Home Secretary

United Kingdom Secretary of State for the Home Department
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Incumbent Theresa May since 12 May 2010
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Style	The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) Home Secretary Minister Madam Secretary
Member of	British Cabinet Privy Council National Security Council
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster, London
Appointer	The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term
Inaugural holder	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne
Formation	27 March 1782
Website	www.gov.uk

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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department (Home Secretary) is a senior official as one of the Great Offices of State within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Home Office. The office is a British Cabinet level position.

The Home Secretary is responsible for the internal affairs of England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the United Kingdom. The remit of the Home Office also includes policing in England and Wales and matters of national security, as the Security Service, MI5, is directly accountable to the Home Secretary. Formerly, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however, in 2005 those responsibilities were transferred to the newly created Ministry of Justice under the Lord Chancellor.

The current Home Secretary is The Rt Hon. Theresa May, MP, appointed on 12 May 2010 by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to serve in the Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government. May was reappointed by Cameron on 8 May 2015 to serve as Home Secretary in the Conservative government.

List of Home Secretaries

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Whig Tory Conservative Unionist Peelite Liberal Labour National Labour National Liberal National

Home Secretaries, 1782–1801

	Term of office		Political party
The Earl of Shelburne	27 March 1782	10 July 1782	Whig	The Marquess of Rockingham
Thomas Townsend	10 July 1782	2 April 1783	Whig	The Earl of Shelburne
Lord North	2 April 1783	19 December 1783	Tory	The Duke of Portland (Fox-North Coalition)
The Earl Temple	19 December 1783	23 December 1783	Whig	William Pitt the Younger
The Lord Sydney	23 December 1783	5 June 1789	Whig
The Lord Grenville	5 June 1789	8 June 1791	Tory
Henry Dundas	8 June 1791	11 July 1794	Tory
The Duke of Portland	11 July 1794	30 July 1801	Tory

Home Secretaries, 1801–1900

	Term of office		Political party
Lord Pelham	30 July 1801	17 August 1803	Whig	Henry Addington
Charles Philip Yorke	17 August 1803	12 May 1804	Tory	Henry Addington
The Lord Hawkesbury	12 May 1804	5 February 1806	Tory	William Pitt the Younger
The Earl Spencer	5 February 1806	25 March 1807	Whig	Lord Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents)
The Lord Hawkesbury (The Earl of Liverpool from 1808)	25 March 1807	1 November 1809	Tory	The Duke of Portland
Richard Ryder	1 November 1809	8 June 1812	Tory	Spencer Perceval
The Viscount Sidmouth	11 June 1812	17 January 1822	Tory	The Earl of Liverpool
Robert Peel	17 January 1822	10 April 1827	Tory	The Earl of Liverpool
William Sturges Bourne	30 April 1827	16 July 1827	Tory	George Canning
The Marquess of Lansdowne	16 July 1827	22 January 1828	Whig	The Viscount Goderich
Robert Peel	26 January 1828	22 November 1830	Tory	The Duke of Wellington
The Viscount Melbourne	22 November 1830	16 July 1834	Whig	The Earl Grey
Viscount Duncannon	19 July 1834	15 November 1834	Whig	The Viscount Melbourne
The Duke of Wellington	15 November 1834	15 December 1834	Tory	The Duke of Wellington
Henry Goulburn	15 December 1834	18 April 1835	Conservative	Sir Robert Peel
Lord John Russell	18 April 1835	30 August 1839	Whig	The Viscount Melbourne
The Marquess of Normanby	30 August 1839	30 August 1841	Whig	The Viscount Melbourne
Sir James Graham, Bt	6 September 1841	30 June 1846	Conservative	Sir Robert Peel
Sir George Grey, Bt	8 July 1846	23 February 1852	Whig	Lord John Russell
Spencer Horatio Walpole	27 February 1852	19 December 1852	Conservative	The Earl of Derby
The Viscount Palmerston	28 December 1852	6 February 1855	Whig	The Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
Sir George Grey, Bt	8 February 1855	26 February 1858	Whig	The Viscount Palmerston
Spencer Horatio Walpole	26 February 1858	3 March 1859	Conservative	The Earl of Derby
Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt	3 March 1859	18 June 1859	Conservative	The Earl of Derby
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bt	18 June 1859	25 July 1861	Liberal	The Viscount Palmerston
Sir George Grey, Bt	25 July 1861	28 June 1866	Liberal	The Viscount Palmerston
Sir George Grey, Bt	25 July 1861	28 June 1866	Liberal	The Earl Russell
Spencer Horatio Walpole	6 July 1866	17 May 1867	Conservative	The Earl of Derby
Gathorne Hardy	17 May 1867	3 December 1868	Conservative	The Earl of Derby
Gathorne Hardy	17 May 1867	3 December 1868	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli
Henry Austin Bruce	9 December 1868	9 August 1873	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
Robert Lowe	August 1873	20 February 1874	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
R. A. Cross	21 February 1874	23 April 1880	Conservative	Benjamin Disraeli
Sir William Vernon Harcourt	28 April 1880	23 June 1885	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
R. A. Cross	24 June 1885	1 February 1886	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury
Hugh Childers	6 February 1886	25 July 1886	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
Henry Matthews	3 August 1886	15 August 1892	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury
H. H. Asquith	18 August 1892	25 June 1895	Liberal	William Ewart Gladstone
H. H. Asquith	18 August 1892	25 June 1895	Liberal	The Earl of Rosebery
Sir Matthew White Ridley, Bt	29 June 1895	12 November 1900	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury (Unionist Coalition)

