Leader of the House of Lords

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The leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The post is also the leader of the governing party in the House of Lords who acts as the government party chairperson in the house. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Unless the Leader is also a departmental minister, being Leader constitutes the bulk of their government responsibilities, but it has never been an independent salaried office. The Office of the Leader of the House of Lords is a ministerial department.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Though the leader of the House is a member of the cabinet and remains a partisan figure, the leader also has responsibilities to the House as a whole. In contrast to the House of Commons, where proceedings are controlled by the speaker, proceedings in the Lords are controlled by peers themselves, under the rules set out in the Standing Orders. The leader of the House has the responsibility of reminding the House of these rules and facilitating the Lords' self-regulation, though any member may draw attention to breaches of order or failure to observe customs. The Leader is often called upon to advise on procedures and points of order and is required to determine the order of speakers on Supplementary Questions, subject to the wishes of the House. However, like the Lord Speaker, the Leader of the House has no power to rule on points of order or to intervene during an inappropriate speech.

Until the election of the first Lord Speaker on 4 July 2006, the Leader of the House had responsibility for making preliminary decisions on requests for Private Notice Questions and for waiving the sub judice rule in certain cases. Those functions were transferred to the Lord Speaker.

HistoryEdit

The title seems to have come into use some time after 1800, as a formal way of referring to the peer who managed government business in the upper House, irrespective of which salaried position they held in the cabinet. However, it may have been used as early as 1689, applied to George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax, when he was Speaker of the House of Lords during the Convention Parliament of that year.Template:Citation needed

The role developed during the first quarter of the eighteenth century, at the same time as the role of Prime Minister and the system of Cabinet government. In the wake of the English Civil War, the Glorious Revolution and the succession of the Hanoverians to the throne, Britain evolved a system of government where ministers were sustained in office by their ability to carry legislation through Parliament. It was therefore necessary for a member of the government to take responsibility for steering government legislation through each House.

The Earl of Sunderland initiated aspects of the role during the Whig Junto under Queen Anne. Sunderland and the other Whigs were dismissed from office in reaction to their co-ordination of government matters, which was taken as a threat to the power of the monarch. Sunderland returned to power under George I, as Lord Privy Seal. The first documentary evidence of the existence of the role comes from 1717, when Sunderland became Secretary of State for the Northern Department: in the form of lists of peers invited to the office of the Northern Secretary immediately before sessions of Parliament.

When the Prime Minister sat in the House of Lords, which was common until the beginning of the twentieth century, he usually held the position of Leader of the House of Lords. When the Prime Minister sat in the Commons, the position of Leader of the Lords was often held by the Foreign Secretary or Colonial Secretary. In some coalition governments, it was held by the party leader who was not Prime Minister.

Since the end of the Marquess of Salisbury's last government, in 1902, the position clearly exists in its own right as a member of the cabinet. Since 1966 it has only been combined with sinecure positions and the holder has not been a departmental minister though some have held additional responsibilities such as Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham also being designated "Minister for Science" or Margaret Baroness Jay also being "Minister for Women". The first female Leader of the Lords was Janet Young, Baroness Young in 1981–1983. Lord Peart, Viscount Whitelaw and Lord Wakeham served as Leader of the Lords having previously been Leader of the House of Commons.

FamiliesEdit

Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader of the House of Lords from 1885 to 1886, from 1886 to 1892 and from 1895 to 1902. His son James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader from 1925 to 1929. His son in turn, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury served as Leader first from 1942 to 1945 as Viscount Cranborne by means of a writ of acceleration, and as the Marquess of Salisbury from 1951 to 1957. His grandson, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, served as Leader from 1994 to 1997, as Viscount Cranborne, again by means of a writ of acceleration.
Douglas Hogg, 1st Viscount Hailsham served as Leader of the House of Lords from 1931 to 1935. His son Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham served as Leader from 1960 to 1963.

ResponsibilitiesEdit

Management and delivery of the Government's legislative programme (through the House of Lords) and facilitating the passage of individual bills.
Leading the House (in the Chamber and as a key member of domestic committees to do with procedure, conduct, and the internal governance of the House).
Issues connected to the House of Lords and its governance.
Speaking for the Government in the Chamber on a range of issues, including repeating in the House of Lords statements made to the Commons by the Prime Minister.
Ceremonial and other duties as the Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal.

