Editing Paymaster General (section)

===20th century===
*[[Savile Crossley]] 1902–1905
*[[Richard Causton, 1st Baron Southwark|Richard Causton]] (1st Baron Southwark after 13 July 1910) 1905–1910
*[[Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Ashby St Ledgers]] 1910–1912
*[[Edward Strachey, 1st Baron Strachie]] 1912–1915
*[[Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton]] 1915–1916
*[[Arthur Henderson]] 1916
*[[Joseph Compton-Rickett]] 1916–1919
*[[Tudor Walters]] 1919–1922
*''Office vacant'' 1922–1923
*[[Neville Chamberlain]] 1923
*[[William Joynson-Hicks]] 1923
*[[Archibald Boyd-Carpenter]] 1923–1924
*[[Harry Gosling]] 1924
*''Office vacant'' 1924–1925
*[[George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland]] 1925–1928
*[[Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow]] 1928–1929
*[[Sydney Arnold]] 1929–1931
*''Office vacant'' 1931
*Tudor Walters 1931
*[[Ernest Lamb, 1st Baron Rochester]] 1931–1935
*[[Robert Hutchison, 1st Baron Hutchison of Montrose]] 1935–1938
*[[Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster]] 1938–1939
*[[Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton]] 1939
*''Office vacant'' 1939–1940
*[[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury|Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne]] 1940
*''Office vacant'' 1940–1941
*[[Maurice Hankey]] 1941–1942
*[[William Jowitt]] 1942
*[[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Baron Cherwell]] 1942–1945
*''Office vacant'' 1945–1946
*[[Arthur Greenwood]] 9 July 1946 Lab
*[[Hilary Marquand]] 5 March 1947 Lab
*[[Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison|The Viscount Addison]] 2 July 1948 also [[Leader of the House of Lords]] Lab
*[[Gordon Macdonald, 1st Baron Macdonald of Gwaenysgor|The Lord Macdonald of Gwaenysgor]] 1 April 1949 Lab

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! colspan=3 | Paymaster General
! colspan=2 | Term of office
! Concurrent office(s)
! Political party
! colspan=2 | Prime Minister

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Frederick Lindemann (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell|Frederick Lindemann]]<br/>{{Small|[[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell|Viscount Cherwell]]}}
| 30 October 1951
| 11 November 1953
|
| rowspan=8 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Winston Churchill]]<br/>{{Small|([[Third Churchill ministry|III]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:10thEarl of Selkirk.jpg|75px]]
| [[George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk|George Douglas-Hamilton]]<br/>{{Small|[[Earl of Selkirk]]}}
| 11 November 1953
| 20 October 1955
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Office vacant''
| 20 October 1955
| 18 October 1956
| 
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Anthony Eden]]<br/>{{Small|([[Eden ministry|Eden]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Walter Monckton cropped.png|75px]]
| [[Walter Monckton]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Bristol West (UK Parliament constituency)|Bristol West]]}}
| 18 October 1956
| 16 January 1957
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Reginald Maudling]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Barnet (UK Parliament constituency)|Barnet]]}}
| 16 January 1957
| 14 October 1959
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Macmillan]]<br/>{{Small|([[Conservative government, 1957–1964#First Macmillan ministry|I]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Percy Mills, 1st Viscount Mills|Percy Mills]]<br/>{{Small|[[Viscount Mills]]}}
| 14 October 1959
| 9 October 1961
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Harold Macmillan]]<br/>{{Small|([[Conservative government, 1957–1964#Second Macmillan ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Henry Brooke 1950.jpg|75px]]
| [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hampstead (UK Parliament constituency)|Hampstead]]}}
| 9 October 1961
| 13 July 1962
| [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[John Boyd-Carpenter, Baron Boyd-Carpenter|John Boyd-Carpenter]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Kingston-upon-Thames (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingston-upon-Thames]]}}
| 13 July 1962
| 19 October 1964
| [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alec Douglas-Home]]<br/>{{Small|([[Conservative government, 1957–1964#Douglas-Home ministry|Douglas-Home]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[George Wigg, Baron Wigg|George Wigg]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Dudley (UK Parliament constituency)|Dudley]]}}
| 19 October 1964
| 12 November 1967
|
| rowspan=5 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Wilson]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Wilson ministry|I]] & [[Second Wilson ministry|II]])}}
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Office vacant''
| 12 November 1967
| 6 April 1968
| 
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[Harold Wilson]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second Wilson ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton|Edward Shackleton]]<br/>{{Small|[[Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton|Baron Shackleton]]}}
| 6 April 1968
| 1 November 1968
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Judith Hart]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Clydesdale (UK Parliament constituency)|Clydesdale]]}}
| 1 November 1968
| 6 October 1969
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Harold Lever, Baron Lever of Manchester|Harold Lever]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Manchester Cheetham (UK Parliament constituency)|Manchester Cheetham]]}}
| 6 October 1969
| 23 June 1970
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles|David Eccles]]<br/>{{Small|[[Viscount Eccles]]}}
| 23 June 1970
| 2 December 1973
| [[Minister for the Arts (United Kingdom)|Minister for the Arts]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Edward Heath]]<br/>{{Small|([[Heath ministry|Heath]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Maurice Macmillan]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Farnham (UK Parliament constituency)|Farnham]]}}
| 2 December 1973
| 4 March 1974
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Dell, Edmund cropped, Bestanddeelnr 930-1791.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edmund Dell]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Birkenhead (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead]]}}
| 4 March 1974
| 10 September 1976
|
| rowspan=2 | [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Wilson]]<br/>{{Small|([[Labour government, 1974–1979#Wilson ministry|III]] & [[Labour government, 1974–1979#Wilson ministry|IV]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Shirley Williams, 1984.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shirley Williams]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency)|Hitchin]]}}
| 10 September 1976
| 4 May 1979
| [[Secretary of State for Education|Secretary of State for Education and Science]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[James Callaghan]]<br/>{{Small|([[Labour government, 1974–1979#Callaghan ministry|Callaghan]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Angus Maude]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Stratford-on-Avon (UK Parliament constituency)|Stratford-on-Avon]]}}
| 4 May 1979
| 5 January 1981
|
| rowspan=14 | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Margaret Thatcher]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Thatcher ministry|I]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Francis Leslie Pym.jpg|75px]]
| [[Francis Pym]] <br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cambridgeshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Cambridgeshire]]}}
| 5 January 1981
| 14 September 1981
| [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]<br/>{{Small|(5 January 1981 – 14 September 1981)}}

