Home Secretary

The Secretary of State for the Home Department, also referred to as the Home Secretary, is a senior Minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of the Home Office. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Home Secretary is a senior member of the British Cabinet.

Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Incumbent
Priti Patel

since 24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)
Home Office
StyleHome Secretary
(informal)
The Right Honourable
(UK and the Commonwealth)
StatusGreat Office of State
Member ofCabinet
Privy Council
National Security Council
Reports toThe Prime Minister
SeatWestminster
AppointerThe Crown
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthAt Her Majesty's pleasure
Formation27 March 1782
First holderEarl of Shelburne
Websitewww.gov.uk

The current Secretary of State for the Home Department is Priti Patel, MP, who was appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in July 2019.[1]

Responsibilities

Corresponding to what is generally known as an interior minister in many other countries, the Home Secretary's remit includes:

Formerly, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however in 2007 those responsibilities were transferred to the Ministry of Justice under the Lord Chancellor.

List of Home Secretaries

Secretary of State for the Home Department[2]
Portrait Name[note 1]
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Ministry Monarch
(Reign)
Ref.
The Right Honourable
William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne
KGPC

(17371805)
27 March
1782
10 July
1782
Whig Rockingham II George III

(1760–1820)
[note 2]
[3]
The Right Honourable
Thomas Townsend

MP for Whitchurch
(1733–1800)
10 July
1782
2 April
1783
Whig Shelburne
(WhigTory)
[3]
The Right Honourable
Frederick North
Lord North
KG

MP for Banbury
(1732–1792)
2 April
1783
19 December
1783
Tory Fox–North [3]
The Right Honourable
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
3rd Earl Temple
PC

(1753–1813)
19 December
1783
23 December
1783
Tory Pitt I [4]
The Right Honourable
Thomas Townsend
1st Baron Sydney
PC

(1733–1800)
23 December
1783
5 June
1789
Whig [3]
The Right Honourable
William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville
PCPC (Ire)

MP for Buckinghamshire[note 3]
(17591834)
5 June
1789
8 June
1791
Tory [3]
The Right Honourable
Henry Dundas

MP for Edinburgh
(1742–1811)
8 June
1791
11 July
1794
Tory [3]
His Grace
William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland
KGPCFRS

(17381809)
11 July
1794
30 July
1801
Tory [3]
Addington
The Right Honourable
Thomas Pelham
4th Baron Pelham of Stanmer
PCPC (Ire)FRS

(17561826)
30 July
1801
17 August
1803
Whig [3]
The Right Honourable
Charles Philip Yorke
FRSFSA

MP for Cambridgeshire
(1764–1834)
17 August
1803
12 May
1804
Tory [3]
The Right Honourable
Robert Jenkinson
2nd Baron Hawkesbury
PCFRS

(17701828)
12 May
1804
5 February
1806
Tory Pitt II [3]
The Right Honourable
George Spencer
2nd Earl Spencer
KGPCDLFRSFSA

(17581834)
5 February
1806
25 March
1807
Whig All the Talents
(WhigTory)
[3]
The Right Honourable
Robert Jenkinson
2nd Earl of Liverpool
PCFRS

(17701828)
25 March
1807
1 November
1809
Tory Portland II [3]
The Right Honourable
Richard Ryder
MP for Tiverton
(1766–1832)
1 November
1809
8 June
1812
Tory Perceval [3]
The Right Honourable
Henry Addington
1st Viscount Sidmouth
PC

(1757–1844)
11 June
1812
17 January
1822
Tory Liverpool [3]
George IV

(1820–1830)
The Right Honourable
Robert Peel
FRS

MP for Oxford University
(1788–1850)
17 January
1822
10 April
1827
Tory [3]
The Right Honourable
William Sturges Bourne

MP for Ashburton
(1769–1845)
30 April
1827
16 July
1827
Tory Canning
(CanningiteWhig)
[3]
The Most Honourable
Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
3rd Marquess of Lansdowne
PCFRS

(17801863)
16 July
1827
22 January
1828
Whig [3]
Goderich
The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Peel
BtFRS

MP for 3 constituencies respectively
(17881850)
26 January
1828
22 November
1830
Tory WellingtonPeel [3]
William IV

