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style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fort_(Conservative_politician)" title="Richard Fort (Conservative politician)">Richard Fort</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Walder" title="David Walder">David Walder</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1963–1964</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Knox_Cunningham" title="Knox Cunningham">Knox Cunningham</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Fernyhough" title="Ernest Fernyhough">Ernest Fernyhough</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Francis Fenwick Pearson</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1911-06-13</span>)</span>13 June 1911</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">17 February 1991<span style="display:none">(1991-02-17)</span> (aged 79)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uppingham_School" title="Uppingham School">Uppingham School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge" title="Trinity Hall, Cambridge">Trinity Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">British colonial administrator <br /> Chief Minister of <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> State <br /> <a href="/wiki/Farmer" title="Farmer">Farmer</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1st_Gorkha_Rifles_(The_Malaun_Regiment)" title="1st Gorkha Rifles (The Malaun Regiment)">1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sir Francis Fenwick Pearson, 1st Baronet</b>, <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_British_Empire" title="Order of the British Empire">MBE</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace#United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">JP</a></span>, <span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Lieutenant" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Lieutenant">DL</a></span></span> (13 June 1911 – 17 February 1991) was a British colonial administrator, farmer and politician. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonial_service">Colonial service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Colonial service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pearson attended <a href="/wiki/Uppingham_School" title="Uppingham School">Uppingham School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rutland" title="Rutland">Rutland</a>, and then <a href="/wiki/Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge" title="Trinity Hall, Cambridge">Trinity Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">Cambridge</a>. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant onto the Unattached List for the Indian Army from being a Second Lieutenant, T.A. (University Candidate) in September 1932, with seniority from 29 January 1931. After a year attached to a British regiment in India, he was appointed to the Indian Army and posted to the <a href="/wiki/1_Gorkha_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="1 Gorkha Rifles">1st King George's Own Gurkha Rifles</a> on 3 November 1933. He served as <a href="/wiki/Aide-de-camp" title="Aide-de-camp">Aide-de-camp</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of India">Viceroy of India</a> from June 1935 to April 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_Political_Service">Indian Political Service</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Indian Political Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pearson transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Political_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Political Service">Indian Political Service</a> in October 1935. In June 1945 he was appointed a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Order of the British Empire">Member of the Order of the British Empire</a> as captain, Indian Political Service.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He served as the President of the Manipur State Durbar (later designated as the Chief Minister) in the princely state of <a href="/wiki/Manipur_(princely_state)" title="Manipur (princely state)">Manipur</a> from 1945 to 1947. The ruler of Manipur at that time was Maharaja <a href="/wiki/Bodhchandra_Singh" title="Bodhchandra Singh">Bodhachandra Singh</a>. Pearson headed the committee that forumulated the <a href="/wiki/Manipur_State_Constitution_Act_1947" title="Manipur State Constitution Act 1947">Manipur State Constitution Act</a>, passed in May 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He handed over power to Maharajkumar <a href="/wiki/Priyobrata_Singh" title="Priyobrata Singh">Priyobrata Singh</a>, the Maharaja's nominee for chief minister, on 14 August 1947.. </p><p>The village of Pearson in <a href="/wiki/Churachandpur_district" title="Churachandpur district">Churachandpur district</a> was named in his honour. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_career">Parliamentary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Parliamentary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pearson returned to Britain after Indian independence and settled in <a href="/wiki/Lancashire" title="Lancashire">Lancashire</a> where he became a farmer, and also involved himself in local government. He was a <a href="/wiki/Justice_of_the_Peace" class="mw-redirect" title="Justice of the Peace">Justice of the Peace</a> for Lancashire from 1952. </p><p>At the <a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959 general election</a>, Pearson replaced <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fort_(1907%E2%80%931959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Fort (1907–1959)">Richard Fort</a> (who had died earlier in the year) as <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative Party</a> Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/Clitheroe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)">Clitheroe</a>, a rural constituency in the Lancashire foothills of the Pennines. He was swiftly named as an Assistant Government <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">Whip</a> (1960) and became a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury (Government Whip) in March 1962. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parliamentary_Private_Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Private Secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sir <a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a>, who became Prime Minister in October 1963, choose Pearson to be his <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary">Parliamentary Private Secretary</a>, an unpaid but pivotal role where Pearson had to maintain relations between the Prime Minister and his own backbenchers. When Douglas-Home lost the <a href="/wiki/1964_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1964 United Kingdom general election">1964 general election</a> and resigned as Prime Minister, he gave Pearson a <a href="/wiki/Baronet" title="Baronet">Baronetcy</a> in his resignation honours list. