Primrose (1894–1895)	Primrose
		George Goschen (1831–1907)	25 juni 1895	10 november 1900	Conservative Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902)	Gascoyne- Cecil III
		Graaf van Selborne William Palmer (1859–1942)	10 november 1900	15 maart 1905	Liberal Unionist Party		Gascoyne- Cecil IV
						Arthur Balfour (1902–1905)	Balfour
		Graaf Cawdor Frederick Campbell (1847–1911)	15 maart 1905	5 december 1905	Conservative Party
		Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks (1849–1909)	5 december 1905	8 april 1908	Liberal Party	Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908)	Campbell- Bannerman
		Reginald McKenna (1863–1943)	8 april 1908	24 oktober 1911	Liberal Party	Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916)	Asquith I
							Asquith II
							Asquith III
		Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	24 oktober 1911	25 mei 1915	Liberal Party
		Arthur Balfour (1848–1930)	25 mei 1915	7 december 1916	Conservative Party		Asquith IV
		Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935)	7 december 1916	17 juli 1917	Conservative Party	David Lloyd George (1916–1922)	Lloyd George I
		Sir Eric Geddes (1875-1937)	17 juli 1917	14 januari 1919	Conservative Party
					Conservative Party		Lloyd George II
		Walter Long (1854-1924)	14 januari 1919	13 februari 1921	Conservative Party
		Burggraaf Lee van Fareham Arthur Lee (1868-1947)	13 februari 1921	23 oktober 1922	Conservative Party
		Leo Amery (1873–1955)	23 oktober 1922	22 januari 1924	Conservative Party	Bonar Law (1922–1923)	Law
						Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924)	Baldwin I
		Burggraaf Chelmsford Frederic Thesiger (1868–1933)	22 januari 1924	3 november 1924	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald (1924)	MacDonald I
		William Bridgeman (1864–1935)	4 november 1924	5 juni 1929	Conservative Party	Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929)	Baldwin II
		Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965)	5 juni 1929	26 augustus 1931	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935)	MacDonald II
		Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937)	26 augustus 1931	5 november 1931	Conservative Party		Nationale Kabinetten
		Commander Burggraaf Monsell Bolton Eyres-Monsell (1881–1963)	5 november 1931	22 mei 1936	Conservative Party
						Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937)
		Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959)	22 mei 1936	28 mei 1937	Conservative Party
		Lieutenant Duff Cooper (1890–1954)	28 mei 1937	27 oktober 1938	Conservative Party	Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940)
		Second Lieutenant Graaf Stanhope James Stanhope (1880–1967)	27 oktober 1938	3 september 1939	Conservative Party
		Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	3 september 1939	10 mei 1940	Conservative Party		Chamberlain II
		Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965)	10 mei 1940	23 mei 1945	Labour Party	Winston Churchill (1951–1955)	Churchill I
		Brendan Bracken (1901–1958)	23 mei 1945	26 juli 1945	Conservative Party		Churchill II
		Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965)	26 juli 1945	4 oktober 1946	Labour Party	Clement Attlee (1945–1951)	Attlee I
		Burggraaf Hall George Hall (1881–1965)	4 oktober 1946	24 mei 1951	Labour Party
					Labour Party		Attlee II
		Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001)	24 mei 1951	26 oktober 1951	Labour Party
		Sub Lieutenant Burggraaf Cilcennin James Thomas (1903–1960)	26 oktober 1951	2 september 1956	Conservative Party	Winston Churchill (1951–1955)	Churchill III
						Anthony Eden (1955–1957)	Eden
		Major Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001)	2 september 1956	10 januari 1957	Conservative Party
		Squadron Leader Graaf van Selkirk George Douglas- Hamilton (1904–1994)	10 januari 1957	14 oktober 1959	Conservative Party	Harold Macmillan (1957–1963)	Macmillan I