(1830–1837)
The Right Honourable
William Lamb
2nd Viscount Melbourne
PC

(1779–1848)
22 November
1830
16 July
1834
Whig Grey [3]
The Right Honourable
John Ponsonby
1st Baron Duncannon
PC

(1781–1847)
19 July
1834
15 November
1834
Whig Melbourne I [3]
Field MarshalHis Grace
Arthur Wellesley
1st Duke of Wellington
KGGCBGCHPC

(17691852)
15 November
1834
15 December
1834
Tory Wellington Caretaker [3]
The Right Honourable
Henry Goulburn
FRS

MP for Cambridge University
(1784–1856)
15 December
1834
18 April
1835
Conservative Peel I [3]
The Right Honourable
Lord John Russell

MP for Stroud
(1792–1878)
18 April
1835
30 August
1839
Whig Melbourne II [4]
Victoria

(1837–1901)
The Most Honourable
Constantine Phipps
1st Marquess of Normanby
GCHPC

(17971863)
30 August
1839
30 August
1841
Whig [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir James Graham
Bt

MP for Dorchester
(1792–1861)
6 September
1841
30 June
1846
Conservative Peel II [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir George Grey
Bt

(1799–1882)
8 July
1846
23 February
1852
Whig Russell I [4]
The Right Honourable
Spencer Horatio Walpole
QC

MP for Midhurst
(1806–1898)
27 February
1852
19 December
1852
Conservative Who? Who? [4]
The Right Honourable
Henry John Temple
3rd Viscount Palmerston
GCBPCFRS

MP for Tiverton
(17841865)
28 December
1852
6 February
1855
Whig Aberdeen
(PeeliteWhig)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Sir George Grey
Bt

MP for Morpeth
(1799–1882)
8 February
1855
26 February
1858
Whig Palmerston I [4]
The Right Honourable
Spencer Horatio Walpole
QC

MP for Cambridge University
(1806–1898)
26 February
1858
3 March
1859
Conservative DerbyDisraeli II [4]
The Right Honourable
Thomas Henry Sutton Sotheron-Estcourt
DLJP

MP for North Wiltshire
(18011876)
3 March
1859
18 June
1859
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir George Cornewall Lewis
Bt

MP for Radnor
(1806–1863)
18 June
1859
25 July
1861
Liberal Palmerston II [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir George Grey
Bt

MP for Morpeth
(1799–1882)
25 July
1861
28 June
1866
Liberal [4]
Russell II
The Right Honourable
Spencer Horatio Walpole
QC

MP for Cambridge University
(1806–1898)
6 July
1866
17 May
1867
Conservative DerbyDisraeli III [4]
The Right Honourable
Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy

MP for Oxford University
(1814–1906)
17 May
1867
3 December
1868
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Henry Bruce
JPDL

(18151895)
9 December
1868
9 August
1873
Liberal Gladstone I [4]
The Right Honourable
Robert Lowe

MP for London University
(1811–1892)
9 August
1873
20 February
1874
Liberal [4]
The Right Honourable
R. A. Cross
GCBFRSDL

MP for South West Lancashire
(18231914)
21 February
1874
23 April
1880
Conservative Disraeli II [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir William Harcourt
QC

MP for Derby
(1827–1904)
28 April
1880
23 June
1885
Liberal Gladstone II [4]
The Right Honourable
R. A. Cross
GCBFRSDL

MP for Newton
(18231914)
24 June
1885
1 February
1886
Conservative Salisbury I [4]
The Right Honourable
Hugh Childers

MP for Edinburgh South
(1827–1896)
6 February
1886
25 July
1886
Liberal Gladstone III [4]
The Right Honourable
Henry Matthews
QC

MP for Birmingham East
(1826–1913)
3 August
1886
15 August
1892
Conservative Salisbury II [4]
The Right Honourable
H. H. Asquith
QC

MP for East Fife
(1852–1928)
18 August
1892
25 June
1895
Liberal Gladstone IV [4]
Rosebery
The Right Honourable
Sir Matthew White Ridley
BtDL

MP for Blackpool
(18421904)
29 June
1895
12 November
1900
Conservative Salisbury
(III & IV)

(Con.Lib.U.)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Charles Ritchie

MP for Croydon
(1838–1906)
12 November
1900
11 August
1902
Conservative [4]
Edward VII

