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President of the Board of Trade#History

{{Short description|Head of the Board of Trade, a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom}}

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President of the Board of Trade

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| incumbent = Jonathan Reynolds

| incumbentsince = 5 July 2024

| appointer = The Sovereign
on advice of the Prime Minister

| style = The Right Honourable
(Formal prefix)
President of the Board of Trade

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Privy Council

| department = Board of Trade
UK Export Finance

| reports_to = The Prime Minister

| seat = Westminster, London

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The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. A committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, it was first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century that evolved gradually into a government department with diverse functions.{{cite web|last1=Olson|first1=Alison G.|title=The Board of Trade and Colonial Virginia|url=http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Board_of_Trade|publisher=Encyclopedia Virginia|access-date=9 March 2015}} The current holder of the post is Jonathan Reynolds,{{Cite news |last=Diver |first=Tony |date=2022-09-06 |title=Liz Truss Cabinet latest: Kwasi Kwarteng appointed as Chancellor and Suella Braverman becomes Home Secretary |language=en-GB |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/06/liz-truss-cabinet-appointments-news-live-ministers-reshuffle/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |issn=0307-1235}} who is concurrently the secretary of state for business and trade.

History

The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660, followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations.

After the Board was re-established in 1696, there were 15 (and later 16) members of the Board{{snd}}the 7 (later 8) great officers of state, and eight unofficial members, who did the majority of the work. The senior unofficial board member was the board president, commonly known as the first lord of trade. The board was abolished on 11 July 1782, but a Committee of the Privy Council was established on 5 March 1784 for the same purposes. On 23 August 1786, a new committee was set up, more strongly focused on commercial functions than the previous boards of trade. At first, the president of the Board of Trade only occasionally sat in the Cabinet. Still, from the early 19th century, it was usually a cabinet-level position.

In 2020, there was an unusual appointment of a deputy president to assist the president. Still, the holder remained only an adviser to the Board.{{cite web|last1=Stuart|first1=Graham|title=Board of Trade: Membership|url=https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-19/49069|publisher=UK Parliament|access-date=11 March 2022}} This appears to have been a one-off appointment, and this role no longer exists.{{cite web|title=Board of Trade|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/board-of-trade|publisher=UK Government|access-date=11 March 2022}} However, the president was previously assisted by the vice president.{{cite web|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp1-17|publisher=British History Online|access-date=11 March 2022}}

List of presidents of the Board of Trade

= First Lord of Trade (1672–1782) =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=3 | First Lord

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Monarch

| 75px

| Anthony Ashley Cooper
1st Earl of Shaftesbury

| {{small|16 September}}
1672

| 1676

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Charles II
{{Small|(1660–1685)}}

| 75px

| John Egerton
3rd Earl of Bridgewater

| {{small|16 December}}
1695

| {{small|9 June}}
1699

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=2 | William III
{{Small|(1689–1702)}}

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Thomas Grey
2nd Earl of Stamford{{cite book|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/office-holders/vol3/pp28-37|title=Office-Holders in Modern Britain|volume=3|chapter=Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870 - Council of trade and plantations 1696-1782}}

| rowspan="2" | {{small|9 June}}
1699

| rowspan="2" | {{small|19 June}}
1702

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |Anne
{{Small|(1702–1714}}
| 75px

| Thomas Thynne
1st Viscount Weymouth

| {{small|19 June}}
1702

| 1705

| 75px

| Thomas Grey
2nd Earl of Stamford

| 1705

| {{small|12 June}}
1711

| 75px

| Charles Finch
4th Earl of Winchilsea

| {{small|12 June}}
1711

| {{small|15 September}}
1713

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" |Francis North
2nd Baron Guilford

| rowspan="2" |{{small|15 September}}
1713

| rowspan="2" |{{small|September}}
1714

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5" |George I
{{Small|(1714–1727}}
| 75px