Home Secretaries, 1900–2001

	Term of office		Political party
Charles Ritchie	12 November 1900	12 July 1902	Conservative	The Marquess of Salisbury (Unionist Coalition)
Aretas Akers-Douglas	12 July 1902	5 December 1905	Conservative	Arthur Balfour (Unionist Coalition)
Herbert Gladstone	11 December 1905	19 February 1910	Liberal	Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Herbert Gladstone	11 December 1905	19 February 1910	Liberal	H. H. Asquith
Winston Churchill	19 February 1910	24 October 1911	Liberal
Reginald McKenna	24 October 1911	27 May 1915	Liberal
Sir John Simon	27 May 1915	12 January 1916	Liberal	H. H. Asquith (Coalition)
Herbert Samuel	12 January 1916	7 December 1916	Liberal	H. H. Asquith (Coalition)
Sir George Cave (Viscount Cave from 1918)	11 December 1916	14 January 1919	Conservative	David Lloyd George (Coalition)
Edward Shortt	14 January 1919	23 October 1922	Liberal	David Lloyd George (Coalition)
William Bridgeman	25 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Andrew Bonar Law
William Bridgeman	25 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
Arthur Henderson	23 January 1924	4 November 1924	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	7 November 1924	5 June 1929	Conservative	Stanley Baldwin
J. R. Clynes	8 June 1929	26 August 1931	Labour	Ramsay MacDonald
Sir Herbert Samuel	26 August 1931	1 October 1932	Liberal	Ramsay MacDonald (1st & 2nd National Min.)
Sir John Gilmour, Bt	1 October 1932	7 June 1935	Unionist	Ramsay MacDonald (1st & 2nd National Min.)
Sir John Simon	7 June 1935	28 May 1937	National Liberal	Stanley Baldwin (3rd National Min.)
Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt	28 May 1937	3 September 1939	Conservative	Neville Chamberlain (4th National Min.)
Sir John Anderson	4 September 1939	4 October 1940	National Independent	Neville Chamberlain (War Coalition)
Herbert Morrison	4 October 1940	23 May 1945	Labour (Coalition)	Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
Sir Donald Somervell	25 May 1945	26 July 1945	Conservative	Winston Churchill (Caretaker Min.)
James Chuter Ede	3 August 1945	26 October 1951	Labour	Clement Attlee
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe	27 October 1951	19 October 1954	Conservative	Sir Winston Churchill
Gwilym Lloyd George	19 October 1954	14 January 1957	Liberal & Conservative	Sir Winston Churchill
Gwilym Lloyd George	19 October 1954	14 January 1957	Liberal & Conservative	Sir Anthony Eden
R. A. Butler	14 January 1957	13 July 1962	Conservative	Harold Macmillan
Henry Brooke	14 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative	Harold Macmillan
Henry Brooke	14 July 1962	16 October 1964	Conservative	Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Sir Frank Soskice	18 October 1964	23 December 1965	Labour	Harold Wilson
Roy Jenkins	23 December 1965	30 November 1967	Labour
James Callaghan	30 November 1967	19 June 1970	Labour
Reginald Maudling	20 June 1970	18 July 1972	Conservative	Edward Heath
Robert Carr	18 July 1972	4 March 1974	Conservative	Edward Heath
Roy Jenkins	5 March 1974	10 September 1976	Labour	Harold Wilson
Merlyn Rees	10 September 1976	4 May 1979	Labour	James Callaghan
William Whitelaw	4 May 1979	11 June 1983	Conservative	Margaret Thatcher
Leon Brittan	11 June 1983	2 September 1985	Conservative
Douglas Hurd	2 September 1985	26 October 1989	Conservative
David Waddington	26 October 1989	28 November 1990	Conservative
Kenneth Baker	28 November 1990	10 April 1992	Conservative	John Major
Kenneth Clarke	10 April 1992	27 May 1993	Conservative
Michael Howard	27 May 1993	2 May 1997	Conservative
Jack Straw	2 May 1997	8 June 2001	Labour	Tony Blair

Home Secretaries, 2001–present

	Term of office		Political party
David Blunkett	8 June 2001	15 December 2004	Labour	Tony Blair
Charles Clarke	15 December 2004	5 May 2006	Labour
John Reid	5 May 2006	27 June 2007	Labour
Jacqui Smith	28 June 2007	5 June 2009	Labour	Gordon Brown
Alan Johnson	5 June 2009	11 May 2010	Labour	Gordon Brown
Theresa May	12 May 2010	Incumbent	Conservative	David Cameron (I · II)

References

List of Home Secretaries from UKpolitics

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Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom

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Great Offices of State of the United Kingdom

Prime Minister
David Cameron

Chancellor of the Exchequer
George Osborne

Foreign Secretary
Philip Hammond

Home Secretary
Theresa May

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