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Leader of the House of Lords

PostLeader
Bodythe House of Lords
InsigniacaptionThe Crowned Portcullis
IncumbentThe Lord Strathclyde
Incumbentsince12 May 2010
AppointerDavid Cameron
AppointerpostPrime Minister
InauguralThe Viscount Townshend
Formation1721

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The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Unless the Leader is also a departmental minister, being Leader constitutes the bulk of his government responsibilities, but it has never been an independent salaried office. The Office of the Leader of the House of Lords is a ministerial department.

Though the Leader of the House is a member of the cabinet and remains a partisan figure, he also has responsibilities to the House as a whole. In contrast to the House of Commons, where proceedings are controlled by the Speaker, proceedings in the Lords are controlled by peers themselves, under the rules set out in the Standing Orders. The Leader of the House has the responsibility of reminding the House of these rules and facilitating the Lords' self-regulation, though any member may draw attention to breaches of order or failure to observe customs. The Leader is often called upon to advise on procedures and points of order, and is required to determine the order of speakers on Supplementary Questions, subject to the wishes of the House. However, like the Lord Speaker, he has no power to rule on points of order or to intervene during an inappropriate speech.

Until the election of the first Lord Speaker on 4 July 2006, the Leader of the House had responsibility for making preliminary decisions on requests for Private Notice Questions, and for waiving the sub judice rule in certain cases. Those functions were transferred to the Lord Speaker.

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18th century :
Name Portrait Political party Prime Minister Offices held in conjunction Took office Left office
The Viscount Townshend Whig Robert Walpole Northern Secretary 1721 1730
? 1730 1742
The Lord Carteret Whig The Earl of Wilmington 1742 � 43 Northern Secretary 1742 1744
Henry Pelham 1743 � 54
The Duke of Newcastle Whig Prime Minister 1754 � 56 1744 1756
Himself 1754 � 56
The Duke of Devonshire Whig Himself Prime Minister 1756 1757
The Duke of Newcastle Whig Himself Prime Minister 1757 1762
The Earl of Bute Tory Himself Prime Minister 1762 1763
? George Grenville 1763 1765
The Marquess of Rockingham Rockingham Whig Himself Prime Minister 1765 1766
The Duke of Grafton Chathamite Whig The Earl of Chatham 1766 � 68 Prime Minister 1768 � 70 1766 1770
Himself 1768 � 70
? Lord North 1770 1782
The Marquess of Rockingham Rockingham Whig Himself Prime Minister 1782 1782
The Earl of Shelburne Rockingham Whig Himself Prime Minister 1782 1783
The Duke of Portland Whig
(Fox-North Coalition)		 Himself Prime Minister 1783 1783
The Viscount Sydney Whig William Pitt the Younger Home Secretary 1783 1789
The Duke of Leeds Tory Foreign Secretary 1789 1790
The Lord Grenville Tory Home Secretary until 1791
Foreign Secretary 1791 � 1801		 1790 1801

19th century :
Name Portrait Political party Prime Minister Offices held in conjunction Took office Left office
The Lord Pelham Tory Henry Addington 1801 � 04 Home Secretary 1801 1803
The Lord Hawkesbury Tory Foreign Secretary until 1804
Home Secretary 1804 � 06		 1803 1806
William Pitt the Younger 1804 � 06
The Lord Grenville Whig
(Ministry of All the Talents)		 Himself Prime Minister 1806 1807
The Lord Hawkesbury
(Earl of Liverpool from 1808)		 Tory The Duke of Portland 1807 � 09 Home Secretary 1807 � 09
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1809 � 12
Prime Minister 1812 � 27		 1807 1827
Spencer Perceval 1809 � 12
Himself 1812 � 27
The Viscount Goderich Tory George Canning 1827 Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1827
Prime Minister 1827-28		 1827 1828
Himself 1827 � 28
The Duke of Wellington Tory Himself Prime Minister 1828 1830
The Earl Grey Whig Himself Prime Minister 22 November 1830 9 July 1834
The Viscount Melbourne Whig Himself Prime Minister 16 July 1834 14 November 1834
The Duke of Wellington Tory Himself 1834 Prime Minister
and other offices 1834		 17 November 1834 8 April 1835
Sir Robert Peel
(Conservative) 1834 � 35		 Foreign Secretary
The Viscount Melbourne Whig Himself Prime Minister 18 April 1835 30 August 1841
The Duke of Wellington Conservative Sir Robert Peel, Bt Minister without Portfolio 3 September 1841 27 June 1846
The Marquess of Lansdowne Whig Lord John Russell Lord President of the Council 6 July 1846 21 February 1852
The Earl of Derby Conservative Himself Prime Minister 23 February 1852 17 December 1852
The Earl of Aberdeen Peelite Himself Prime Minister 19 December 1852 30 January 1855
The Earl Granville Whig Viscount Palmerston Lord President of the Council 8 February 1855 21 February 1858
The Earl of Derby Conservative Himself Prime Minister 21 February 1858 11 June 1859
The Earl Granville Liberal Viscount Palmerston Lord President of the Council 18 June 1859 29 October 1865
The Earl Russell Liberal Himself Prime Minister 29 October 1865 26 June 1866
The Earl of Derby Conservative Himself Prime Minister 28 June 1866 25 February 1868
The Earl of Malmesbury Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Lord Privy Seal 27 February 1868 1 December 1868
The Earl Granville Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Colonial Secretary 1868 � 70
Foreign Secretary 1870 � 74		 9 December 1868 17 February 1874
The Duke of Richmond Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Lord President of the Council 21 February 1874 21 August 1876
The Earl of Beaconsfield Conservative Himself Prime Minister 21 August 1876 21 April 1880
The Earl Granville Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Foreign Secretary 28 April 1880 9 June 1885
The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Himself Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary		 23 June 1885 28 January 1886
The Earl Granville Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Colonial Secretary 6 February 1886 20 July 1886
The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Himself Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary 1887 � 92		 25 July 1886 11 August 1892
The Earl of Kimberley Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Lord President of the Council 18 August 1892 5 March 1894
The Earl of Rosebery Liberal Himself Prime Minister 5 March 1894 21 June 1895
The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Himself Prime Minister
Foreign Secretary 1895 � 1900
Lord Privy Seal 1900 � 02		 25 June 1895 11 July 1902