| William Berkeley
4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton

| {{small|September}}
1714

| {{small|12 May}}
1715

| 75px

| Henry Howard
6th Earl of Suffolk

| {{small|12 May}}
1715

| {{small|31 January}}
1718

| 75px

| Robert Darcy
3rd Earl of Holderness

| {{small|31 January}}
1718

| {{small|11 May}}
1719

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" | Thomas Fane
6th Earl of Westmorland

| rowspan="2" | {{small|11 May}}
1719

| rowspan="2" | {{small|May}}
1735

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4" |George II
{{Small|(1727–1760}}
| 75px

| Benjamin Mildmay
1st Earl Fitzwalter

| {{small|May}}
1735

| {{small|June}}
1737

| 75px

| John Monson
1st Baron Monson

| {{small|June}}
1737

| {{small|1 November}}
1748

rowspan="2" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | George Montagu-Dunk
2nd Earl of Halifax

| rowspan="2" | {{small|1 November}}
1748

| rowspan="2" | {{small|21 March}}
1761

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="13" |George III
{{Small|(1760–1820)}}
| 75px

| Samuel Sandys
1st Baron Sandys

| {{small|21 March}}
1761

| {{small|1 March}}
1763

| 75px

| Charles Townshend

| {{small|1 March}}
1763

| {{small|20 April}}
1763

| 75px

| William Petty
2nd Earl of Shelburne

| {{small|20 April}}
1763

| {{small|9 September}}
1763

| 75px

| Wills Hill
Earl of Hillsborough

| {{small|9 September}}
1763

| {{small|20 July}}
1765

| 75px

| William Legge
2nd Earl of Dartmouth

| {{small|20 July}}
1765

| {{small|16 August}}
1766

| 75px

| Wills Hill
Earl of Hillsborough

| {{small|16 August}}
1766

| {{small|December}}
1766

| 75px

| Robert Nugent
Viscount Clare

| {{small|19 January}}
1767

| {{small|20 January}}
1768

| 75px

| Wills Hill
Earl of Hillsborough

| {{small|20 January}}
1768

| {{small|31 August}}
1772

| 75px

| William Legge
2nd Earl of Dartmouth

| {{small|31 August}}
1772

| {{small|10 November}}
1775

| 75px

| George Germain
1st Viscount Sackville

| {{small|10 November}}
1775

| {{small|6 November}}
1779

| 75px

| Frederick Howard
5th Earl of Carlisle

| {{small|6 November}}
1779

| {{small|9 December}}
1780

| 75px

| Thomas Robinson
2nd Baron Grantham

| {{small|9 December}}
1780

| {{small|11 July}}
1782

= President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786) =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=3 | President of the Committee

! colspan=2 | Term of office

! Party

! Ministry

! Monarch

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Thomas Townshend
1st Viscount Sydney

| {{small|5 March}}
1784

| {{small|23 August}}
1786

| {{Party shading/Whigs}} | Whig

| {{Party shading/Tories}} | Pitt I

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" |George III
{{Small|(1760–1820)}}

= President of the Board of Trade (1786–1963) =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
colspan=3 | President of the Board
Constituency

! colspan="2" | Term of office

! Party

! Ministry

! Monarch

! Ref

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=2 | 75px

| rowspan=2 | Charles Jenkinson
1st Earl of Liverpool

| rowspan=2 | 23 August
1786

| rowspan=2 | 7 June
1804

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

| {{Party shading/Tories}} |Pitt I

! rowspan="9" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |George III
{{Small|(1760–1820)}}

|

{{party shading/Tories}}| Addington

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75x75px

| James Graham
3rd Duke of Montrose

| 7 June
1804

| 5 February
1806

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Pitt II

|

| 75px

| William Eden
1st Baron Auckland

| 5 February
1806

| 31 March
1807

| {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent

| {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| All the Talents

|

rowspan=3 height=15 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan=3 | 75px