ListEdit

Because the post is a parliamentary one and not a ministerial office in its own right, it is not always included in official lists of government offices, especially for earlier periods. This can make it difficult to determine who the Leader of the House of Lords was in a particular ministry.

Leader			Term of office		Template:Small	Political party	Prime Minister
	File:Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland.jpg	Charles Spencer 3rd Earl of Sunderland<ref name=sainty>J. C. Sainty, "List of peers responsible for the management of the House of Lords 1717–1803" in Clyve Jones and David L. Jones eds, Peers, Politics and Power: The House of Lords 1603–1911 (Hambledon, 1986) pp. 221–227.</ref>	Template:Small 1717	Template:Small 1718	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department		No such office
	File:James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt.jpg	James Stanhope 1st Earl Stanhope<ref name=sainty/> Template:Small	Template:Small 1718	Template:Small 1721	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department		No such office
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend by Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt (2).jpg	Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1721	Template:Small 1730	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department	Whig	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Robert Walpole
	File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg	William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington<ref name=sainty/> Template:Small	Template:Small 1730	Template:Small 1742	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department			Robert Walpole
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville by William Hoare.jpg	John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville Template:Small	Template:Small 1742	Template:Small 1744	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (until July 1743)
rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville by William Hoare.jpg	John Carteret 2nd Earl Granville Template:Small	Template:Small 1742	Template:Small 1744	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department	Whig	Henry Pelham (from 27 August 1743)
	File:William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington (1683-1756), Attributed to Godfrey Kneller.jpg	William Stanhope 1st Earl of Harrington<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1744	Template:Small 1746	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield by Allan Ramsay.jpg	Philip Dormer Stanhope 4th Earl of Chesterfield<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1746	Template:Small 1748	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department	Whig
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg	Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle	Template:Small 1748	Template:Small 1756	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department Template:Small– Prime Minister Template:Small	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg	Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle	Template:Small 1748	Template:Small 1756		Whig	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:4th Duke of Devonshire after Hudson.jpg	William Cavendish 4th Duke of Devonshire	Template:Small 1756	Template:Small 1757	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1stDukeOfNewcastleOld.jpg	Thomas Pelham-Holles 1st Duke of Newcastle	Template:Small 1757	Template:Small 1762	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
	File:Charles Wyndham, 2nd Earl of Egremont by William Hoare lowres color.jpg	Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl of Egremont<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1762	Template:Small 1763	– Secretary of State for the Southern Department		style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (until April 1763)
		Charles Wyndham 2nd Earl of Egremont<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1762	Template:Small 1763	– Secretary of State for the Southern Department		rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	George Grenville (from 16 April 1763)
	File:2ndEarlofHalifaxByJoshuaReynoldsNSArtGallery.jpg	George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1763	Template:Small 1765	– Secretary of State for the Southern Department			George Grenville (from 16 April 1763)
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:2nd Marquess of Rockingham cropped.jpg	Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham	Template:Small 1765	Template:Small 1766	– Prime Minister	Whig Template:Small	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Grafton3.JPG	Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton	1766	Template:Small 1770	– First Lord of the Treasury – Prime Minister Template:Small	Whig Template:Small	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) (until October 1768)
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Grafton3.JPG	Augustus FitzRoy 3rd Duke of Grafton	1766	Template:Small 1770		Whig Template:Small	Himself (from 14 October 1768)
	File:MarqBath.jpg	Thomas Thynne 3rd Viscount Weymouth<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1770	Template:Small 1770	– Secretary of State for the Southern Department		rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Lord North
	File:4thEarlRochford.jpg	William Nassau de Zuylestein 4th Earl of Rochford<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1770	Template:Small 1775	– Secretary of State for the Southern Department
	File:Sir Joshua Reynolds - Portrait of Henry Howard.jpg	Henry Howard 12th Earl of Suffolk<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1775	Template:Small 1779	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department
	File:MarqBath.jpg	Thomas Thynne 3rd Viscount Weymouth<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1779	Template:Small 1779	– Secretary of State Template:Small - Secretary of State for the Southern Department Template:Small
	File:Portrait of David Murray 2nd Earl of Mansfield by Sylvester Harding.jpg	David Murray 7th Viscount Stormont<ref name=sainty/>	Template:Small 1779	Template:Small 1782	– Secretary of State for the Northern Department
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by JL Mosnier crop.jpg	William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne	Template:Small 1782	Template:Small 1783	– Secretary of State for the Home Department Template:Small – Prime Minister Template:Small	Whig Template:Small	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (until 1 July 1782)
Himself (from 4 July 1782)		William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne	Template:Small 1782	Template:Small 1783		Whig Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:3rd Duke of Portland crop.jpg	William Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland	Template:Small 1783	Template:Small 1783	– Prime Minister	Whig Template:Small	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself Template:Small
	File:1stMarquessOfBuckingham.jpg	George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 3rd Earl Temple<ref name=c&s>Chris Cook and John Stevenson, British Historical Facts 1760–1830 (1980) pp. 50–51.</ref>	Template:Small 1783	Template:Small 1783	– Home Secretary – Foreign Secretary	–	rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Pitt the Younger
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Viscount Sydney by Gilbert Stuart.jpg	Thomas Townshend 1st Baron Sydney<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1783	Template:Small 1789	– Home Secretary	Whig
