De minister van Defensie (Engels: Secretary of State for Defence) leidt het Britse ministerie van Defensie.
Ministers voor de Luchtmacht van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1919-1964) Minister voor de Luchtmacht Secretary of State for Air Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige functie(s) 120px|Winston Churchill 15px Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965) 14 januari 1919 1 april 1921 Liberal Party David Lloyd George (1919–1922) Lloyd George II Minister voor Oorlog 120px|Freddie Guest Freddie Guest (1875–1937) 1 april 1921 23 oktober 1922 Liberal Party 120px|Samuel Hoare Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) 23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law (1922–1923) Law Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) Baldwin I 120px|Christopher Thomson Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930) 22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay MacDonald MacDonald I 120px|Samuel Hoare Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) 3 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) Baldwin II 120px|Christopher Thomson Baron Thomson Christopher Thomson (1875–1930) 5 juni 1929 5 oktober 1930 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn Labour Party Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) MacDonald II Vacant 120px Baron Amulree William Mackenzie (1860–1942) 15 oktober 1930 5 november 1931 Labour Party (1930–1931) National Labour (1931) MacDonald III (Nationaal Kabinet I) 120px|Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart Lieutenant Colonel Markies van Londonderry Charles Vane- Tempest- Stewart (1878–1949) 5 november 1931 7 juni 1935 Conservative Party MacDonald IV (Nationaal Kabinet II) 120px|Philip Cunliffe-Lister Graaf Swinton Philip Cunliffe-Lister (1884–1972) 7 juni 1935 16 mei 1938 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) Baldwin III (Nationaal Kabinet III) Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) Chamberlain I (Nationaal Kabinet IV) 120px|Kingsley Wood Sir Kingsley Wood (1881–1943) 16 mei 1938 3 april 1940 Conservative Party Chamberlain II 120px|Samuel Hoare Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) 3 april 1940 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party 120px|Archibald Sinclair Sir Archibald Sinclair (1890–1970) 10 mei 1940 23 mei 1945 Liberal Party Winston Churchill (1940–1945) Churchill I 120px|Harold Macmillan Harold Macmillan (1894–1986) 23 mei 1945 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Churchill II 120px|William Wedgwood Benn Air Commodore Burggraaf Stansgate William Wedgwood Benn (1877–1960) 26 juli 1945 4 oktober 1946 Labour Party Clement Attlee (1945–1951) Attlee I 120px|Philip Noel-Baker 15px Philip Noel-Baker (1889–1982) 4 oktober 1946 7 oktober 1947 Labour Party 120px Arthur Henderson II (1893–1968) 7 oktober 1947 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party Attlee II 120px|William Sidney Major Burggraaf De L'Isle William Sidney (1909–1991) 26 oktober 1951 20 december 1955 Conservative Party Winston Churchill (1951–1955) Churchill III Anthony Eden (1955–1957) Eden 120px Nigel Birch (1906–1981) 20 december 1955 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party 120px George Ward (1907–1988) 10 januari 1957 28 oktober 1960 Conservative Party Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) Macmillan I Macmillan II 120px|Julian Amery Julian Amery (1932–2010) 28 oktober 1960 16 juli 1962 Conservative Party 120px Hugh Fraser (1918–1984) 16 juli 1962 1 april 1964 Conservative Party Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) Douglas-Home
Ministers voor de Marine van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1858–1964) Minister voor de Marine First Lord of the Admiralty Ambtstermijn Partij(en) Premier(s) Kabinet(ten) Overige functie(s) 120px|John Pakington Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) 20 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward Smith-Stanley (1858–1859) Smith-Stanley II 120px|Edward Seymour Hertog van Somerset Edward Seymour (1804–1885) 12 juni 1859 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party Henry John Temple (1859–1865) Temple II John Russell (1865–1866) Russell II 120px|John Pakington Sir John Pakington (1799–1800) 28 juni 1866 8 maart 1867 Afgetreden na benoeming tot minister voor Oorlog Conservative Party Edward Smith-Stanley (1866–1868) Smith-Stanley III 120px|Henry Lowry-Corry Henry Lowry-Corry (1803–1873) 8 maart 1867 3 december 1868 Conservative Party Conservative Party Benjamin Disraeli (1868) Disraeli I 120px|Hugh Childers Hugh Childers (1827–1896) 3 december 1868 11 maart 1871 Liberal Party William Ewart Gladstone (1868–1874) Gladstone I 120px|George Goschen George Goschen (1831–1907) 11 maart 1871 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party 120px|George Ward Hunt George Ward Hunt (1825–1877) 20 februari 1874 29 juli 1877 Overleden tijdens ambtstermijn Conservative Party Benjamin Disraeli (1874–1880) Disraeli II Vacant 120px|William Henry Smith William Henry Smith (1825–1891) 1 augustus 1877 23 april 1880 Conservative Party 120px|Thomas Baring Graaf van Northbrook Thomas Baring (1826–1904) 23 april 1880 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party William Ewart