| rowspan=3 | Henry Bathurst
3rd Earl Bathurst

| rowspan=3 | 31 March
1807

| rowspan=3 | 29 September
1812

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Portland II

|

{{party shading/Tories}}| Perceval

|

rowspan="5" {{party shading/Tories}}| Liverpool

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Richard Trench
2nd Earl of Clancarty

| 29 September
1812

| 24 January
1818

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | F. J. Robinson
{{small|MP for Ripon}}

| rowspan="2" | 24 January
1818

| rowspan="2" | 21 February
1823

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" |George IV
{{Small|(1820–1830)}}

|

height="15" rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | William Huskisson
{{small|MP for Liverpool}}

| rowspan="2" | 21 February
1823

| rowspan="2" | 4 September
1827

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

|

{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Canning

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Charles Grant
{{small|MP for Inverness-shire}}

| rowspan="2" | 4 September
1827

| rowspan="2" | 11 June
1828

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

| {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Goderich

|

rowspan="4" {{party shading/Tories}}| Wellington–Peel

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 75x75px

| William Vesey-FitzGerald
{{small|MP for Newport (Cornwall)}}

| 11 June
1828

| 2 February
1830

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

|{{Efn-lg|Formerly MP for Clare, William Vesey-FitzGerald was briefly not sitting as an MP after the defeat in by-election of Clare and before the by-election of Newport (Cornwall).}}

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | John Charles Herries
{{small|MP for Harwich}}

| rowspan="2" | 2 February
1830

| rowspan="2" | 22 November
1830

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan="7" |William IV
{{Small|(1830–1837)}}

|

rowspan=2 height=15 style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | George Eden
Lord Auckland

| rowspan="2" | 22 November
1830

| rowspan="2" | 5 June
1834

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Grey

|

rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Melbourne I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles Poulett Thomson
{{small|MP for Manchester}}

| 5 June
1834

| 14 November
1834

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Alexander Baring
{{small|MP for North Essex}}

| rowspan="2" | 15 December
1834

| rowspan="2" | 8 April
1835

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Tories}}| Tory

| {{party shading/Tories}}| Wellington Caretaker

|

{{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Peel I

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Charles Poulett Thomson
{{small|MP for Manchester}}

| rowspan="2" | 8 April
1835

| rowspan="2" | 29 August
1839

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Melbourne II

|

rowspan="30" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" |Victoria
{{Small|(1837–1901)}}

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Labouchere
{{small|MP for Taunton}}

| 29 August
1839

| 30 August
1841

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| F. J. Robinson
Earl of Ripon

| 3 September
1841

| 15 May
1843

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Peel II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Ewart Gladstone
{{small|MP for Newark}}

| 15 May
1843

| 5 February
1845

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| James Broun-Ramsay
Earl of Dalhousie

| 5 February
1845

| 27 June
1846

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| George Villiers
4th Earl of Clarendon

| 6 July
1846

| 22 July
1847

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Whigs}}| Russell I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Henry Labouchere
{{small|MP for Taunton}}

| 22 July
1847

| 21 February
1852

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| J. W. Henley
{{small|MP for Oxfordshire}}

| 27 February
1852

| 17 December
1852

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Peelite}}" |

| 75px

| Edward Cardwell
{{small|MP for Oxford}}

| 28 December
1852

| 31 March
1855

| {{party shading/Peelite}}|Peelite

| {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Aberdeen

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 75px

| Edward Stanley
2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley

| 31 March
1855

| 21 February
1858

| {{party shading/Whigs}}| Whig

| {{party shading/Whigs}}|Palmerston

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| J. W. Henley
{{small|MP for Oxfordshire}}

| 26 February
1858

| 3 March
1859

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75x75px

| Richard Hely-Hutchinson
4th Earl of Donoughmore

| 3 March
1859

| 11 June
1859

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Thomas Milner Gibson
{{small|MP for Ashton-under-Lyne}}