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Francis Osborne cropped.jpg	Francis Osborne 5th Duke of Leeds<ref name=c&s/>	1789	1790	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Tory
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg	William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1790	Template:Small 1801	– Secretary of State for the Home Department Template:Small – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Template:Small	Tory
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:4thEarlOfBuckinghamshire.jpg	Robert Hobart Baron Hobart<ref>M. W. McCahill, The House of Lords in the Age of George III (1760–1811) (2009) p. 242.</ref>	Template:Small 1801	Template:Small 1801	– Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Tory	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Henry Addington
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:2ndEarlOfChichester.jpg	Thomas Pelham Baron Pelham<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1801	Template:Small 1803	– Secretary of State for the Home Department	Tory
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Earl jenkinson.jpg	Robert Jenkinson Baron Hawkesbury<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1803	Template:Small 1806	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Template:Small – Secretary of State for the Home Department Template:Small	Tory
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Earl jenkinson.jpg	Robert Jenkinson Baron Hawkesbury<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1803	Template:Small 1806		Tory	William Pitt the Younger
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1st Baron Grenville-cropped.jpg	William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1806	Template:Small 1807	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself Template:Small
rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Earl jenkinson.jpg	Robert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool<ref name=c&s/> Template:Small Template:Small Earl of Liverpool Template:Small	Template:Small 1807	Template:Small 1827	– Secretary of State for the Home Department Template:Small – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Template:Small – Prime Minister Template:Small	Tory	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	3rd Duke of Portland
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|							Spencer Perceval
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|							Himself
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon by Sir Thomas Lawrence cropped.jpg	F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1827	Template:Small 1828	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Template:Small – Prime Minister Template:Small	Tory	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	George Canning
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		F. J. Robinson 1st Viscount Goderich<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1827	Template:Small 1828		Tory	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington<ref name=c&s/>	Template:Small 1828	Template:Small 1830	– Prime Minister	Tory	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey by Sir Thomas Lawrence copy.jpg	Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey	Template:Small 1830	Template:Small 1834	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg	William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Template:Small 1834	Template:Small 1834	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" rowspan=2 \|	File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington	Template:Small 1834	Template:Small 1835	– Prime Minister Template:Small – Secretary of State for the Home Department Template:Small – Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Template:Small – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Tory	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington	Template:Small 1834	Template:Small 1835		Tory	Robert Peel
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, painted by John Partridge.jpg	William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne	Template:Small 1835	Template:Small 1841	– Prime Minister	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.jpg	Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington	Template:Small 1841	Template:Small 1846	– Minister without portfolio	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Robert Peel
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Henry Petty.jpg	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne	Template:Small 1846	Template:Small 1852	– Lord President of the Council	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Lord John Russell
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg	Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby	Template:Small 1852	Template:Small 1852	– Prime Minister	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Earlofaberdeen.jpg	George Hamilton-Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen	Template:Small 1852	Template:Small 1855	– Prime Minister	Peelite	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	Template:Small 1855	Template:Small 1858	– Lord President of the Council	Whig	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg	Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby	Template:Small 1858	Template:Small 1859	– Prime Minister	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	Template:Small 1859	Template:Small 1865	– Lord President of the Council	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Viscount Palmerston
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord john russell.jpg	John Russell 1st Earl Russell	Template:Small 1865	Template:Small 1866	– Prime Minister	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby-1865.jpg	Edward Smith-Stanley 14th Earl of Derby	Template:Small 1866	Template:Small 1868	– Prime Minister	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:JH Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury by JG Middleton crop.jpg	James Harris 3rd Earl of Malmesbury	Template:Small 1868	Template:Small 1868	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Benjamin Disraeli
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	Template:Small 1868	Template:Small 1874	– Secretary of State for the Colonies Template:Small – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Template:Small	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 6th Duke of Richmond, 6th Duke of Lennox, and 1st Duke of Gordon.jpg	Charles Gordon-Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond	Template:Small 1874	Template:Small 1876	– Lord President of the Council	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Benjamin Disraeli
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Disraeli.jpg	Benjamin Disraeli 1st Earl of Beaconsfield	Template:Small 1876	Template:Small 1880	– Prime Minister – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small	Conservative		Benjamin Disraeli