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lancashire_contribution">Lancashire contribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Lancashire contribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Pearson retired from Parliament at the <a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970 general election</a>, but not from politics. He was Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Lancashire" title="Central Lancashire">Central Lancashire</a> New Town Development Corporation from 1971 (the <a href="/wiki/New_town" class="mw-redirect" title="New town">new town</a> covered <a href="/wiki/Preston,_Lancashire" title="Preston, Lancashire">Preston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chorley" title="Chorley">Chorley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leyland,_Lancashire" title="Leyland, Lancashire">Leyland</a> and several other areas). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">War services of British and Indian Officers of the Indian Army 1941</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">London Gazette 14 June 1945, p2957</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.constitutionofindia.net/historical_constitutions/manipur_state_constitution_act__1947_1st%20January%201947">"Manipur State Constitution Act, 1947"</a>. <i>ConstitutionOfIndia.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 November</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=ConstitutionOfIndia.net&rft.atitle=Manipur+State+Constitution+Act%2C+1947&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.constitutionofindia.net%2Fhistorical_constitutions%2Fmanipur_state_constitution_act__1947_1st%2520January%25201947&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFrancis+Pearson" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150215181722/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm">Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs </a></li> <li>M. Stenton and S. Lees, "Who's Who of British MPs" (Harvester Press, 1981)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Francis_Pearson&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Hansard</a></i> 1803–2005: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/sir-francis-pearson">contributions in Parliament by Francis Pearson</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Fort_(1907%E2%80%931959)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Fort (1907–1959)">Richard Fort</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Clitheroe_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Clitheroe (UK Parliament constituency)">Clitheroe</a> </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1959_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1959 United Kingdom general election">1959</a>–<a href="/wiki/1970_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1970 United Kingdom general election">1970</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/David_Walder" title="David Walder">David Walder</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #bebebe;">Government offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Knox_Cunningham" title="Knox Cunningham">Knox Cunningham</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Private_Secretary_to_the_Prime_Minister" title="Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister">Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Prime Minister</a> </b><br />1963–1964 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Fernyhough" title="Ernest Fernyhough">Ernest Fernyhough</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ACE777;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_extant_baronetcies" title="List of extant baronetcies">Baronetage of the United Kingdom</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b>New creation</b> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: 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Davies</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1916–1918</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Sutherland_(Liberal_politician)" title="William Sutherland (Liberal politician)">Sutherland</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1916–1918, 1919–1920</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waldorf_Astor,_2nd_Viscount_Astor" title="Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor">Astor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1918</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Sassoon" title="Philip Sassoon">Sassoon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1920–1922</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Bonar_Law" title="Bonar Law">Bonar Law</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._C._C._Davidson" title="J. C. C. Davidson">Davidson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1922–1923</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Baldwin" title="Stanley Baldwin">Stanley Baldwin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Sidney_Herbert,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Sidney Herbert, 1st Baronet">Herbert</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1923–1924, 1924–1927</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rhys,_8th_Baron_Dynevor" title="Charles Rhys, 8th Baron Dynevor">Rhys</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1927–1929</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Lloyd,_Baron_Geoffrey-Lloyd" title="Geoffrey Lloyd, Baron Geoffrey-Lloyd">Geoffery-Lloyd</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1935</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Dugdale,_1st_Baron_Crathorne" title="Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne">Dugdale</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1935–1937</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Ramsay_MacDonald" title="Ramsay MacDonald">Ramsay MacDonald</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MacNeill_Weir" title="MacNeill Weir">Weir</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1924, 1929–1931</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morrison,_1st_Baron_Morrison" title="Robert Morrison, 1st Baron