| rowspan="2" | 6 July
1859

| rowspan="2" | 26 June
1866

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Palmerston II

|

{{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Russell III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stafford Northcote
1st Earl of Iddesleigh

| 6 July
1866

| 8 March
1867

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Derby–Disraeli III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Charles Gordon-Lennox
6th Duke of Richmond

|8 March
1867

|1 December
1868

|{{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| John Bright
{{small|MP for Birmingham}}

| 9 December
1868

| 14 January
1871

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue
{{small|MP for County Louth}}

| 14 January
1871

| 17 February
1874

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles Adderley
1st Baron Norton

| 21 February
1874

| 4 April
1878

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Disraeli II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Viscount Sandon
{{small|MP for Liverpool}}

| 4 April
1878

| 21 April
1880

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Joseph Chamberlain
{{small|MP for Birmingham}}

| 3 May
1880

| 9 June
1885

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles Gordon-Lennox
6th Duke of Richmond

| 24 June
1885

| 19 August
1885

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Salisbury I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Edward Stanhope
{{small|MP for Horncastle}}

| 19 August
1885

| 28 January
1886

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| A. J. Mundella
{{small|MP for Sheffield Brightside}}

| 17 February
1886

| 20 July
1886

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}| Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Frederick Stanley
Lord Stanley of Preston

| 3 August
1886

| 21 February
1888

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Salisbury II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Michael Hicks Beach
1st Earl St Aldwyn

| 21 February
1888

| 11 August
1892

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| A. J. Mundella
{{small|MP for Sheffield Brightside}}

| 18 August
1892

| 28 May
1894

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Gladstone IV

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| James Bryce
{{small|MP for Aberdeen South}}

| 28 May
1894

| 21 June
1895

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Rosebery

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Charles Ritchie
{{small|MP for Croydon}}

| 29 June
1895

| 7 November
1900

| {{party shading/Conservative (UK)}}| Conservative

| {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Salisbury III

|

rowspan=3 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan=3 | 75px

| rowspan=3 | Gerald Balfour
{{small|MP for Leeds Central}}

| rowspan=3 | 7 November
1900

| rowspan=3 | 12 March
1905

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}|Salisbury IV

|

rowspan="6" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | Edward VII
{{Small|(1901–1910)}}

|

rowspan="2" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}}|Balfour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| James Gascoyne-Cecil
4th Marquess of Salisbury

| 12 March
1905

| 4 December
1905

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| David Lloyd George
{{small|MP for Carnarvon Boroughs}}

| 10 December
1905

| 12 April
1908

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}}|Campbell-Bannerman

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Winston Churchill
{{small|MP for Dundee}}

| 12 April
1908

| 14 February
1910

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

|{{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith I

|

rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="3" | 75px

| rowspan="3" | Sydney Buxton
{{small|MP for Poplar}}

| rowspan="3" | 14 February
1910

| rowspan="3" | 11 February
1914

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith II

|

rowspan="17" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | George V
{{Small|(1910–1936)}}

|

rowspan="3" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Asquith III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| John Burns
{{small|MP for Battersea}}

| 11 February
1914

| 5 August
1914

| {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" |Walter Runciman
{{small|MP for Dewsbury}}

| rowspan="2" |5 August
1914

| rowspan="2" |5 December
1916

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Liberal (UK)}} | Liberal

|

{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Asquith Coalition

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Albert Stanley
{{small|MP for Ashton-under-Lyne}}

| rowspan="2" | 10 December
1916

| rowspan="2" | 26 May
1919

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Lloyd George I

|

rowspan="4" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Lloyd George II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Auckland Geddes
{{small|MP for Basingstoke}}

| 26 May
1919

| 19 March
1920

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Robert Horne
{{small|MP for Glasgow Hillhead}}

| 19 March
1920

| 1 April
1921

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stanley Baldwin
{{small|MP for Bewdley}}

| 1 April
1921

| 19 October
1922

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Philip Cunliffe-Lister
{{small|MP for Hendon}}