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	Template:Small 1880	Template:Small 1885	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1885	Template:Small 1886	– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Second Earl Granville.jpg	Granville Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville	Template:Small 1886	Template:Small 1886	– Secretary of State for the Colonies	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 2nd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1886	Template:Small 1892	– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Template:Small	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:1st Earl of Kimberley 1897.jpg	John Wodehouse 1st Earl of Kimberley	Template:Small 1892	Template:Small 1894	– Lord President of the Council	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	William Ewart Gladstone
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Archibald-Philip-Primrose-5th-Earl-of-Rosebery (cropped).jpg	Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery	Template:Small 1894	Template:Small 1895	– Prime Minister	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert-Gascoyne-Cecil-3rd-Marquess-of-Salisbury.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1895	Template:Small 1902	– Prime Minister – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Template:Small – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Himself
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Picture of Spencer Cavendish, 8th Duke of Devonshire.jpg	Spencer Cavendish 8th Duke of Devonshire	Template:Small 1902	Template:Small 1903	– Lord President of the Council	Liberal Unionist	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Arthur Balfour Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Marquess of Lansdowne crop.jpg	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5th Marquess of Lansdowne	Template:Small 1903	Template:Small 1905	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Liberal Unionist		Arthur Balfour Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon.jpg	George Robinson 1st Marquess of Ripon	Template:Small 1905	Template:Small 1908	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Henry Campbell-Bannerman
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Portrait of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe.jpg	Robert Crewe-Milnes 1st Marquess of Crewe Template:Small Template:Small Marquess of Crewe Template:Small	Template:Small 1908	Template:Small 1916	– Secretary of State for the Colonies Template:Small – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Secretary of State for India Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small – President of the Board of Education Template:Small	Liberal	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	H. H. Asquith
rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Curzon2.jpg	George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Template:Small Template:Small Marquess Curzon of Kedleston Template:Small	Template:Small 1916	Template:Small 1924	– Lord President of the Council Template:Small – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from Template:Small	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	David Lloyd George Template:Small
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|							Bonar Law
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|							Stanley Baldwin
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Portrait of Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane.jpg	Richard Haldane 1st Viscount Haldane	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small 1924	– Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ramsay MacDonald
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Curzon2.jpg	George Curzon 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	Template:Small 1924	Template:Small 1925	– Lord President of the Council	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Stanley Baldwin
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury.jpg	James Gascoyne-Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1925	Template:Small 1929	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative		Stanley Baldwin
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Parmoor - 19221128.jpg	Charles Cripps 1st Baron Parmoor	Template:Small 1929	Template:Small 1931	– Lord President of the Council	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ramsay MacDonald
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Rufus Isaacs.jpg	Rufus Isaacs 1st Marquess of Reading	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small 1931	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Liberal	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ramsay MacDonald
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Hailsham1.JPG	Douglas Hogg 1st Viscount Hailsham	Template:Small 1931	Template:Small 1935	– Secretary of State for War	Conservative		Ramsay MacDonald
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Charles (Charlie) Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry.jpg	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart 7th Marquess of Londonderry	Template:Small 1935	Template:Small 1935	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Stanley Baldwin
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Halifax 1937.jpg	Edward Wood 1st Viscount Halifax	Template:Small 1935	Template:Small 1938	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Conservative		Stanley Baldwin
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Halifax 1937.jpg	Edward Wood 1st Viscount Halifax	Template:Small 1935	Template:Small 1938		Conservative	Neville Chamberlain
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Stanhope7.JPG	James Stanhope 7th Earl Stanhope	Template:Small 1938	Template:Small 1940	– President of the Board of Education Template:Small – First Lord of the Admiralty Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Conservative	Neville Chamberlain
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Thomas Inskip.jpg	Thomas Inskip 1st Viscount Caldecote	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1940	– Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Conservative	rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Winston Churchill
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Halifax 1937.jpg	Edward Wood 1st Viscount Halifax	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1940	– Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Lloyd.JPG	George Lloyd 1st Baron Lloyd	Template:Small 1940	Template:Small 1941	– Secretary of State for the Colonies	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Walter Guinness, Lord Moyne.jpg	Walter Guinness 1st Baron Moyne	Template:Small 1941	Template:Small 1942	– Secretary of State for the Colonies	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne	Template:Small 1942	Template:Small 1945	– Secretary of State for the Colonies Template:Small – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Template:Small	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg	Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison	Template:Small 1945	Template:Small 1951	– Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Template:Small – Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Template:Small – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Paymaster General Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Clement Attlee
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1951	Template:Small 1957	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Winston Churchill
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 1947.jpg	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 5th Marquess of Salisbury	Template:Small 1951	Template:Small 1957		Conservative	Anthony Eden
