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In the United Kingdom, the four most senior government positions (collectively known as the Great Offices of State) are (in order of traditional seniority): the Prime Minister, who runs the government; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who manages the nations finances; the Foreign Secretary, who is responsible for the United Kingdom's foreign policy; and the Home Secretary, who has responsibilities including but not limited to: security, law and order, immigration and (until 2007) prisons. Although the specific titles and responsibilities of the positions have changed slightly since their formations, the offices have existed in unbroken succession since 1782 (when the Foreign Office and Home Office were created) and the position of Prime Minister dates back to 1721 (with the role of Chancellor of the Exchequer going back much further). There follows a list of the holders of these offices alongside the monarch who appointed them.

Lord High Treasurers (c. 1126 - 1216)[edit]

The office of Lord High Treasurer was a very ancient one and in it lies the origins of that of the Prime Minister.

Monarch		Lord High Treasurer
Henry I 5 August 1100 – 1 December 1135
		Nigel c. 1126 –1133

Stephen 22 December 1135 – 25 October 1154
		Adelelm c. 1136 –1139

Henry II 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189		Nigel 1154 –1158
Henry II 19 December 1154 – 6 July 1189		Richard FitzNeal c. 1158 –1196
Richard I 3 September 1189 – 6 April 1199		Richard FitzNeal c. 1158 –1196
Richard I 3 September 1189 – 6 April 1199		William of Ely 1196 –August 1215
John 27 May 1199 – October 1216		William of Ely 1196 –August 1215
John 27 May 1199 – October 1216

Lord High Treasurers, Chancellors of the Exchequer and Secretaries of State (1216 - 1645)[edit]

During the reign of Henry III there exist the first evidence of the existence of a Chancellor of the Exchequer and of a Secretary of State (which would later evolve into both the Foreign and Home Secretariats).

Monarch	Lord High Treasurer	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Secretary of State
Henry III 28 October 1216 – 16 November 1272
	Eustace of Fauconberg 4 November 1217 – October 1228
	Eustace of Fauconberg 4 November 1217 – October 1228	Eustace of Fauconberg c. 1221 –Unknown
	Walter Mauclerk 13 November 1228 – 14 January 1233	Eustace of Fauconberg c. 1221 –Unknown
	Walter Mauclerk 13 November 1228 – 14 January 1233
	Peter de Rivaux 14 January 1233 – 1 June 1234
	Hugh de Pateshull 1 June 1234 – March 1240	John Maunsell c. 1234 –Unknown
	Hugh de Pateshull 1 June 1234 – March 1240
	William Haverhill March 1240 – 23 August 1252
		Ralph de Leicester Unknown –1248
		Edward of Westminster 1248 –Unknown
	Philip Lovel 27 August 1952 – October 1258
			John Maunsell 1253 –c. 1263

		Albric de Fiscamp Unknown –1263
	John Crakehall 2 November 1258 – 10 September 1260
	John of Caux 28 October 1260 – March 1263
	Nicholas of Ely 6 May 1263 – 19 July 1263	John Chishull 1263 –1265
	Henry July 1263 –November 1263
	John Chishull (Acting) November 1263
	Roger de la Leye (Acting) 30 November 1263 – 3 November 1264
	Henry 3 November 1264 –1265
	Thomas Wymondham 23 October 1265 – 6 February 1270	Walter Giffard 1265 –1266
		Godfrey Giffard 1266 –1268
		John Chishull 1268 –1269
		Richard Middleton 1269 –1272
	John Chishull 6 February 1270 – 9 June 1271

	Philip of Eye 16 October 1271 – 2 October 1273
	Philip of Eye 16 October 1271 – 2 October 1273

Prime Ministers, Chancellors of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretaries and Home Secretaries (1782 - Present)[edit]