| rowspan="2" | 24 October
1922

| rowspan="2" | 22 January
1924

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} | Law

|

{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} |Baldwin I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Sidney Webb
{{small|MP for Seaham}}

| 22 January
1924

| 3 November
1924

| {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

|{{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |MacDonald I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Philip Cunliffe-Lister
{{small|MP for Hendon}}

| 6 November
1924

| 4 June
1929

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}} |Baldwin II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| William Graham
{{small|MP for Edinburgh Central}}

| 7 June
1929

| 24 August
1931

| {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

|{{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |MacDonald II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Philip Cunliffe-Lister
{{small|MP for Hendon}}

| 25 August
1931

| 5 November
1931

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National I

|

rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{Party color|National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}" |

| rowspan="4" | 75px

| rowspan="4" | Walter Runciman
{{small|MP for St Ives}}

| rowspan="4" | 5 November
1931

| rowspan="4" | 28 May
1937

| rowspan="4" {{party shading/National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)}}|Liberal National

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National II

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;" | Edward VIII
{{Small|(1936)}}

|

rowspan="16" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | George VI
{{Small|(1936–1952)}}

|

{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National III

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75x75px

| rowspan="2" | Oliver Stanley
{{small|MP for Westmorland}}

| rowspan="2" | 28 May
1937

| rowspan="2" | 5 January
1940

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |National IV

|

rowspan="2" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Chamberlain War

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75x75px

| rowspan="2" | Andrew Rae Duncan
{{small|MP for City of London}}

| rowspan="2" | 5 January
1940

| rowspan="2" | 3 October
1940

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent

|

rowspan="5" {{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Churchill War

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75x75px

| Oliver Lyttelton
{{small|MP for Aldershot}}

| 3 October
1940

| 29 June
1941

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Independent politician}}" |

| 75x75px

| Andrew Rae Duncan
{{small|MP for City of London}}

| 29 June
1941

| 4 February
1942

| {{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}}| Independent

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| John Jestyn Llewellin
{{small|MP for Uxbridge}}

| 4 February
1942

| 22 February
1942

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Hugh Dalton
{{small|MP for Peckham}}

| 22 February
1942

| 23 May
1945

| {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75x75px

| Oliver Lyttelton
{{small|MP for Aldershot}}

| 25 May
1945

| 26 July
1945

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Coalition (UK)}} |Churchill Caretaker

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Stafford Cripps
{{small|MP for Bristol East}}

| 27 July
1945

| 29 September
1947

| {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |Attlee I

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75px

| rowspan="2" | Harold Wilson
{{small|MP for Ormskirk → Huyton}}

| rowspan="2" | 29 September
1947

| rowspan="2" | 23 April
1951

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

|

rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} |Attlee II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| 75px

| Hartley Shawcross
{{small|MP for St Helens}}

| 24 April
1951

| 26 October
1951

| {{party shading/Labour Party (UK)}}|Labour

|

rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="3" | 75px

| rowspan="3" | Peter Thorneycroft
{{small|MP for Monmouth}}

| rowspan="3" | 30 October
1951

| rowspan="3" | 13 January
1957

| rowspan="3" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Churchill III

|

rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | Elizabeth II
{{Small|(1952–2022)}}

|

{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Eden

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75x75px

| David Eccles
{{small|MP for Chippenham}}

| 13 January
1957

| 14 October
1959

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|{{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Macmillan I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|

| Reginald Maudling
{{small|MP for Barnet}}

| 14 October
1959

| 9 October
1961

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}|Macmillan II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 75x75px

| Frederick Erroll
{{small|MP for Altrincham and Sale}}

| 9 October
1961

| 20 October
1963

| {{party shading/Conservative Party (UK)}}| Conservative

|

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|+

! colspan="3" |President of the Board
{{small|Constituency}}

! colspan="2" |Term of office

! Concurrent office(s)