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Alec Douglas-Home (c1963).jpg	Alec Douglas-Home 14th Earl of Home	Template:Small 1957	Template:Small 1960	– Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Harold Macmillan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Hailsham 1959.jpg	Quintin Hogg 2nd Viscount Hailsham	Template:Small 1960	Template:Small 1963	– Lord President of the Council – Minister for Science	Conservative		Harold Macmillan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Peter Carington 1984.jpg	Peter Carington 6th Baron Carrington<ref name=Purvis>Matthew Purvis, Leader of the House of Lords: Holders of the Post. House of Lords Library, 15 July 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.</ref>	Template:Small 1963	Template:Small 1964	– Minister without portfolio	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Alec Douglas-Home
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Lord Longford 4 Allan Warren.jpg	Frank Pakenham 7th Earl of Longford<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1964	Template:Small 1968	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Secretary of State for the Colonies Template:Small	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Harold Wilson
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Edward Shackleton Baron Shackleton<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1968	Template:Small 1970	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Paymaster General Template:Small	Labour		Harold Wilson
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe.jpg	George Jellicoe 2nd Earl Jellicoe<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1970	Template:Small 1973	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Edward Heath
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		David Hennessy 3rd Baron Windlesham<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1973	Template:Small 1974	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative		Edward Heath
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1976	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Harold Wilson
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Malcolm Shepherd 2nd Baron Shepherd<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1974	Template:Small 1976	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Labour	James Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Fred Peart Baron Peart<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1976	Template:Small 1979	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Labour	James Callaghan
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Christopher Soames.jpg	Christopher Soames Baron Soames<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1979	Template:Small 1981	– Lord President of the Council	Conservative	rowspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Janet Young Baroness Young<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1981	Template:Small 1983	– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		William Whitelaw 1st Viscount Whitelaw<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1983	Template:Small 1988	– Lord President of the Council	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		John Ganzoni 2nd Baron Belstead<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1988	Template:Small 1990	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		David Waddington Baron Waddington<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1990	Template:Small 1992	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	John Major
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Wakeham crop 2.jpg	John Wakeham Baron Wakeham<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1992	Template:Small 1994	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 2013.JPG	Robert Gascoyne-Cecil Viscount Cranborne<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1994	Template:Small 1997	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Ivor Richard Baron Richard<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1997	Template:Small 1998	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Tony Blair
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Jay of Paddington crop 2, 2019.jpg	Margaret Jay Baroness Jay of Paddington<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 1998	Template:Small 2001	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal – Minister for Women	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|		Gareth Williams Baron Williams of Mostyn<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2001	Template:Small 2003	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Template:Small – Lord President of the Council Template:Small	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Baroness Valerie Ann Amos.jpg	Valerie Amos Baroness Amos<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2003	Template:Small 2007	– Lord President of the Council	Labour
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Ashton of Upholland crop 2, 2024.jpg	Catherine Ashton Baroness Ashton of Upholland<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2007	Template:Small 2008	– Lord President of the Council	Labour	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gordon Brown
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Royall of Blaisdon crop 2, 2024.jpg	Janet Royall Baroness Royall of Blaisdon<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2008	Template:Small 2010	– Lord President of the Council Template:Small – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Template:Small	Labour		Gordon Brown
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord Strathclyde crop 2, 2023.jpg	Thomas Galbraith 2nd Baron Strathclyde<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2010	Template:Small 2013	– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Conservative	rowspan=3 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	David Cameron
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Jonathan Hill 2015.jpg	Jonathan Hill Baron Hill of Oareford<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2013	[[2014 British cabinet reshuffle\|Template:Small 2014]]	– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Stowell of Beeston crop 2, 2022.jpg	Tina Stowell Baroness Stowell of Beeston<ref name=Purvis/>	[[2014 British cabinet reshuffle\|Template:Small 2014]]	Template:Small 2016	– Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	Conservative
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"\|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Evans of Bowes Park crop 2, 2023.jpg	Natalie Evans Baroness Evans of Bowes Park<ref name=Purvis/>	Template:Small 2016	Template:Small 2022		Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Theresa May
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|			Template:Small 2016	Template:Small 2022		Conservative	Boris Johnson
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color"\|	File:Official portrait of Lord True crop 2.jpg	Nicholas True Baron True<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Template:Small 2022		Template:Small 2024	Conservative	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Liz Truss
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Lord True crop 2.jpg		Rishi Sunak	Template:Small 2022		Template:Small 2024	Conservative
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	File:Official portrait of Baroness Smith of Basildon 2020 crop 2.jpg	Angela Smith Baroness Smith of Basildon	Template:Small 2024	Incumbent		Labour	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Keir Starmer

