Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords

The Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords is the parliamentary chairperson of the Conservative Party of the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party peers elect the Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Lords.

When the Conservative Party is the main party of opposition in the House of Commons, this post also acts as Shadow Leader of the House of Lords.

List of Conservative Leaders in the House of Lords Those asterisked were considered the overall leader of the party. Portrait LeaderTerm of office LOTO The Duke of Wellington183418461835–1841 – Foreign Secretary – Minister without PortfolioThe Lord Stanley of Bickerstaffe*184618681852–18581859–1866 – Prime Minister – Prime Minister – Prime Minister The Earl of Malmesbury 1868 1869 1868–1869 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Cairns 1869 1870 1869–1870 – The Duke of Richmond 1870 1876 1870–1874 – Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl of Beaconsfield*187618811880–1881 – Prime Minister – Lord Keeper of the Privy SealThe Marquess of Salisbury*188119021881–188518861892–1895 – Prime Minister – Foreign Secretary – Prime Minister – Foreign Secretary – Prime Minister – Foreign Secretary – Lord Keeper of the Privy SealThe Duke of Devonshire19021903 – Lord President of the Council – President of the Board of EducationThe Marquess of Lansdowne190319161905–1915 – Foreign Secretary – Minister without PortfolioThe Earl Curzon of Kedleston191619251924 – President of the Air Board – Lord President of the Council – Foreign Secretary – Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Salisbury 1925 1931 1929–1931 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Viscount Hailsham 1931 1935 1931 – War Secretary The Marquess of Londonderry 1935 1935 – Lord Keeper of the Privy SealThe Viscount Halifax19351938 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal – Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl Stanhope19381940 – President of the Board of Education – First Lord of the Admiralty – Lord President of the Council The Viscount Caldecote 1940 1940 – Dominions Secretary The Viscount Halifax 1940 1940 – Foreign Secretary The Lord Lloyd 1940 1941 – Colonial Secretary The Lord Moyne 1941 1942 – Colonial SecretaryViscount Cranborne194219571945–1951 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal – Colonial Secretary – Dominions Secretary – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal – Commonwealth Relations Secretary – Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl of Home19571960 – Lord President of the Council – Commonwealth Relations Secretary – Lord President of the CouncilThe Viscount Hailsham19601963 – Lord President of the Council – Minister for Science The Lord Carrington 1963 1970 1964–1970 – Minister without Portfolio The Earl Jellicoe 1970 1973 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Windlesham 1973 1974 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Carrington 1974 1979 1974–1979 – The Lord Soames 1979 1981 – Lord President of the CouncilThe Baroness Young19811983 – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Viscount Whitelaw 1983 1988 – Lord President of the Council The Lord Belstead 1988 1990 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Waddington 1990 1992 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Wakeham 1992 1994 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Viscount Cranborne 1994 1998 1997–1998 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord Strathclyde 1998 2013 1998–2010 – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Lord Hill of Oareford 2013 2014 – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Baroness Stowell of Beeston 2014 2016 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Baroness Evans of Bowes Park 2016 2022 – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Lord True 2022 Incumbent 2024– – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal

See also Leader of the Conservative Party (UK)

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