Leader of the House of Lords | Ambtstermijn | Partij | Premier | Kabinet | Overige functie(s) |
| | Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1780–1863) | 30 juni 1846 | 22 februari 1852 | Whig Party | John Russell (1846–1852) | Russell I | Lord President of the Council |
| | Graaf van Derby Edward Smith-Stanley (1799–1869) | 22 februari 1852 | 28 december 1852 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1852) | Smith-Stanley I | Premier |
| | Graaf van Aberdeen George Hamilton- Gordon (1784–1860) | 28 december 1852 | 6 februari 1855 | Peelite | George Hamilton -Gordon (1852–1855) | Hamilton-Gordon | Premier |
| | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 6 februari 1855 | 20 februari 1858 | Whig Party | Henry John Temple (1855–1858) | Temple I | Lord President of the Council |
| | Graaf van Derby Edward Smith-Stanley (1799–1869) | 20 februari 1858 | 12 juni 1859 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) | Smith-Stanley II | Premier |
| | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 12 juni 1859 | 18 oktober 1865 | Liberal Party | Henry John Temple (1859–1865) | Temple II | Lord President of the Council |
| | Graaf Russell John Russell (1792–1878) | 18 oktober 1865 | 28 juni 1866 | Liberal Party | John Russell (1865–1866) | Russell II | Premier |
| | Graaf van Derby Edward Smith-Stanley (1799–1869) | 28 juni 1866 | 27 februari 1868 | Conservative Party | Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) | Smith-Stanley III | Premier |
| | Graaf van Malmesbury James Harris (1807–1889) | 27 februari 1868 | 3 december 1868 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1868) | Disraeli I | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 3 december 1868 | 20 februari 1874 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) | Gladstone I | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1868–1871) |
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (1870–1874) |
| | Hertog van Richmond Charles Gordon-Lennox (1818–1903) | 20 februari 1874 | 22 augustus 1876 | Conservative Party | Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) | Disraeli II | Lord President of the Council |
| | Graaf van Beaconsfield Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) [2] | 22 augustus 1876 | 23 april 1880 | Conservative Party | Premier |
| | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 23 april 1880 | 23 juni 1885 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) | Gladstone II | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 23 juni 1885 | 28 januari 1886 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) | Gascoyne-Cecil I | Premier |
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken |
| | Graaf Granville Granville Leveson-Gower (1815–1891) | 28 januari 1886 | 20 juli 1886 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1886) | Gladstone III | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 20 juli 1886 | 15 augustus 1892 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) | Gascoyne-Cecil II | Premier |
Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (1887–1892) |
| | Graaf Kimberley John Wodehouse (1826–1902) | 15 augustus 1892 | 5 maart 1894 | Liberal Party | William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) | Gladstone IV | Lord President of the Council |
Minister voor Brits-Indië |
| | Graaf van Rosebery Archibald Primrose (1847–1929) | 5 maart 1894 | 25 juni 1895 | Liberal Party | Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) | Primrose | Premier |
Lord President of the Council |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1830–1903) | 25 juni 1895 | 12 juli 1902 | Conservative Party | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1895–1902) | Gascoyne-Cecil III | Premier (1895–1902) Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (1895–1900) |
Gascoyne-Cecil IV | Premier (1895–1902) Lord Privy Seal (1900–1902) |
| | Hertog van Devonshire Spencer Cavendish (1833–1908) | 12 juli 1902 | 19 oktober 1903 | Liberal Unionist Party | Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) | Balfour | Lord President of the Council |
| | Markies van Lansdowne Henry Petty- Fitzmaurice (1845–1927) | 19 oktober 1903 | 5 december 1905 | Liberal Unionist Party | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken |
| | Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) | 10 december 1905 | 8 april 1908 | Liberal Party | Henry Campbell- Bannerman (1905–1908) | Campbell- Bannerman | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Markies van Crewe Robert Crewe-Milnes (1858–1945) | 8 april 1908 | 7 december 1916 | Liberal Party | Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) | Asquith I | Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1908–1910) Lord Privy Seal (1908–1911, 1912–1915) Minister voor Brits-Indië (1910–1911, 1911–1915) |
Asquith II |
Asquith III |
Asquith IV | Lord President of the Council Minister van Handel (1916) Minister van Onderwijs (1916) |
| | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 7 december 1916 | 22 januari 1924 | Conservative Party | David Lloyd George (1916–1922) | Lloyd George I | Lord President of the Council (1916–1919) |
Lloyd George II |
Bonar Law (1922–1923) | Law | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken (1919–1924) |
Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) | Baldwin I |
| | Burggraaf Haldane Richard Haldane (1856–1928) | 22 januari 1924 | 3 november 1924 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald | MacDonald I | Lord Chancellor |
| | Markies van Curzon van Kedleston George Curzon (1859–1925) | 4 november 1924 | 20 maart 1925 [3] | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) | Baldwin II | Lord President of the Council |
Vacant | |
| | Markies van Salisbury James Gascoyne- Cecil (1861–1947) | 27 april 1925 | 5 juni 1929 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Parmoor Charles Cripps (1852–1941) | 5 juni 1929 | 26 augustus 1931 | Labour Party | Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) | MacDonald II | Lord President of the Council |
| | Markies van Reading Rufus Isaacs (1860–1935) | 26 augustus 1931 | 5 november 1931 | Liberal Party | MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken |
| | Burggraaf Hailsham Douglas Hogg (1872–1950) | 5 november 1931 | 7 juni 1935 | Conservative Party | MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) | Minister van Oorlog |
| | Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1878–1949) | 7 juni 1935 | 22 november 1935 | Conservative Party | Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) | Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 22 november 1935 | 21 februari 1938 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal (1935–1937) |
Lord President of the Council (1937–1938) |
Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) | Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) |
| | Graaf Stanhope James Stanhope (1880–1967) | 21 februari 1938 | 10 mei 1940 | Conservative Party | Minister van Onderwijs (1938) First Lord of the Admiralty (1938–1939) |
Chamberlain II | Lord President of the Council (1939–1940) |
| | Burggraaf Caldecote Thomas Inskip (1876–1947) | 10 mei 1940 | 3 oktober 1940 [4] | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill I | Minister voor Dominion Zaken |
| | Burggraaf Halifax Edward Wood (1881–1959) | 3 oktober 1940 | 22 december 1940 [5] | Conservative Party | Minister van Buitenlandse Zaken |
| | Baron Lloyd George Lloyd (1879–1941) | 22 december 1940 | 4 februari 1941 | Conservative Party | Minister van Koloniale Zaken |
Vacant | |
| | Baron Moyne Walter Guinness (1880–1944) | 8 februari 1941 | 21 februari 1942 [6] | Conservative Party | Minister van Koloniale Zaken |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 21 februari 1942 | 26 juli 1945 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal (1942–1943) |
Minister van Koloniale Zaken (1942) |
Minister voor Dominion Zaken (1943–1945) |
Churchill II |
| | Burggraaf Addison Christopher Addison (1869–1951) | 26 juli 1945 | 26 oktober 1951 | Labour Party | Clement Attlee (1945–1951) | Attlee I | Minister voor Dominion Zaken (1945–1947) |
Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken (1947) |
Lord Privy Seal (1947–1951) |
Thesaurier-generaal (1948–1949) |
Attlee II | Lord President of the Council (1951) |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1893–1972) | 26 oktober 1951 | 29 maart 1957 [7] | Conservative Party | Winston Churchill (1951–1955) | Churchill III | Lord Privy Seal (1951–1952) |
Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken (1952) |
Lord President of the Council (1952–1957) |
Anthony Eden (1955–1957) | Eden |
Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) | Macmillan I |
| | Graaf van Home Alec Douglas-Home (1903–1995) | 29 maart 1957 | 27 juli 1960 [8] | Conservative Party | Minister voor Gemenebest Zaken |
Macmillan II | Lord President of the Council (1957, 1959–1960) |
| | Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) | 27 juli 1960 | 19 oktober 1963 | Conservative Party | Lord President of the Council |