(1901–1910)
Balfour
The Right Honourable
Aretas Akers-Douglas
JPDL

MP for St Augustine's
(1851–1926)
11 August
1902
5 December
1905
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Herbert Gladstone
JP

MP for Leeds West
(1854–1930)
11 December
1905
19 February
1910
Liberal Campbell-Bannerman [4]
Asquith
(I–III)
The Right Honourable
Winston Churchill

MP for Dundee
(1874–1965)
19 February
1910
24 October
1911
Liberal [4]
George V

(1910–1936)
The Right Honourable
Reginald McKenna

MP for North Monmouthshire
(1863–1943)
24 October
1911
27 May
1915
Liberal [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon

MP for Walthamstow
(1873–1954)
27 May
1915
12 January
1916
Liberal Asquith Coalition
(Lib.Con.–et al.)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Herbert Samuel

MP for Cleveland
(1870–1963)
12 January
1916
7 December
1916
Liberal [4]
The Right Honourable
George Cave
1st Viscount Cave
PC

MP for Kingston[note 6]
(1856–1928)
11 December
1916
14 January
1919
Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Edward Shortt
KC

MP for Newcastle upon Tyne West
(1862–1935)
14 January
1919
23 October
1922
Liberal [4]
The Right Honourable
William Bridgeman
JPDL

MP for Oswestry
(18641935)
25 October
1922
22 January
1924
Conservative Law [4]
Baldwin I
The Right Honourable
Arthur Henderson

MP for Burnley[note 7]
(1863–1935)
23 January
1924
4 November
1924
Labour MacDonald I [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
BtPC (NI)DL

MP for Twickenham
(18651932)
7 November
1924
5 June
1929
Conservative Baldwin II [4]
The Right Honourable
John Robert Clynes

MP for Manchester Platting
(1869–1949)
8 June
1929
26 August
1931
Labour MacDonald II [4]
The Right Honourable
Herbert Samuel
GCBGBE

MP for Darwen
(18701963)
26 August
1931
1 October
1932
Liberal National I
(N.Lab.Con.–et al.)
[4]
National II
The Right Honourable
Sir John Gilmour
BtDSOTDJPDL

MP for Glasgow Pollok
(18761940)
1 October
1932
7 June
1935
Unionist [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon
GCSIGCVOOBE

MP for Spen Valley
(18731954)
7 June
1935
28 May
1937
Liberal National National III
(Con.N.Lab.–et al.)
[4]
Edward VIII

(1936)
George VI

(1936–1952)
The Right Honourable
Sir Samuel Hoare
BtGCSIGBECMGJP

MP for Chelsea
(18801959)
28 May
1937
3 September
1939
Conservative National IV [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir John Anderson
GCBGCSIGCIEPC (Ire)

MP for Combined Scottish Universities
(18821958)
4 September
1939
4 October
1940
Independent
(National)
Chamberlain War [4]
Churchill War
(All parties)
The Right Honourable
Herbert Morrison

MP for Hackney South
(1888–1965)
4 October
1940
23 May
1945
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
Sir Donald Somervell
KC

MP for Crewe
(1889–1960)
25 May
1945
26 July
1945
Conservative Churchill Caretaker
(Con.Lib.N.)
[4]
The Right Honourable
James Chuter Ede
JPDL

MP for South Shields
(18821965)
3 August
1945
26 October
1951
Labour Attlee
(I & II)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
GCVOQC

MP for Liverpool West Derby
(19001967)
27 October
1951
19 October
1954
Conservative Churchill III [4]
Elizabeth II

(1952–present)
The Right Honourable
Gwilym Lloyd George
TD
MP for Newcastle upon Tyne North
(1894–1967)
19 October
1954
14 January
1957
National Liberal
&
Conservative
[4]
Eden
The Right Honourable
Richard Austen Butler
CH

MP for Saffron Walden
(1902–1982)
14 January
1957
13 July
1962
Conservative Macmillan
(I & II)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Henry Brooke

MP for Hampstead
(1903–1984)
14 July
1962
16 October
1964
Conservative [4]
Douglas-Home
The Right Honourable
Sir Frank Soskice
QC
MP for Newport
(1902–1979)
18 October
1964
23 December
1965
Labour Wilson
(I & II)
[4]
The Right Honourable
Roy Jenkins

MP for Birmingham Stechford
(1920–2003)
23 December
1965
30 November
1967
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
James Callaghan