!Party

!Ministry

!Monarch

!Ref

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Edward Heath
{{small|MP for Bexley}}

|{{small|20 October}}
1963

|{{small|16 October}}
1964

|Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Douglas-Home

! scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=43 | Elizabeth II
{{Small|(1952–2022)}}

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" | 75x75px

| rowspan="2" |Douglas Jay
{{small|MP for Battersea North}}

| rowspan="2" |{{small|18 October}}
1964

| rowspan="2" |{{small|29 August}}
1967

| rowspan="5" |None

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|{{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson I

|

rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Anthony Crosland
{{small|MP for Great Grimsby}}

|{{small|29 August}}
1967

|{{small|6 October}}
1969

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Roy Mason
{{small|MP for Barnsley Central}}

|{{small|6 October}}
1969

|{{small|19 June}}
1970

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|

|Michael Noble
{{small|MP for Argyll}}

|{{small|20 June}}
1970

|{{small|15 October}}
1970

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Heath

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|

|John Davies
{{small|MP for Knutsford}}

|{{small|15 October}}
1970

|{{small|5 November}}
1972

| rowspan="2" |Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Peter Walker
{{small|MP for Worcester}}

|{{small|5 November}}
1972

|{{small|4 March}}
1974

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |75x75px

| rowspan="2" |Peter Shore
{{small|MP for Stepney and Poplar}}

| rowspan="2" |{{small|5 March}}
1974

| rowspan="2" |{{small|8 April}}
1976

| rowspan="7" |Secretary of State for Trade

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| {{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson III

|

{{Party shading/Labour}} |Wilson IV

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Edmund Dell
{{small|MP for Birkenhead}}

|{{small|8 April}}
1976

|{{small|11 November}}
1978

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Callaghan

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|John Smith
{{small|MP for North Lanarkshire}}

|{{small|11 November}}
1978

|{{small|4 May}}
1979

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|John Nott
{{small|MP for St Ives}}

|{{small|5 May}}
1979

|{{small|5 January}}
1981

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|John Biffen
{{small|MP for Oswestry}}

|{{small|5 January}}
1981

|{{small|6 April}}
1982

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Arthur Cockfield
Baron Cockfield

|{{small|6 April}}
1982

|{{small|12 June}}
1983

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Cecil Parkinson
{{small|MP for Hertsmere}}

|{{small|12 June}}
1983

|{{small|11 October}}
1983

| rowspan="16" |Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Norman Tebbit
{{small|MP for Chingford}}

|{{small|16 October}}
1983

|{{small|2 September}}
1985

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Leon Brittan
{{small|MP for Richmond (Yorks)}}

|{{small|2 September}}
1985

|{{small|22 January}}
1986

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Paul Channon
{{small|MP for Southend West}}

|{{small|24 January}}
1986

|{{small|13 June}}
1987

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|David Young
Baron Young of Graffham

|{{small|13 June}}
1987

|{{small|24 July}}
1989

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Thatcher III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75x75px

|Nicholas Ridley
{{small|MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury}}

|{{small|24 July}}
1989

|{{small|13 July}}
1990

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" |Peter Lilley
{{small|MP for St Albans}}

| rowspan="2" |{{small|14 July}}
1990

| rowspan="2" |{{small|10 April}}
1992

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Major I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Michael Heseltine
{{small|MP for Henley}}

|{{small|10 April}}
1992

|{{small|5 July}}
1995

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}}|Major II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Ian Lang
{{small|MP for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale}}

|{{small|5 July}}
1995

|{{small|2 May}}
1997

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Margaret Beckett
{{small|MP for Derby South}}

|{{small|2 May}}
1997

|{{small|27 July}}
1998

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}}|Blair I

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Peter Mandelson
{{small|MP for Hartlepool}}

|{{small|27 July}}
1998

|{{small|23 December}}
1998

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Stephen Byers
{{small|MP for North Tyneside}}

