List of Secretaries of State for the Home Department (UK)

List of Secretaries of State for the Home Department (UK)

=The position=

In the United Kingdom, the position of Home Secretary, offcially styled Secretary of State for the Home Department, is one of the four Great Offices of State, the others being Chancellor of the Exchequer (the Finance Minister), Foreign Secretary, and First Lord of the Treasury (the Prime Minister). Here is a list of all office-holders since the office's creation in 1782-

Home Secretaries of Great Britain, 1782-1801

In 1782, the positions of Secretary of State for the Northern Department and Secretary of State for the Southern Department were abolished, and their responsibilities incorporated into that of Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary

Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom, 1801-present

After the Act of Union 1801, Great Britain was unified with Ireland and the position's name changed organically to that of Home Secretary of the United Kingdom.


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