Deputy LeadersEdit

The following peers have served as Deputy Leaders of the House of Lords since 1963:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Leader		Term start	Term end	Template:Small	Political party	Prime Minister
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham	October 1963	October 1964	– Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Conservative	Alec Douglas-Home
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Arthur Champion, Baron Champion	21 October 1964	7 January 1967	– Minister without portfolio	Labour	Harold Wilson
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton	7 January 1967	16 January 1968	– Minister without portfolio
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Malcolm Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd	February 1968	June 1970	– Minister of State for Commonwealth Affairs (1968) – Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1968–70)
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare	1970	1974	– Minister of State for Health and Social Security	Conservative	Edward Heath
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Frank Beswick, Baron Beswick	February 1974	December 1975	– Minister of State for Industry	Labour	Harold Wilson
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts	December 1975	May 1979	– Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs		Harold Wilson
James Callaghan	Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts	December 1975	May 1979	– Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers	November 1979	May 1983	– Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead	June 1983	January 1988	– Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1983–87) – Minister of State for Environment (1987–88)
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers	January 1988	May 1997	– Minister of State for Home Affairs (1988–94) – Minister of State for Consumer Affairs (1994–95) – Minister of State for Environment and Countryside (1995–97)
John Major	Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers	January 1988	May 1997
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington	2 May 1997	27 July 1998	– Minister of State for Health	Labour	Tony Blair
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Gareth Williams, Baron Williams of Mostyn	October 1998	June 2001	– Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs (1997–98) – Minister of State for Prisons (1998–99) – Attorney General for England and Wales (1999–2001) – Attorney General for Northern Ireland (1999–2001)
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Elizabeth Symons, Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean	8 June 2001	6 June 2005	– Minister of State for Trade and Investment (2001–03) – Minister of State for the Middle East (2001–05)
rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker	6 June 2005	5 October 2008	– Minister of State for Children in Northern Ireland (2005–06) – Minister of State for Sustainable Food, Farming and Animal Health (2006–08)
Gordon Brown	Jeff Rooker, Baron Rooker	6 June 2005	5 October 2008
Gordon Brown	style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Philip Hunt, Baron Hunt of Kings Heath	5 October 2008	11 May 2010		– Minister of State for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Adaptation and Air Quality
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Tom McNally, Baron McNally	13 May 2010	15 October 2013	– Minister of State for Justice	Liberal Democrat	David Cameron
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Jim Wallace, Baron Wallace of Tankerness	15 October 2013	8 May 2015	– Advocate General for Scotland	Liberal Democrat
rowspan=5 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Frederick Curzon, 7th Earl Howe<ref name="Howe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1\|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	12 May 2015	5 July 2024	– Minister of State for Defence (2015–19)		Conservative
Theresa May
Boris Johnson
Liz Truss
Rishi Sunak
style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|	Ray Collins, Baron Collins of Highbury	9 July 2024	Incumbent	– Lord-in-waiting – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Africa	Labour	Keir Starmer

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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