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Secretary of State for Scotland

PostSecretary
BodyState for Scotland
InsigniaRoyal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Government in Scotland).svg
InsigniacaptionArms of Her Majesty's Government
DepartmentScotland Office
IncumbentMichael Moore
Incumbentsince29 May 2010
StyleThe Right Honourable
AppointerDavid Cameron
AppointerpostPrime Minister
InauguralThe Duke of Queensberry
Formation3 February 1709

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The Secretary of State for Scotland ( ) is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office (formerly the Scottish Office), a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was abolished in 1746, following the Jacobite rebellion. Scottish affairs thereafter were managed by the Lord Advocate until 1827, when responsibility passed to the Home Office.

In 1885 the post of Secretary for Scotland was re-created, with the incumbent usually (though not always) in the Cabinet. In 1926 this post was upgraded to a full Secretary of State appointment.

The 1999 Scottish devolution has meant the Scottish Office's powers were divided, with most transferred to the Scottish Executive or to other UK Government departments, leaving only a limited role for the Scotland Office. Consequently the role of Secretary of State for Scotland has been diminished. A recent Scottish Secretary, Des Browne, held the post whilst simultaneously (and separately) being Secretary of State for Defence. The present Secretary of State for Scotland is Michael Moore.

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Name Portrait Took office Left office
John Erskine
Earl of Mar		 (since 1705)
1 May 1707		 3 February 1709
James Douglas
Duke of Queensberry		 3 February 1709 6 July 1711
(alive)
John Erskine
Earl of Mar		 30 September 1713 24 September 1714
James Graham
Duke of Montrose		 24 September 1714 August 1715
(resigned)
John Ker
Duke of Roxburghe		 13 December 1716 August 1725
(resigned)
Office thereafter vacant.
One reference book claims that Charles Douglas, 2nd Earl of Selkirk
held this office from 1731, but there is no other authority for this claim.
John Hay
Marquess of Tweeddale		 16 February 1742 3 January 1746
(resigned)

17 August 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative
George Otto Trevelyan 8 February 1886 March, 1886
(resigned)		 Liberal
John Ramsay
Earl of Dalhousie		 5 April 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal
Arthur Balfour 5 August 1886 11 March 1887 Conservative
Schomberg Kerr
Marquess of Lothian		 11 March 1887 11 August 1892 Unionist
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bt 18 August 1892 21 June 1895 Liberal
Alexander Bruce
Lord Balfour of Burleigh		 29 June 1895 9 October 1903
(resigned)		 Unionist
Andrew Murray 9 October 1903 2 February 1905 Conservative
John Hope
Marquess of Linlithgow		 2 February 1905 4 December 1905 Conservative
John Sinclair
(Baron Pentland from 1909)		 10 December 1905 13 February 1912 Liberal
Thomas McKinnon Wood 13 February 1912 9 July 1916 Liberal
Harold Tennant 9 July 1916 5 December 1916 Liberal
Robert Munro 10 December 1916 19 October 1922 Liberal
Robert Munro Ferguson
Viscount Novar		 24 October 1922 22 January 1924 none
William Adamson 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour
Sir John Gilmour 6 November 1924 26 July 1926 Unionist

15 July 1926 4 June 1929 Unionist
William Adamson 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour
Sir Archibald Sinclair 25 August 1931 28 September 1932
(resigned)		 Liberal
Sir Godfrey Collins 28 September 1932 29 October 1936 National Liberal
Walter Elliot 29 October 1936 16 May 1938 Unionist
John Colville 6 May 1938 10 May 1940 Unionist
Ernest Brown 14 May 1940 8 February 1941 National Liberal
Thomas Johnston 8 February 1941 23 May 1945 Labour
Harry Primrose
Earl of Rosebery		 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 National Liberal
Joseph Westwood 3 August 1945 7 October 1947 Labour
Arthur Woodburn 7 October 1947 28 February 1950 Labour
Hector McNeil 28 February 1950 26 October 1951 Labour
James Stuart 30 October 1951 13 January 1957 Unionist
John Maclay 13 January 1957 13 July 1962 Unionist
Michael Noble 13 July 1962 16 October 1964 Unionist
William Ross 18 October 1964 19 June 1970 Labour
Gordon Campbell 20 June 1970 4 March 1974 Conservative and Unionist
William Ross 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Labour
Bruce Millan 8 April 1976 4 May 1979 Labour
George Younger 5 May 1979 11 January 1986 Conservative and Unionist
Malcolm Rifkind 11 January 1986 28 November 1990 Conservative and Unionist
Ian Lang 28 November 1990 5 July 1995 Conservative and Unionist
Michael Forsyth 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Conservative and Unionist
Donald Dewar 3 May 1997 17 May 1999
(became
First Minister of Scotland)		 Labour
John Reid 17 May 1999 25 January 2001 Labour
Helen Liddell 25 January 2001 13 June 2003 Labour
Alistair Darling
(also Secretary of State for Transport)		 13 June 2003 5 May 2006 Labour
Douglas Alexander
(also Secretary of State for Transport)		 5 May 2006 27 June 2007 Labour
Des Browne
(also Secretary of State for Defence)		 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Labour
Jim Murphy 3 October 2008 11 May 2010 Labour
Danny Alexander 11 May 2010 29 May 2010 Liberal Democrats
Michael Moore 29 May 2010 Incumbent Liberal Democrats

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