Morrison">R. Morrison</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1929–1931</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Markham" title="Frank Markham">Markham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1931–1932</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Glyn,_1st_Baron_Glyn" title="Ralph Glyn, 1st Baron Glyn">Glyn</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1931–1935</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Worthington_(British_politician)" title="John Worthington (British politician)">Worthington</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1931–1935</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Douglas-Home</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1937–1940</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Bracken" title="Brendan Bracken">Bracken</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1940–1941</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Harvie-Watt" title="George Harvie-Watt">Harvie-Watt</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1941–1945</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Soames" title="Christopher Soames">Soames</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1952–1955</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_de_Freitas" title="Geoffrey de Freitas">de Freitas</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1945–1946</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Moyle,_Baron_Moyle" title="Arthur Moyle, Baron Moyle">Moyle</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1946–1951</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Eden" title="Anthony Eden">Anthony Eden</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr" title="Robert Carr">Carr</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1955</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Allan,_Baron_Allan_of_Kilmahew" title="Robert Allan, Baron Allan of Kilmahew">Allan</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1955–1956</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" title="Harold Macmillan">Harold Macmillan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Barber" title="Anthony Barber">Barber</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1957–1959</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_Cunningham" title="Knox Cunningham">K. Cunningham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1959–1963</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Alec_Douglas-Home" title="Alec Douglas-Home">Alec Douglas-Home</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Pearson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1963–1964</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Harold_Wilson" title="Harold Wilson">Harold Wilson</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Fernyhough" title="Ernest Fernyhough">Fernyhough</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1964–1967</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Shore" title="Peter Shore">Shore</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1965–1966</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Davies,_Baron_Davies_of_Leek" title="Harold Davies, Baron Davies of Leek">H. Davies</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1967–1970</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Varley" title="Eric Varley">Varley</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1968–1969</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hamling" title="William Hamling">Hamling</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1974–1975</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Marks" title="Kenneth Marks">Marks</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1975</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Tomlinson,_Baron_Tomlinson" title="John Tomlinson, Baron Tomlinson">Tomlinson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1975–1976</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Edward_Heath" title="Edward Heath">Edward Heath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Kitson" title="Timothy Kitson">Kitson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1970–1974</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/James_Callaghan" title="James Callaghan">James Callaghan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Cunningham,_Baron_Cunningham_of_Felling" title="Jack Cunningham, Baron Cunningham of Felling">J. Cunningham</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1976–1977</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Stott" title="Roger Stott">Stott</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1977–1979</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/Margaret_Thatcher" title="Margaret Thatcher">Margaret Thatcher</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gow" title="Ian Gow">Gow</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1979–1983</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Alison" title="Michael Alison">Alison</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1983–1987</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Archie_Hamilton" title="Archie Hamilton">Hamilton</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1987–1988</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Lennox-Boyd" title="Mark Lennox-Boyd">Lennox-Boyd</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">1988–1990</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Morrison" title="Peter Morrison">P. 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style="font-size:85%;">2007–2009</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Trickett" title="Jon Trickett">Trickett</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2008–2010</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Snelgrove" title="Anne Snelgrove">Snelgrove</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2009–2010</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">to <a href="/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron">David Cameron</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Desmond_Swayne" title="Desmond Swayne">Swayne</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2010–2012</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gyimah" title="Sam Gyimah">Gyimah</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2012–2013</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gavin_Williamson" title="Gavin Williamson">Williamson</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">2013–2016</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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