20th century :
Name Portrait Political party Prime Minister Offices held in conjunction Took office Left office Honours
The Duke of Devonshire Liberal Unionist Arthur Balfour
(Conservative)		 Lord President of the Council 12 July 1902 13 October 1903 KG, GCVO, PC, PC (Ire)
The Marquess of Lansdowne Liberal Unionist Foreign Secretary 13 October 1903 4 December 1905 KG, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC
The Marquess of Ripon Liberal Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Lord Privy Seal 10 December 1905 14 April 1908 KG, GCSI, CIE, PC
The Earl of Crewe
(Marquess of Crewe from 1911)		 Liberal H. H. Asquith Colonial Secretary 1908 � 10
Lord Privy Seal 1908 � 11, 1912 � 15
India Secretary 1910 � 15
Lord President of the Council 1915 � 16		 14 April 1908 10 December 1916 KG, PC
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
(Marquess Curzon of Kedleston from 1921)		 Conservative David Lloyd George
(Liberal) 1916 � 22		 Lord President of the Council 1916 � 19
Foreign Secretary 1919 � 24		 10 December 1916 22 January 1924 KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC
Andrew Bonar Law 1922 � 23
Stanley Baldwin 1923 � 24
The Viscount Haldane Labour Ramsay MacDonald Lord Chancellor 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 KT, OM, PC, KC, FRS, FSA
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Conservative Stanley Baldwin Lord President of the Council 3 November 1924 20 March 1925 KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC
The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Lord Privy Seal 27 April 1925 4 June 1929 KG GCVO CB PC
The Lord Parmoor Labour Ramsay MacDonald Lord President of the Council 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 KCVO PC QC
The Marquess of Reading Liberal
(National Govt)		 Ramsay MacDonald
(National Labour)		 Foreign Secretary 24 August 1931 5 November 1931 GCB, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC, KC
The Viscount Hailsham Conservative
(National Govt)		 Secretary of State for War 5 November 1931 7 June 1935 PC
The Marquess of Londonderry Lord Londerry is the centre figure. Conservative Stanley Baldwin Lord Privy Seal 7 June 1935 22 November 1935 KG, MVO PC, PC (Ire)
The Viscount Halifax Conservative Lord Privy Seal 1935 � 37
Lord President of the Council 1937 � 38		 22 November 1935 21 February 1938
Neville Chamberlain KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE PC TD
The Earl Stanhope Conservative President of the Board of Education until 1938
First Lord of the Admiralty 1938 � 39
Lord President of the Council 1939 � 40		 21 February 1938 14 May 1940 KG PC DSO MC
The Viscount Caldecote Conservative Winston Churchill Dominions Secretary 14 May 1940 3 October 1940 CBE PC KC
The Viscount Halifax Conservative Foreign Secretay 3 October 1940 22 December 1940 KG OM GCSI GCMG GCIE PC TD
The Lord Lloyd Conservative Colonial Secretary 22 December 1940 4 February 1941 GCSI, GCIE, PC, DSO
The Lord Moyne Conservative Colonial Secretary 8 February 1941 21 February 1942 DSO & Bar PC
Viscount Cranborne Conservative Colonial Secretary 1942
Lord Privy Seal 1942 � 43
Dominions Secretary 1943 � 45		 21 February 1942 26 July 1945 KG PC
The Viscount Addison Labour Clement Attlee Dominions Secretary 1945 � 47
Lord Privy Seal 1947 � 51		 3 August 1945 26 October 1951 KG PC
The Marquess of Salisbury Conservative Winston Churchill Lord Privy Seal 1951 � 52
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 1952
Lord President of the Council 1952 � 57		 28 October 1951 29 March 1957 KG PC
Anthony Eden
The Earl of Home Conservative Harold Macmillan Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations until 1960
Lord President of the Council 1957, 1959 � 60		 29 March 1957 27 July 1960 KT PC
The Viscount Hailsham Conservative Lord President of the Council 1960 � 63
Minister for Sport 1962 � 63		 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 KG CH PC QC
The Lord Carrington Conservative Alec Douglas-Home Minister without Portfolio 20 October 1963 16 October 1964 KG GCMG CH MC PC DL
The Earl of Longford Labour Harold Wilson Lord Privy Seal 1964 � 65, 1966 � 68
Colonial Secretary 1965 � 66		 18 October 1964 16 January 1968 KG PC
The Lord Shackleton Labour Lord Privy Seal 1968, 1968 � 70
Paymaster-General 1968		 16 January 1968 19 June 1970 KG AC OBE PC
The Earl Jellicoe Conservative Edward Heath Lord Privy Seal 20 June 1970 23 May 1973 KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS
The Lord Windlesham Conservative Lord Privy Seal 5 June 1973 4 March 1974 CVO, PC, FBA
The Lord Shepherd Labour Harold Wilson Lord Privy Seal 7 March 1974 10 September 1976 PC
James Callaghan
The Lord Peart Labour Lord Privy Seal 10 September 1976 4 May 1979 PC
The Lord Soames Conservative Margaret Thatcher Lord President of the Council 5 May 1979 14 September 1981 GCMG GCVO CH CBE PC
The Lady Young Conservative Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1981 � 82
Lord Privy Seal 1982 � 83		 14 September 1981 11 June 1983 PC
The Viscount Whitelaw Conservative Deputy Prime Minister
Lord President of the Council		 11 June 1983 10 January 1988 KT CH MC PC
The Lord Belstead Conservative Lord Privy Seal 10 January 1988 28 November 1990 PC
The Lord Waddington Conservative John Major Lord Privy Seal 28 November 1990 11 April 1992 GCVO DL QC PC
The Lord Wakeham Conservative Lord Privy Seal 11 April 1992 20 July 1994 PC DL
Viscount Cranborne Conservative Lord Privy Seal 20 July 1994 2 May 1997 PC DL
The Lord Richard Labour Tony Blair Lord Privy Seal 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 PC
The Lady Jay of Paddington Labour Lord Privy Seal 27 July 1998 8 June 2001 PC