|{{small|23 December}}
1998

|{{small|8 June}}
2001

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Patricia Hewitt
{{small|MP for Leicester West}}

|{{small|8 June}}
2001

|{{small|6 May}}
2005

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Blair II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Alan Johnson
{{small|MP for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle}}

|{{small|6 May}}
2005

|{{small|5 May}}
2006

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Blair III

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Alistair Darling
{{small|MP for Edinburgh South West}}

|{{small|5 May}}
2006

|{{small|28 June}}
2007

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|John Hutton
{{small|MP for Barrow and Furness}}

|{{small|28 June}}
2007

|{{small|3 October}}
2008

| rowspan="2" |Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

|{{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

| rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Labour}} |Brown

|

rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|rowspan=2 | 75px

|rowspan=2 | Peter Mandelson
{{small|MP for Hartlepool}}

|rowspan=2 | {{small|3 October}}
2008

|rowspan=2 | {{small|12 May}}
2010

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Labour}} | Labour

|

rowspan="3" |Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Liberal Democrats (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Vince Cable
{{small|MP for Twickenham}}

|{{small|12 May}}
2010

|{{small|8 May}}
2015

|{{Party shading/Liberal Democrats}} | Liberal Democrats

|{{Party shading/Coalition (UK)}} | Cameron–Clegg

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Sajid Javid
{{small|MP for Bromsgrove}}

|{{small|11 May}}
2015

|{{small|15 July}}
2016

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Cameron II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Greg Clark
{{small|MP for Tunbridge Wells}}

|{{small|15 July}}
2016

|{{small|19 July}}
2016

|Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} rowspan="2" |May I

|{{Efn-lg|Appointed by the Privy Council in error, and held the post for four days before the mistake was rectified.{{Cite news|last1=May|first1=Callum|title=Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-36869726|access-date=22 July 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=22 July 2016}}{{Cite web|last1=Tilbrook|first1=Richard|title=Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 15th July 2016|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/List-of-Business-15-July-2016.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|access-date=22 July 2016|date=15 July 2016}}{{Cite web|last1=Tilbrook|first1=Richard|title=Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 19th July 2016|url=https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-19-List-of-business.pdf|publisher=Privy Council Office|access-date=22 July 2016|date=19 July 2016}}}}

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" |Liam Fox
{{small|MP for North Somerset}}

| rowspan="2" |{{small|19 July}}
2016

| rowspan="2" |{{small|24 July}}
2019{{Cite tweet |user=LiamFox |author=Liam Fox |number=1154058729949671424 |date = 24 July 2019 |title=Sadly, I will be leaving the Government. It has been a privilege to have served as Secretary of State for International Trade these past 3 years.}}

| rowspan="8" |Secretary of State for International Trade

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | May II

|

rowspan="2" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="2" |75px

| rowspan="2" |Liz Truss
{{small|MP for South West Norfolk}}

| rowspan="2" |{{small|24 July}}
2019

| rowspan="2" |{{small|15 September}}
2021

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Johnson I

|

rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Johnson II

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Anne-Marie Trevelyan
{{small|MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed}}

|{{small|15 September}}
2021

|{{small|6 September}}
2022

|{{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

|

rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{Party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| rowspan="4" |75px

| rowspan="4" |Kemi Badenoch
{{small|MP for Saffron Walden}}

| rowspan="4" |{{small|6 September}}
2022

| rowspan="4" |{{small|5 July}}
2024

| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} | Conservative

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Truss

|

scope=row style="text-align:center;" rowspan=4 | Charles III
50px
{{Small|(2022–)}}

|

rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Conservative (UK)}} |Sunak

|

rowspan="2" |Secretary of State for Business and Trade

|

style="background-color:{{Party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |

|75px

|Jonathan Reynolds
{{small|MP for Stalybridge and Hyde}}

|{{small|5 July}}
2024

|Incumbent

|{{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Labour

|{{Party shading/Labour Party (UK)}} | Starmer

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