Minister zonder portefeuille |
| | Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) | 19 oktober 1963 | 16 oktober 1964 | Conservative Party | Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) | Douglas-Home | Minister zonder portefeuille |
| | Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) | 16 oktober 1964 | 16 januari 1968 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1964–1970) | Wilson I | Lord Privy Seal (1965–1966) Minister voor Koloniale Zaken (1965–1966) |
Wilson II |
| | Baron Shackleton Edward Shackleton (1911–1994) | 16 januari 1968 | 19 juni 1970 | Labour Party | Lord Privy Seal (1968) |
Thesaurier-generaal (1968) |
| | Graaf Jellicoe George Jellicoe (1918–2007) | 19 juni 1970 | 5 juni 1973 | Conservative Party | Edward Heath (1970–1974) | Heath | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Hennessy David Hennessy (1932–2010) | 5 juni 1973 | 4 maart 1974 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Shepherd Malcolm Shepherd (1918–2001) | 4 maart 1974 | 10 september 1976 | Labour Party | Harold Wilson (1974–1976) | Wilson III | Lord Privy Seal |
James Callaghan (1976–1979) | Callaghan |
| | Baron Peart Fred Peart (1914–1988) | 10 september 1976 | 4 mei 1979 | Labour Party | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Soames Christopher Soames (1920–1987) | 4 mei 1979 | 14 september 1981 | Conservative Party | Margaret Thatcher (1979–1990) | Thatcher I | Lord President of the Council |
| | Baroness Young Janet Young (1926–2002) | 14 september 1981 | 11 juni 1983 | Conservative Party | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster (1981–1982) |
Lord Privy Seal (1982–1983) |
| | Burggraaf Whitelaw Willie Whitelaw (1918–1999) | 11 juni 1983 | 10 januari 1988 | Conservative Party | Thatcher II | First Secretary of State |
Thatcher III | Lord President of the Council |
| | Baron Belstead John Ganzoni (1932–2005) | 24 juli 1989 | 28 november 1990 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Waddington David Waddington (1929–2017) | 28 november 1990 | 10 april 1992 | Conservative Party | John Major (1990–1997) | Major I | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Wakeham John Wakeham (1932) | 10 april 1992 | 20 juli 1994 | Conservative Party | Major II | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Markies van Salisbury Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1946) | 20 juli 1994 | 2 mei 1997 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baron Richard Ivor Richard (1932–2018) | 2 mei 1997 | 27 juli 1998 | Labour Party | Tony Blair (1997–2007) | Blair I | Lord Privy Seal |
| | Baroness Jay van Paddington Margaret Jay (1939) | 7 juli 1998 | 8 juni 2001 | Labour Party | Lord Privy Seal |
Minister voor Vrouwen en Gelijkheid |
| | Baron Williams van Mostyn Gareth Williams (1941–2003) | 8 juni 2001 | 20 september 2003 [3] | Labour Party | Blair II | Lord Privy Seal (2001–2003) |
Lord President of the Council (2003) |
Vacant | |
| | Baroness Amos Valerie Amos (1954) | 6 oktober 2003 | 27 juni 2007 | Labour Party | Lord President of the Council |
Blair III |
| | Baroness Ashton van Upholland Catherine Ashton (1956) | 27 juni 2007 | 3 oktober 2008 | Labour Party | Gordon Brown (2007–2010) | Brown | Lord President of the Council |
| | Baroness Royall van Blaisdon Janet Royall (1955) | 3 oktober 2008 | 11 mei 2010 | Labour Party | Lord President of the Council (2008–2009) |
Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster (2009–2010) |
| | Baron Strathclyde Tom Galbraith (1960) | 11 mei 2010 | 7 januari 2013 | Conservative Party | David Cameron (2010–2016) | Cameron I | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster |
| | Baron Hill Jonathan Hill (1960) | 7 januari 2013 | 14 juli 2014 | Conservative Party | Kanselier van het Hertogdom Lancaster |
| | Baroness Stowell van Beeston Tina Stowell (1967) | 14 juli 2014 | 13 juli 2016 | Conservative Party | Lord Privy Seal |
Cameron II |
| | Baroness Evans van Bowes Park Natalie Evans (1975) | 13 juli 2016 | 6 september 2022 | Conservative Party | Theresa May (2016–2019) | May I | Lord Privy Seal |
May II |
Boris Johnson (2019–2022) | Johnson I |
Johnson II |
| | Baron True Nicholas True (1951) | 6 september 2022 | 5 juli 2024 | Conservative Party | Liz Truss (2022) | Truss | Lord Privy Seal |
Rishi Sunak (2022–2024) | Sunak |
| | Baroness Smith Angela Smith (1959) | 5 juli 2024 | heden | Labour Party | Keir Starmer (2024-heden) | Starmer | Lord Privy Seal |