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This is a list of rulers and office-holders of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and predecessor states.

Heads of state

See also: Succession to the British throne and List of legendary kings of Britain

Heads of government

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1721–present)
- List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom

Ministers

Main article: List of government ministers of the United Kingdom

Cabinet of the United Kingdom
Chancellor of the Exchequer (1559–present)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–present)
Secretary of State for the Colonies (1768–1782; 1794–1801; 1854–1966)
Secretary of State for India (1858–1947)
Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1660–1782)
Secretary of State for the Northern Department (1660–1782)
Secretary of State for the Home Department (1782–present)
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1782–1968)
Secretary of State for War (1794–1801; 1854–1964)
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies (1801–1854)
Secretary of State for Air (1918–1964)
Secretary of State for Defence (1964–present)
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1925–1947)
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations (1947–1966)
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1966–1968)
Secretary of State for Scotland (1926–present)
Secretary of State for Wales (1964–present)
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (1964–1969)
Secretary of State for International Development (1970–1979, 1997–2020)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1970–present)
Secretary of State for Education and Skills (and preceding positions, 1902–present)
Secretary of State for Employment (and preceding positions, 1916–present)
Secretary of State for Transport (and preceding positions, 1924–present)
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (and preceding positions, 1992–present)
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1972–present)
Secretary of State for the Environment (1970–1997)
Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1997–2001)
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001–present)
Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union (2016–2020)
Lord Chancellor (1068–present)
Lord President of the Council (1678–present)
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1307–present)
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (and preceding positions, 1889–2001)
Minister of Technology (1964–1970)
First Lord of the Admiralty (1709–1964) See also Admiralty.
Paymaster General (1834–present)
Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
President of the Board of Trade (1696–1782; 1784–present)
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1413–present)
Postmaster General (1823–1968)
Paymaster of the Forces (1661–1836)
Master-General of the Ordnance (1544–1855)
Master of the Mint (1572–1869)
Treasurer of the Navy (1544–1836)
Secretary at War (1661–1863)
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests (1810–1851)
First Commissioner of Works (1851–1937)
President of the Poor Law Board (1834–1871)
President of the Local Government Board (1871–1919)
Secretary for Scotland (1885–1926)
HM Treasury
Lord treasurers (1126–1714)
First Lord of the Treasury (1714–1905)
Commissioners of the Treasury (1714–present)

Parliament office-holders

State office-holders

Great Officers of State

Officers of the Royal Household

Legal officers

Court office-holders

Heads of devolved governments

Northern Ireland

Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1171–1922)
Governor of Northern Ireland (1922–1972) (Abolished under the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973)
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (1922–1972)
Secretaries of state for Northern Ireland (1972– 1998, 2002–2007)
First Minister and Deputy First Minister
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Scotland

Wales

Heads of colonies and overseas territories

British Crown dependencies
Overseas territories of the United Kingdom

Crown dependencies

Isle of Man

Channel Islands

Overseas territories

Anguilla

Governors of Anguilla

Bermuda

Governors of Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Governors of the Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands

Governors of the Falkland Islands

Gibraltar

Montserrat

Governors of Montserrat

Pitcairn Islands

Saint Helena

Governors of Saint Helena

Turks and Caicos Islands

Governors of the Turks and Caicos Islands

Nobility

See also: List of viscounts in the peerages of Britain and Ireland

Mayors

Heads of London government
- List of lord mayors of London

Heads of former states

Roman governors of Britannia
Historical Kings of the Britons
Bretwalda (Overlord of the English kingdoms)
Kings of East Anglia
Kings of Essex
Kings of Hwicce
Kings of Kent
Kings of Lindsey
Kings of Mercia
Kings of Northumbria
Kings of Sussex
Kings of Wessex
Kings of Jorvik
Earls of York
Earls of Northumbria
Kings of Dál Riata
Kings of the Picts
Lords of Galloway
Rulers of Wales
Kings of Gwynedd
Kings of the Isle of Man and the Isles
Kings of the Isle of Man

See also