Secretary of State for Scotland

The Secretary of State for Scotland is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office. The post of was first created in 1707 after the union of the English and Scottish parliaments but after 1746 the position lapsed following the 1745 Jacobite rebellion and responsibility for Scotland was transferred to the Home Secretary's department. The position was recreated in 1926 when the former post of Secretary for Scotland (which had been created in 1885) was upgraded to a full cabinet position.

Secretaries of State for Scotland 1707-1746 (incomplete)

• Hugh Campbell, 3rd Earl of Loudoun and John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar (23 June 1707 - May 1708)
• John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar (May 1708 - 3 February 1709)
• James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry (3 February 1709 - 6 July 1711
• John Erskine, 23rd Earl of Mar (30 September 1713 - September 1714
• James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose (24 September 1714 - August 1715)
• John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe (13 December 1716 - August 1725)
• John Hay, 4th Marquess of Tweedale (16 February 1742 - 3 January 1746

Secretaries of State for Scotland from 1926

• Sir John Gilmour (26 Jul 1926 - 7 June 1929)
• William Adamson (8 June 1929 - 26 August 1931)
• Sir Archibald Sinclair (26 August 1931 - 1 October 1932)
• Sir Godfrey Collins (1 October 1932 - 13 October 1936)
• Walter Elliot (3 November 1936 - 16 May 1938)
• John Colville (16 May 1938 - 15 May 1940)
• Ernest Brown (15 May 1940 - 12 February 1941)
• Thomas Johnston (12 February 1941 - 28 May 1945)
• Harry Primrose, 6th Earl of Rosebery (28 May 1945 - 3 August 1945)
• Joseph Westwood (3 August 1945 - 14 October 1947)
• Arthur Woodburn (14 October 1947 - 1 March 1950)
• Hector McNeil (2 March 1950 - 30 October 1951)
• James Stuart (30 October 1951 - 14 January 1957)
• John Maclay (14 January 1957 - 13 July 1962)
• Michael Noble (13 July 1962 - 19 October 1964)
• William Ross (19 October 1964 - 20 June 1970)
• Gordon Campbell (20 June 1970 - 5 March 1974)
• William Ross (5 March 1974 - 8 April 1976)
• Bruce Millan (8 April 1976 - 5 May 1979)
• George Younger (5 May 1979 - 11 January 1986)
• Malcolm Rifkind (11 January 1986 - 29 November 1990)
• Ian Lang (29 November 1990 - 5 July 1995)
• Michael Forsyth (5 July 1995 - 3 May 1997)
• Donald Dewar (3 May 1997 - 17 May 1999)
• John Reid (17 May 1999 - 24 January 2001)
• Helen Liddell (24 January 2001 - 13 June 2003)
• Alistair Darling (13 June 2003-)