21st century :
Name Portrait Political party Prime Minister Offices held in conjunction Took office Left office
The Lord Williams of Mostyn Labour Tony Blair Lord Privy Seal 8 June 2001 20 September 2003
The Lady Amos Labour Lord President of the Council 6 October 2003 27 June 2007
The Lady Ashton of Upholland Labour Gordon Brown Lord President of the Council 27 June 2007 2 October 2008
The Lady Royall of Blaisdon Labour Lord President of the Council 2008 � 09
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2009 � 10		 2 October 2008 11 May 2010
The Lord Strathclyde Conservative David Cameron Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 2010- 12 May 2010 Incumbent

Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom

Ministerial
departments		Attorney General's Office * Cabinet Office * Department for Business, Innovation and Skills * Department for Communities and Local Government * Department for Culture, Media and Sport * Department for Education * Department of Energy and Climate Change * Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs * Department for International Development * Department for Transport * Department for Work and Pensions * Department of Health * Foreign and Commonwealth Office * Government Equalities Office * Her Majesty's Treasury * Home Office * Ministry of Defence * Ministry of Justice * Northern Ireland Office * Office of the Advocate General for Scotland * Office of the Leader of the House of Commons * Office of the Leader of the House of Lords * Scotland Office * Wales Office
Non-ministerial
departments		Central Office of Information * Charity Commission for England and Wales * Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt * Crown Estate * Crown Prosecution Service * Export Credits Guarantee Department * Food Standards Agency * Forestry Commission * Government Actuary's Department * Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs * National School of Government * Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills * Office of Fair Trading * Office of Gas and Electricity Markets * Office of Rail Regulation * Office of the Parliamentary Counsel * Postal Services Commission * Public Works Loan Board * Serious Fraud Office * Treasury Solicitor's Department * UK Statistics Authority * UK Trade & Investment * Water Services Regulation Authority



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