Secretary of State for War

John Profumo 1960–1963 Christopher Soames 1958–1960 John Strachey (politician) 1950–1951 Manny Shinwell 1947–1950 Anthony Eden 1940 Leslie Hore-Belisha 1937–1940 Duff Cooper 1935–1937 Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax 1935 Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham 1931–1935 Laming Worthington-Evans 1924–1929 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby 1922–1924 Laming Worthington-Evans 1921–1922 Winston Churchill 1919–1921 Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby 1916–1918 David Lloyd George 1916 Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener 1914–1916 H. H. Asquith 1914 J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone 1912–1914 Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane 1905–1912 Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne 1895–1900 Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1892–1895 Edward Stanhope 1887–1892 William Henry Smith 1886–1887 Henry Campbell-Bannerman 1886 Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook 1886 William Henry Smith 1885–1886 Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire 1882–1885 Hugh Childers 1880–1882 Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby 1878–1880 Henry Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle 1854–1855