MP for Cardiff South East
(1912–2005)
30 November
1967
19 June
1970
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
Reginald Maudling

MP for Barnet
(1917–1979)
20 June
1970
18 July
1972
Conservative Heath [4]
The Right Honourable
Robert Carr

MP for Carshalton
(1916–2012)
18 July
1972
4 March
1974
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Roy Jenkins

MP for Birmingham Stechford
(1920–2003)
5 March
1974
10 September
1976
Labour Wilson
(III & IV)
[4]
Callaghan
The Right Honourable
Merlyn Rees

MP for Leeds South
(1920–2006)
10 September
1976
4 May
1979
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
William Whitelaw
CHMCDL

MP for Penrith and The Border
(19181999)
4 May
1979
11 June
1983
Conservative Thatcher I [4]
The Right Honourable
Leon Brittan
QC

MP for Richmond (Yorks)
(1939–2015)
11 June
1983
2 September
1985
Conservative Thatcher II [4]
The Right Honourable
Douglas Hurd
CBE

MP for Witney
(born 1930)
2 September
1985
26 October
1989
Conservative [4]
Thatcher III
The Right Honourable
David Waddington
QCDL

MP for Ribble Valley
(19292017)
26 October
1989
28 November
1990
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Kenneth Baker

MP for Mole Valley
(born 1934)
28 November
1990
10 April
1992
Conservative Major I [4]
The Right Honourable
Kenneth Clarke
QC

MP for Rushcliffe
(born 1940)
10 April
1992
27 May
1993
Conservative Major II [4]
The Right Honourable
Michael Howard
QC

MP for Folkestone and Hythe
(born 1941)
27 May
1993
2 May
1997
Conservative [4]
The Right Honourable
Jack Straw

MP for Blackburn
(born 1946)
2 May
1997
8 June
2001
Labour Blair
(I–III)
[4]
The Right Honourable
David Blunkett

MP for Sheffield Brightside
(born 1947)
8 June
2001
15 December
2004
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
Charles Clarke

MP for Norwich South
(born 1950)
15 December
2004
5 May
2006
Labour [4]
The Right Honourable
John Reid

MP for Airdrie and Shotts
(born 1947)
5 May
2006
28 June
2007
Labour [5]
The Right Honourable
Jacqui Smith

MP for Redditch
(born 1962)
28 June
2007
5 June
2009
Labour Brown [6]
The Right Honourable
Alan Johnson

MP for Hull West and Hessle
(born 1950)
5 June
2009
11 May
2010
Labour [7]
The Right Honourable
Theresa May

MP for Maidenhead
(born 1956)
12 May
2010
13 July
2016
Conservative Cameron–Clegg
(Con.L.D.)
[8]
Cameron II
The Right Honourable
Amber Rudd

MP for Hastings and Rye
(born 1963)
13 July
2016
29 April
2018
Conservative May I [9]
May II
The Right Honourable
Sajid Javid

MP for Bromsgrove
(born 1969)
30 April
2018
24 July
2019
Conservative [10]
The Right Honourable
Priti Patel

MP for Witham
(born 1972)
24 July
2019
Incumbent Conservative Johnson I [1]
Johnson II
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See also

Notes

  1. Including honorifics and constituencies for elected MPs.
  2. The Prince of Wales served as Prince Regent from 5 February 1811.
  3. Elevated to the Peerage of Great Britain in 1790
  4. Elected to a new constituency in the 1847 general election.
  5. Lost seat in the 1868 general election and elected to a new constituency in the Renfrewshire by-election.
  6. Elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1918.
  7. Elected on 28 February 1924 in the Burnley by-election.

References

Citations

  1. "Priti Patel appointed UK interior minister: statement". 24 July 2019 via www.reuters.com.
  2. "Secretary of State for the Home Department". gov.uk. Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. Gibson 2008.
  4. "Home Secretary". Hansard. Parliament of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  5. "Clarke is fired in Cabinet purge". BBC News. 5 May 2006. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  6. "First female boss for Home Office". BBC News. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  7. "Hutton quits in cabinet reshuffle". BBC News. 5 June 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. "Cameron coalition: Theresa May made home secretary". BBC News. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  9. "Theresa May shakes up government with new-look cabinet". BBC News. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  10. "Sajid Javid announced as new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd's resignation". Sky News. Retrieved 30 April 2018.

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