		Major Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018)	14 oktober 1959	19 oktober 1963	Conservative Party		Macmillan II
		Brigadier Graaf Jellicoe George Jellicoe (1918–2007)	19 oktober 1963	16 oktober 1964	Conservative Party	Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964)	Douglas-Home

Ministers voor Oorlog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1852–1964)

Minister voor Oorlog Secretary of State for War			Ambtstermijn		Partij	Premier	Kabinet	Overige functie(s)
		Sidney Herbert (1810–1861)	28 december 1852	6 februari 1855	Peelite	George Hamilton- Gordon (1852–1855)	Hamilton- Gordon
		Heer Panmure Fox Maule- Ramsay (1801–1874)	6 februari 1855	20 februari 1858	Whig Party	Henry John Temple (1855–1858)	Temple I
		Jonathan Peel (1799–1879)	20 februari 1858	12 juni 1859	Conservative Party	Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859)	Smith-Stanley II
		Baron Herbert van Lea Sidney Herbert (1810–1861)	12 juni 1859	25 juli 1861 [4]	Liberal Party	Henry John Temple (1859–1865)	Temple II
		Sir George Cornewall Lewis (1805–1863)	25 juli 1861	28 april 1863 [4]	Liberal Party
		Graaf de Grey en Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909)	28 april 1863	16 februari 1866 [5]	Liberal Party
					Liberal Party	John Russell (1865–1866)	Russell II
		Markies van Hartington Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908)	16 februari 1866	28 juni 1866	Liberal Party
		Jonathan Peel (1799–1879)	28 juni 1866	8 maart 1867 [4]	Conservative Party	Edward Smith- Stanley (1866–1868)	Smith-Stanley III
		Sir John Pakington (1799–1800)	8 maart 1867	3 december 1868	Conservative Party
					Conservative Party	Benjamin Disraeli (1868)	Disraeli I
		Edward Cardwell (1813–1886)	3 december 1868	20 februari 1874	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874)	Gladstone I
		Burggraaf Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1814–1906) [6]	20 februari 1874	2 april 1878	Conservative Party	Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880)	Disraeli II
		Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley (1841–1908)	2 april 1878	23 april 1880	Conservative Party
		Hugh Childers (1827–1896)	23 april 1880	16 december 1882 [7]	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885)	Gladstone II
		Markies van Hartington Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908)	16 december 1882	23 juni 1885	Liberal Party
		William Henry Smith (1825–1891)	23 juni 1885	20 januari 1886 [4]	Conservative Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1885–1886)	Gascoyne- Cecil I
		Burggraaf Cranbrook Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy (1814–1906)	20 januari 1886	28 januari 1886	Conservative Party
		Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1836–1908)	28 januari 1886	20 juli 1886	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1886)	Gladstone III
		William Henry Smith (1825–1891)	20 juli 1886	14 januari 1887 [8]	Conservative Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1886–1892)	Gascoyne- Cecil II
		Edward Stanhope (1840–1893)	14 januari 1887	15 augustus 1892	Conservative Party
		Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1836–1908)	15 augustus 1892	25 juni 1895	Liberal Party	William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894)	Gladstone IV
						Archibald Primrose (1894–1895)	Primrose
		Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1845–1927)	25 juni 1895	10 november 1900	Liberal Unionist Party	Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902)	Gascoyne- Cecil III
		St John Brodrick (1856–1942)	10 november 1900	19 oktober 1903 [4]	Irish Unionist Party		Gascoyne- Cecil IV
						Arthur Balfour (1902–1905)	Balfour
		Hugh Arnold-Forster (1855–1909)	19 oktober 1903	5 december 1905	Liberal Unionist Party
		Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928)	5 december 1905	10 juni 1912 [9]	Liberal Party	Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908)	Campbell- Bannerman
						Herbert Henry Asquith	Asquith I