[[Leader of the House of Commons]]<br/>{{Small|(5 January 1981 – 5 April 1982)}}
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Cecil Parkinson]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[South Hertfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|South Hertfordshire]]}}
| 14 September 1981
| 11 June 1983
| [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] <br/>{{Small|(6 April 1982 – 11 June 1983)}}
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|-
| colspan=3 | ''Office vacant''
| 11 June 1983
| 11 September 1984
| 
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=3 | [[Margaret Thatcher]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second Thatcher ministry|II]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Deben crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Gummer]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Suffolk Coastal (UK Parliament constituency)|Suffolk Coastal]]}}
| 11 September 1984
| 1 September 1985
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr Kenneth Clarke crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Kenneth Clarke]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Rushcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Rushcliffe]]}}
| 2 September 1985
| 13 July 1987
| [[Department for Work and Pensions|Minister of State for Employment]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[Peter Brooke, Baron Brooke of Sutton Mandeville|Peter Brooke]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Cities of London and Westminster (UK Parliament constituency)|City of London and Westminster South]]}}
| 13 July 1987
| 24 July 1989
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[Margaret Thatcher]]<br/>{{Small|([[Third Thatcher ministry|III]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of The Earl of Caithness crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Malcolm Sinclair, 20th Earl of Caithness|Malcolm Sinclair]]<br/>{{Small|[[Earl of Caithness]]}}
| 25 July 1989
| 14 July 1990
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Ryder of Wensum crop 2.1.jpg|75px]]
| [[Richard Ryder, Baron Ryder of Wensum|Richard Ryder]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Mid Norfolk (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Norfolk]]}}
| 14 July 1990
| 28 November 1990
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=2 | [[John Major]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Major ministry|I]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Blank.png|75px]]
| [[John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead|John Ganzoni]]<br/>{{Small|[[Baron Belstead]]}}
| 28 November 1990
| 11 April 1992
| [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland|Minister of State for Northern Ireland]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Cope of Berkeley crop 3, 2019.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Cope, Baron Cope of Berkeley|John Cope]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Northavon (UK Parliament constituency)|Northavon]]}}
| 14 April 1992
| 20 July 1994
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| rowspan=4 | [[John Major]]<br/>{{Small|([[Second Major ministry|lI]])}}

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:David Heathcoat-Amery.JPG|75px]]
| [[David Heathcoat-Amory]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Wells (UK Parliament constituency)|Wells]]}}
| 20 July 1994
| 20 July 1996
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Willetts crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[David Willetts]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Havant (UK Parliament constituency)|Havant]]}}
| 20 July 1996
| 21 November 1996
|
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Lord Bates crop 2, 2019.jpg|75px]]
| [[Michael Bates, Baron Bates|Michael Bates]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Langbaurgh (UK Parliament constituency)|Langbaurgh]]}}
| 21 November 1996
| 2 May 1997
| [[Lord Commissioner of the Treasury]]<br/>{{Small|(17 October 1995 – 11 December 1996)}}
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|- style="height:1em"
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[File:Official portrait of Mr Geoffrey Robinson crop 2.jpg|75px]]
| [[Geoffrey Robinson (politician)|Geoffrey Robinson]]<br/>{{Small|MP for [[Coventry North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Coventry North West]]}}
| 2 May 1997
| 23 December 1998
|
| [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]
| style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tony Blair]]<br/>{{Small|([[First Blair ministry|I]])}}
|}