Lijst van Britse ministers van Justitie

De minister van Justitie (Engels: Secretary of State for Justice) is lid van het Britse kabinet en staat aan het hoofd van het Ministerie van Justitie. De huidige minister is Shabana Mahmood van de Labour Party sinds 5 juli 2024 in het kabinet van premier Keir Starmer.

Enkele prominenten die hebben gediend als minister van Justitie waren onder andere: David Maxwell Fyfe (1954–1962), Quintin Hogg (1970–1974, 1979–1987), Jack Straw (2007–2010), Kenneth Clarke (2010–2012), Chris Grayling (2012–2015), Liz Truss (2016–2017) en David Lidington (2017–2018).

Ministers van Justitie van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1846–heden)

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Minister van
Justitie
Lord Chancellor
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
Charles Pepys Graaf van
Cottenham

Charles Pepys
(1781–1851)
30 juni 1846 20 juni 1850
[1]
Whig Party John Russell
(1846–1852)
Russell I
Thomas Wilde Baron Truro
Thomas Wilde
(1782–1855)
20 juni 1850 22 februari 1852 Whig Party
Edward Sugden Baron Sint
Leonards

Edward Sugden
(1781–1875)
22 februari 1852 28 december 1852 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1852)
Smith-Stanley I
Robert Rolfe Baron Cranwort
Robert Rolfe
(1790–1868)
28 december 1852 20 februari 1858 Whig Party George
Hamilton
-Gordon

(1852–1855)
Hamilton-Gordon
Henry
John Temple

(1855–1858)
Temple I
Frederic Thesiger Baron Chelmsford
Frederic
Thesiger

(1794–1878)
20 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1858–1859)
Smith-Stanley II
John Campbell Baron Campbell
John Campbell
(1779–1861)
12 juni 1859 23 juni 1861
[2]
Liberal Party Henry
John Temple

(1859–1865)
Temple II
Vacant
Richard Bethell Baron Westbury
Richard Bethell
(1800–1873)
26 juni 1861 6 juli 1865
[1]
Liberal Party
Robert Rolfe Baron Cranwort
Robert Rolfe
(1790–1868)
6 juli 1865 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party
John Russell
(1865–1866)
Russell II
Frederic Thesiger Baron Chelmsford
Frederic
Thesiger

(1794–1878)
28 juni 1866 27 februari 1868 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1866–1868)
Smith-Stanley III
Hugh Cairns Baron Cairns
Hugh Cairns
(1819–1885)
27 februari 1868 3 december 1868 Conservative Party Benjamin Disraeli
(1868)
Disraeli I
William Wood Baron Hatherley
William Wood
(1801–1881)
3 december 1868 15 oktober 1872
[1]
Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1868–1874)
Gladstone I
Roundell Palmer Graaf van
Selborne

Roundell Palmer
(1812–1895)
15 oktober 1872 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party
Hugh Cairns Graaf Cairns
Hugh Cairns
(1819–1885)
[3]
20 februari 1874 23 april 1880 Conservative Party Benjamin Disraeli
(1874–1880)
Disraeli II
Roundell Palmer Graaf van
Selborne

Roundell Palmer
(1837–1899)
23 april 1880 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1880–1885)
Gladstone II
Hardinge Giffard Baron Halsbury
Hardinge
Giffard

(1823–1921)
23 juni 1885 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil

(1885–1886)
Gascoyne-Cecil I
Farrer Herschell Baron Herschell
Farrer Herschell
(1837–1899)
28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1886)
Gladstone III
Hardinge Giffard Baron Halsbury
Hardinge
Giffard

(1823–1921)
20 juli 1886 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil

(1886–1892)
Gascoyne-Cecil II
Farrer Herschell Baron Herschell
Farrer Herschell
(1837–1899)
15 augustus 1892 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1892–1895)
Gladstone IV
Archibald
Primrose

(1894–1895)
Primrose
Hardinge Giffard Graaf van
Halsbury

Hardinge
Giffard

(1823–1921)
25 juni 1895 5 december 1905 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-
Cecil

(1895–1902)
Gascoyne-Cecil III
Gascoyne-Cecil IV
Arthur Balfour
(1902–1905)
Balfour
Robert Reid Graaf Loreburn
Robert Reid
(1846–1923)
5 december 1905 10 juni 1912 Liberal Party Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1905–1908)
Campbell-
Bannerman
Herbert
Henry Asquith

(1908–1916)
Asquith I
Asquith II
Asquith III
Richard Haldane Burggraaf
Haldane

Richard
Haldane

(1856–1928)
10 juni 1912 25 mei 1915 Liberal Party
Stanley Buckmaster Burggraaf
Buckmaster

Stanley
Buckmaster

(1861–1934)
25 mei 1915 7 december 1916 Liberal Party Asquith IV
Robert Finlay Burggraaf Finlay
Robert Finlay
(1842–1929)
7 december 1916 14 januari 1919 Conservative Party David
Lloyd George

(1919–1922)
Lloyd George I
Lloyd George II
Frederick Edwin Smith Graaf van
Birkenhead

Frederick
Edwin Smith

(1872–1930)
14 januari 1919 23 oktober 1922 Conservative Party
George Cave Burggraaf Cave
George Cave
(1856–1928)
23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)
Law
Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)
Baldwin I
Richard Haldane Burggraaf
Haldane

Richard
Haldane

(1856–1928)
22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Liberal Party Ramsay
MacDonald
MacDonald I Leader of the
House of Lords
George Cave Burggraaf Cave
George Cave
(1856–1928)
4 november 1924 28 maart 1928
[2]
Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)
Baldwin II
Douglas Hogg Burggraaf
Hailsham