Gladstone (1880–1885) Gladstone II 120px|George Hamilton Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927) 23 juni 1885 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1885–1886) Gascoyne-Cecil I 120px|George Robinson Markies van Ripon George Robinson (1827–1909) 28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William Ewart Gladstone (1886) Gladstone III 120px|George Hamilton Heer George Hamilton (1845–1927) 20 juli 1886 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (1886–1892) Gascoyne-Cecil II 120px|John Spencer Graaf Spencer John Spencer (1835–1910) 15 augustus 1892 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party William Ewart Gladstone (1892–1894) Gladstone IV Archibald Primrose (1894–1895) Primrose 120px|George Goschen George Goschen (1831–1907) 25 juni 1895 10 november 1900 Conservative Party Robert Gascoyne- Cecil (1895–1902) Gascoyne-Cecil III 120px|William Palmer Graaf van Selborne William Palmer (1859–1942) 10 november 1900 15 maart 1905 Liberal Unionist Party Gascoyne-Cecil IV Arthur Balfour (1902–1905) Balfour 120px|Frederick Campbell Graaf Cawdor Frederick Campbell (1847–1911) 15 maart 1905 5 december 1905 Conservative Party 120px|Edward Marjoribanks Baron Tweedmouth Edward Marjoribanks (1849–1909) 5 december 1905 8 april 1908 Liberal Party Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1905–1908) Campbell- Bannerman 120px|Reginald McKenna Reginald McKenna (1863–1943) 8 april 1908 24 oktober 1911 Liberal Party Herbert Henry Asquith (1908–1916) Asquith I Asquith II Asquith III 120px|Winston Churchill 15px Winston Churchill (1874–1965) 24 oktober 1911 25 mei 1915 Liberal Party 120px|Arthur Balfour Arthur Balfour (1848–1930) 25 mei 1915 7 december 1916 Conservative Party Asquith IV 120px|Edward Carson Sir Edward Carson (1854-1935) 7 december 1916 17 juli 1917 Conservative Party David Lloyd George (1916–1922) Lloyd George I 120px|Eric Geddes Sir Eric Geddes (1875-1937) 17 juli 1917 14 januari 1919 Conservative Party Conservative Party Lloyd George II 120px|Walter Long Walter Long (1854-1924) 14 januari 1919 13 februari 1921 Conservative Party 120px|Arthur Lee Burggraaf Lee van Fareham Arthur Lee (1868-1947) 13 februari 1921 23 oktober 1922 Conservative Party 120px|Leo Amery Leo Amery (1873–1955) 23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law (1922–1923) Law Stanley Baldwin (1923–1924) Baldwin I 120px|Frederic Thesiger Burggraaf Chelmsford Frederic Thesiger (1868–1933) 22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay MacDonald (1924) MacDonald I 120px|William Bridgeman William Bridgeman (1864–1935) 4 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin (1924–1929) Baldwin II 120px|Albert Alexander Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) 5 juni 1929 26 augustus 1931 Labour Party Ramsay MacDonald (1929–1935) MacDonald II 120px|Austen Chamberlain Sir Austen Chamberlain (1863–1937) 26 augustus 1931 5 november 1931 Conservative Party Nationale Kabinetten 120px|Bolton Eyres-Monsell Commander Burggraaf Monsell Bolton Eyres-Monsell (1881–1963) 5 november 1931 22 mei 1936 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin (1935–1937) 120px|Samuel Hoare Lieutenant Colonel Sir Samuel Hoare (1880–1959) 22 mei 1936 28 mei 1937 Conservative Party 120px|Duff Cooper Lieutenant Duff Cooper (1890–1954) 28 mei 1937 27 oktober 1938 Conservative Party Neville Chamberlain (1937–1940) 120px|James Stanhope Second Lieutenant Graaf Stanhope James Stanhope (1880–1967) 27 oktober 1938 3 september 1939 Conservative Party 120px|Winston Churchill 15px Colonel Winston Churchill (1874–1965) 3 september 1939 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party Chamberlain II 120px|Albert Alexander Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) 10 mei 1940 23 mei 1945 Labour Party Winston Churchill (1951–1955) Churchill I 120px|Brendan Bracken Brendan Bracken (1901–1958) 23 mei 1945 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Churchill II 120px|Albert Alexander Captain Albert Alexander (1885–1965) 26 juli 1945 4 oktober 1946 Labour Party Clement Attlee (1945–1951) Attlee I 120px|George Hall Burggraaf Hall George Hall (1881–1965) 4 oktober 1946 24 mei 1951 Labour Party Labour Party Attlee II 120px|Frank Pakenhan Graaf van Longford Frank Pakenham (1905–2001) 24 mei 1951 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party 120px Sub Lieutenant Burggraaf Cilcennin James Thomas (1903–1960) 26 oktober 1951 2 september 1956 Conservative Party Winston Churchill (1951–1955) Churchill III Anthony Eden (1955–1957) Eden 120px|Quintin Hogg Major Burggraaf Hailsham Quintin Hogg (1907–2001) 2 september 1956 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party 120px|George Douglas-Hamilton Squadron Leader Graaf van Selkirk George Douglas- Hamilton (1904–1994) 10 januari 1957 14 oktober 1959 Conservative Party Harold Macmillan (1957–1963) Macmillan I 120px|Peter Carington Major Baron Carrington Peter Carington (1919–2018) 14 oktober 1959 19 oktober 1963 Conservative Party Macmillan II 120px|George Jellicoe Brigadier Graaf Jellicoe George Jellicoe (1918–2007) 19 oktober 1963 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party Alec Douglas-Home (1963–1964) Douglas-Home
Ministers voor Oorlog van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1852–1964)