							Asquith II
							Asquith III
		Major General Jack Seely (1868–1947)	12 juni 1912	30 maart 1914 [4]	Liberal Party
		Herbert Henry Asquith (1852–1928) [10]	30 maart 1914	4 augustus 1914	Liberal Party			Premier
		Field Marshal Graaf Kitchener Herbert Kitchener (1850–1916)	4 augustus 1914	5 juni 1916 [11]	Onafhankelijk [12]
							Asquith IV
		David Lloyd George (1863–1945)	5 juni 1916	7 december 1916	Liberal Party
		Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948)	7 december 1916	18 april 1918 [4]	Conservative Party	David Lloyd George (1919–1922)	Lloyd George I
		Burggraaf Milner Alfred Milner (1865–1948)	18 april 1918	14 januari 1919 [13]	Conservative Party
							Lloyd George II
		Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965)	14 januari 1919	13 februari 1921 [13]	Liberal Party			Minister voor de Luchtmacht
		Sir Laming Worthington- Evans (1868–1931)	13 februari 1921	23 oktober 1922	Conservative Party
		Graaf van Derby Edward Stanley (1865–1948)	23 oktober 1922	22 januari 1924	Conservative Party	Bonar Law (1922–1923)	Law
						Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924)	Baldwin I
		Stephen Walsh (1859–1929)	22 januari 1924	3 november 1924	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald (1924)	MacDonald I
		Sir Laming Worthington- Evans (1868–1931)	4 november 1924	5 juni 1929	Conservative Party	Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929)	Baldwin II
		Tom Shaw (1872–1938)	5 juni 1929	26 augustus 1931	Labour Party	Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935)	MacDonald II
		Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945)	26 augustus 1931	5 november 1931	Liberal Party		MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I)
		Burggraaf Hailsham Douglas Hogg (1872–1950)	5 november 1931	7 juni 1935	Conservative Party		MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II)	Leader of the House of Lords
		Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959)	7 juni 1935	22 november 1935 [14]	Conservative Party	Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937)	Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III)
		Duff Cooper (1890–1954)	22 november 1935	28 mei 1937	Conservative Party
		Leslie Hore-Belisha (1893–1957)	28 mei 1937	5 januari 1940 [4]	National Liberal Party	Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940)	Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV)
							Chamberlain II
		Oliver Stanley (1896–1950)	5 januari 1940	10 mei 1940	Conservative Party
		Major Anthony Eden (1897–1977)	10 mei 1940	22 december 1940 [15]	Conservative Party	Winston Churchill (1951–1955)	Churchill I
		First Lieutenant David Margesson (1890–1965)	22 december 1940	19 februari 1942 [4]	Conservative Party
		Second Lieutenant Sir James Grigg (1890–1964)	19 februari 1942	26 juli 1945	Onafhankelijk [16]
							Churchill II
		Sub Lieutenant Jack Lawson (1881–1965)	26 juli 1945	4 oktober 1946 [4]	Labour Party	Clement Attlee (1945–1951)	Attlee I
		Second Lieutenant Frederick Bellenger (1894–1968)	4 oktober 1946	7 oktober 1947 [4]	Labour Party
		Manny Shinwell (1884–1986)	7 oktober 1947	28 februari 1950	Labour Party
		Wing Commander John Strachey (1901–1963)	28 februari 1950	26 oktober 1951	Labour Party		Attlee II
		Brigadier Antony Head (1906–1983)	26 oktober 1951	18 oktober 1956 [17]	Conservative Party	Winston Churchill (1951–1955)	Churchill III
						Anthony Eden (1955–1957)	Eden
		First Lieutenant John Hare (1911–1982)	18 oktober 1956	6 januari 1958 [18]	Conservative Party
						Harold Macmillan (1957–1963)	Macmillan I
		Major Christopher Soames (1920–1987)	6 januari 1958	27 juli 1960 [18]	Conservative Party
							Macmillan II
		Brigadier John Profumo (1915–2006)	27 juli 1960	5 juni 1963 [4]	Conservative Party
		Joseph Godber (1914–1980)	5 juni 1963	19 oktober 1963	Conservative Party
		First Lieutenant James Ramsden (1923–2020)	19 oktober 1963	1 april 1964	Conservative Party	Alec Douglas- Home (1963–1964)	Douglas-Home