Douglas Hogg
(1872–1950)
28 maart 1928 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party
John Sankey Burggraaf
Sankey

John Sankey
(1866–1948)
5 juni 1929 7 juni 1935 Labour Party
(1929–1931)
Ramsay
MacDonald

(1929–1935)
MacDonald II
National
Labour

(1931–1935)
MacDonald III
(Nationaal Kabinet I)
MacDonald IV
(Nationaal Kabinet II)
Douglas Hogg Burggraaf
Hailsham

Douglas Hogg
(1872–1950)
7 juni 1935 8 maart 1938
[4]
Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)
Baldwin III
(Nationaal Kabinet III)
Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
Chamberlain I
(Nationaal Kabinet IV)
Frederic Maugham Baron Maugham
Frederic
Maugham

(1866–1958)
8 maart 1938 3 september 1939 Conservative Party
Thomas Inskip Burggraaf
Caldecote

Thomas Inskip
(1876–1947)
3 september 1939 10 mei 1940 Conservative Party Chamberlain II
John Simon Burggraaf
Simon

John Simon
(1873–1954)
10 mei 1940 26 juli 1945 National
Liberal Party
Winston Churchill
(1940–1945)
Churchill I
Churchill II
William Jowitt Burggraaf
Jowitt

William Jowitt
(1885–1957)
26 juli 1945 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I
Attlee II
Baron
Simonds

Gavin Simonds
(1881–1971)
26 oktober 1951 19 oktober 1954
[1]
Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1951–1955)
Churchill III
David Maxwell Fyfe Burggraaf
Kilmuir

David
Maxwell Fyfe

(1900–1967)
19 oktober 1954 13 juli 1962
[1]
Conservative Party
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)
Eden
Harold Macmillan
(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
Macmillan II
Baron Dilhorne
Reginald
Manningham-
Buller

(1905–1980)
14 juli 1962 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party
Alec
Douglas-Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home
Baron Gardiner
Gerald Gardiner
(1900–1990)
16 oktober 1964 19 juni 1970 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1964–1970)
Wilson I
Wilson II
Quintin Hogg Baron
Hailsham van St
Marylebone

Quintin Hogg
(1907–2001)
19 juni 1970 4 maart 1974 Conservative Party Edward Heath
(1970–1974)
Heath
Elwyn Jones Baron
Elwyn-Jones

Elwyn Jones
(1909–1989)
4 maart 1974 4 mei 1979 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1974–1976)
Wilson III
James Callaghan
(1976–1979)
Callaghan
Quintin Hogg Baron
Hailsham van St
Marylebone

Quintin Hogg
(1907–2001)
4 mei 1979 13 juni 1987
[1]
Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher
(1979–1990)
Thatcher I
Thatcher II
Baron Havers
Michael Havers
(1923–1992)
13 juni 1987 26 oktober 1987
[1]
Conservative Party Thatcher III
James Mackay Baron Mackay
van Clashfern

James Mackay
(1927)
26 oktober 1987 2 mei 1997 Conservative Party
John Major
(1990–1997)
Major I
Major II
Baron Irvine
van Lair

Derry Irvine
(1940)
2 mei 1997 12 juni 2003
[5]
Labour Party Tony Blair
(1997–2007)
Blair I
Blair II
Baron Falconer
van Thoroton

Charlie Falconer
(1946)
12 juni 2003 9 mei 2007 Labour Party
Blair III
Minister van
Justitie
Secretary of State for
for Justice

Lord Chancellor
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
Baron Falconer
van Thoroton

Charlie Falconer
(1946)
9 mei 2007 27 juni 2007 Labour Party Tony Blair
(1997–2007)
Blair III
Jack Straw Jack Straw
(1946)
27 juni 2007 11 mei 2010 Labour Party Gordon Brown
(2007–2010)
Brown
Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke
(1940)
11 mei 2010 4 september 2012
[6]
Conservative Party David Cameron
(2010–2016)
Cameron I
Chris Grayling Chris Grayling
(1962)
4 september 2012 9 mei 2015 Conservative Party
Michael Gove Michael Gove
(1967)
9 mei 2015 13 juli 2016 Conservative Party Cameron II
Liz Truss Liz Truss
(1975)
13 juli 2016 11 juni 2017 Conservative Party Theresa May
(2016–2019)
May I
David Lidington David Lidington
(1956)
11 juni 2017 8 januari 2018
[7]
Conservative Party May II
David Gauke David Gauke
(1971)
8 januari 2018 24 juli 2019 Conservative Party
Robert Buckland Robert
Buckland

(1968)
24 juli 2019 15 september 2021
[8]
Conservative Party Boris Johnson
(2019–2022)
Johnson I
Johnson II
Dominic Raab Dominic Raab
(1974)
15 september 2021 6 september 2022 Conservative Party Vicepremier
Brandon Lewis Brandon Lewis
(1971)
6 september 2022 25 oktober 2022 Conservative Party Liz Truss
(2022)
Truss
Dominic Raab Dominic Raab
(1974)
25 oktober 2022 21 april 2023
[1]
Conservative Party Rishi Sunak
(2022–2024)
Sunak Vicepremier
Alex Chalk Alex Chalk
(1976)
21 april 2023 5 juli 2024 Conservative Party
Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood
(1980)
5 juli 2024 heden Labour Party Keir Starmer
(2024-heden)
Starmer Lord Chancellor