Monarch
George III 25 October 1760 – 29 January 1820	Charles Watson-Wentworth 27 March 1782 – 1 July 1782	John Cavendish 27 March 1782 – 10 July 1782	Charles James Fox 27 March 1782 – 5 July 1782	William Petty 27 March 1782 – 10 July 1782
	William Petty 4 July 1782 – 26 March 1783	William Pitt the Younger 10 July 1782 – 31 March 1783	Thomas Robinson 13 July 1782 – 2 April 1783	Thomas Townshend 10 July 1782 – 2 April 1783
	William Cavendish-Bentinck 2 April 1783 – 18 December 1783	John Cavendish 2 April 1783 – 19 December 1783	Charles James Fox 2 April 1783 – 19 December 1783	Frederick North 2 April 1783 – 19 December 1783
	William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 – 14 March 1801	William Pitt the Younger 19 December 1783 – 1 January 1801	George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 19 December 1783 – 23 December 1783	George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 19 December 1783 – 23 December 1783
			Francis Osborne 23 December 1783 – May 1791	Thomas Townshend 23 December 1783 – 5 June 1789
			Francis Osborne 23 December 1783 – May 1791	William Grenville 5 June 1789 – 8 June 1791
			William Grenville 8 June 1791 – 20 February 1801	Henry Dundas 8 June 1791 – 11 July 1794
			William Grenville 8 June 1791 – 20 February 1801	William Cavendish-Bentinck 11 July 1794 – 30 July 1801
	Henry Addington 17 March 1801 – 10 May 1804	Henry Addington 17 March 1801 – 10 May 1804	Robert Jenkinson 20 February 1801 – 14 May 1804	Thomas Pelham 30 July 1801 – 17 August 1803
	Henry Addington 17 March 1801 – 10 May 1804	Henry Addington 17 March 1801 – 10 May 1804	Robert Jenkinson 20 February 1801 – 14 May 1804	Charles Philip Yorke 17 August 1803 – 12 May 1804
	William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 – 23 January 1806	William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 – 23 January 1806	Dudley Ryder 14 May 1804 – 11 January 1805	Robert Jenkinson 12 May 1804 – 5 February 1806
	William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 – 23 January 1806	William Pitt the Younger 10 May 1804 – 23 January 1806	Henry Phipps 11 January 1805 – 7 February 1806	Robert Jenkinson 12 May 1804 – 5 February 1806
	William Grenville 11 February 1806 – 25 March 1807	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5 February 1806 – 26 March 1807	Charles James Fox 7 February 1806 – 13 September 1806	George Spencer 5 February 1806 – 25 March 1807
	William Grenville 11 February 1806 – 25 March 1807	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 5 February 1806 – 26 March 1807	Charles Grey 24 September 1806 – 25 March 1807	George Spencer 5 February 1806 – 25 March 1807
	William Cavendish-Bentinck 31 March 1807 – 4 Octobober 1809	Spencer Perceval 26 March 1807 – 11 May 1812	George Canning 25 March 1807 – 11 October 1809	Robert Jenkinson 25 March 1807 – 1 November 1809
	Spencer Perceval 4 October 1809 – 11 May 1812		Henry Bathurst 11 October 1809 – 6 December 1809	Richard Ryder 1 November 1809 – 8 June 1812
			Richard Wellesley 6 December 1809 – 4 March 1812
			Robert Stewart 4 March 1812 – 12 August 1822
	Robert Jenkinson 8 June 1812 – 9 April 1827	Nicholas Vansittart 12 May 1812 – 31 January 1823		Henry Addington 8 June 1812 – 17 January 1822
George IV 29 January 1820 – 26 June 1830				Henry Addington 8 June 1812 – 17 January 1822
				Robert Peel 17 January 1822 – 10 April 1827
			George Canning 13 September 1822 – 20 April 1827
		F. J. Robinson 31 January 1823 – 20 April 1827	George Canning 13 September 1822 – 20 April 1827
	George Canning 12 April 1827 – 8 August 1827	George Canning 10 April 1827 – 8 August 1827	John Ward 30 April 1827 – 2 June 1828	William Sturges Bourne 30 April 1827 – 16 July 1827
	F. J. Robinson 31 August 1827 – 21 January 1828	John Charles Herries 3 September 1827 – 25 January 1828		Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 16 July 1827 – 22 January 1828
	Arthur Wellesley 22 January 1828 – 16 November 1830	Henry Goulburn 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830		Robert Peel 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830
	Arthur Wellesley 22 January 1828 – 16 November 1830	Henry Goulburn 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830	George Hamilton-Gordon 2 June 1828 – 22 November 1830	Robert Peel 26 January 1828 – 22 November 1830