President of the Board of Trade

United Kingdom President of the Board of Trade
Royal Arms as used by Her Majesty's Government
Incumbent Liam Fox since 19 July 2016
Board of Trade
Style	The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) President of the Board of Trade
Member of	British Cabinet Privy Council
Reports to	The Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster, London
Appointer	The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister
Term length	No fixed term

The President of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. This is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century, that evolved gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.^[1] The current holder is Liam Fox, the Secretary of State for International Trade.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 List of Presidents of the Board of Trade
  
  
  
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    2.1 First Lord of Trade (1672–1782)
    
  
  
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    2.2 President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786)
    
  
  
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    2.3 President of the Board of Trade (1786–1900)
    
  
  
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    2.4 President of the Board of Trade (1900–1963)
    
  
  
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    2.5 President of the Board of Trade (1963–present)
    
  
  
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    2.6 Notes
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  

History

The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660 followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations.

After the Board was re-established in 1696, there were 15 (and later 16) members of the Board - the 7 (later 8) Great Officers of State, and 8 unofficial members, who did the majority of the work. The senior unofficial member of the board was the President of the Board, commonly known as the First Lord of Trade. The board was abolished on 11 July 1782, but a Committee of the Privy Council was established on 5 March 1784 for the same purposes. On 23 August 1786 a new Committee was set up, more strongly focused on commercial functions than the previous boards of trade. At first the President of the Board of Trade only occasionally sat in the Cabinet, but from the early 19th century it was usually a cabinet-level position.

List of Presidents of the Board of Trade

First Lord of Trade (1672–1782)

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office
	The Earl of Shaftesbury		16 September 1672	1676
	The Earl of Bridgewater		16 December 1695	9 June 1699
	The Earl of Stamford		9 June 1699	19 June 1702[2]
	The Viscount Weymouth		19 June 1702	1705
	The Earl of Stamford		1705	12 June 1711
	The Earl of Winchilsea		12 June 1711	15 September 1713
	The Lord Guilford		15 September 1713	September 1714
	The Lord Berkeley of Stratton		September 1714	12 May 1715
	The Earl of Suffolk		12 May 1715	31 January 1718
	The Earl of Holderness		31 January 1718	11 May 1719
	The Earl of Westmorland		11 May 1719	May 1735
	The Earl Fitzwalter		May 1735	June 1737
	The Lord Monson		June 1737	1 November 1748
	The Earl of Halifax		1 November 1748	21 March 1761
	The Lord Sandys		21 March 1761	1 March 1763
	Hon. Charles Townshend		1 March 1763	20 April 1763
	The Earl of Shelburne		20 April 1763	9 September 1763
	The Earl of Hillsborough		9 September 1763	20 July 1765
	The Earl of Dartmouth		20 July 1765	16 August 1766
	The Earl of Hillsborough		16 August 1766	December 1766
	The Viscount Clare		19 January 1767	20 January 1768
	The Earl of Hillsborough		20 January 1768	31 August 1772
	The Earl of Dartmouth		31 August 1772	10 November 1775
	Lord George Sackville-Germain		10 November 1775	6 November 1779
	The Earl of Carlisle		6 November 1779	9 December 1780
	The Lord Grantham		9 December 1780	11 July 1782

President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786)

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	The Lord Sydney		5 March 1784	23 August 1786	Whig		William Pitt the Younger

President of the Board of Trade (1786–1900)

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office1866	Political party	Prime Minister
	The Earl of Liverpool		23 August 1786	7 June 1804	Tory		William Pitt the Younger
							Henry Addington
	The Duke of Montrose		7 June 1804	5 February 1806	Tory		William Pitt the Younger
	The Lord Auckland		5 February 1806	31 March 1807			The Lord Grenville (Ministry of All the Talents)
	The Earl Bathurst		31 March 1807	29 September 1812	Tory		The Duke of Portland
							Spencer Perceval
							The Earl of Liverpool
	The Earl of Clancarty		29 September 1812	24 January 1818	Tory
	F. J. Robinson		24 January 1818	21 February 1823	Tory
	William Huskisson		21 February 1823	4 September 1827	Tory
							George Canning
	Charles Grant		4 September 1827	11 June 1828	Tory		The Viscount Goderich
							The Duke of Wellington
	William Vesey-FitzGerald		11 June 1828	2 February 1830	Tory
	John Charles Herries		2 February 1830	22 November 1830	Tory
	The Lord Auckland		22 November 1830	5 June 1834	Whig		The Earl Grey
							The Viscount Melbourne
	Charles Poulett Thomson		5 June 1834	14 November 1834	Whig
	Alexander Baring		15 December 1834	8 April 1835	Tory		The Duke of Wellington
							Sir Robert Peel
	Charles Poulett Thomson		8 April 1835	29 August 1839	Whig		The Viscount Melbourne
	Henry Labouchere		29 August 1839	30 August 1841	Whig
	The Earl of Ripon		3 September 1841	15 May 1843	Conservative		Sir Robert Peel
	William Ewart Gladstone		15 May 1843	5 February 1845	Conservative
	The Earl of Dalhousie		5 February 1845	27 June 1846	Conservative
	The Earl of Clarendon		6 July 1846	22 July 1847	Whig		Lord John Russell
	Henry Labouchere		22 July 1847	21 February 1852	Whig
	J. W. Henley		27 February 1852	17 December 1852	Conservative		The Earl of Derby
	Edward Cardwell		28 December 1852	31 March 1855	Peelite		The Earl of Aberdeen (Coalition)
	The Lord Stanley of Alderley		31 March 1855	21 February 1858	Whig		The Viscount Palmerston
	J. W. Henley		26 February 1858	3 March 1859	Conservative		The Earl of Derby
	The Earl of Donoughmore		3 March 1859	11 June 1859	Conservative
	Thomas Milner Gibson		6 July 1859	26 June 1866	Liberal		The Viscount Palmerston
							The Earl Russell
	Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt		6 July 1866	8 March 1867	Conservative		The Earl of Derby
	The Duke of Richmond		8 March 1867	1 December 1868	Conservative
							Benjamin Disraeli
	John Bright		9 December 1868	14 January 1871	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue		14 January 1871	17 February 1874	Liberal
	Sir Charles Adderley		21 February 1874	4 April 1878	Conservative		Benjamin Disraeli
	Viscount Sandon		4 April 1878	21 April 1880	Conservative
	Joseph Chamberlain		3 May 1880	9 June 1885	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	The Duke of Richmond		24 June 1885	19 August 1885	Conservative		The Marquess of Salisbury
	Edward Stanhope		19 August 1885	28 January 1886	Conservative
	A. J. Mundella		17 February 1886	20 July 1886	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	The Lord Stanley of Preston		3 August 1886	21 February 1888	Conservative		The Marquess of Salisbury
	Sir Michael Hicks Beach, Bt		21 February 1888	11 August 1892	Conservative
	A. J. Mundella		18 August 1892	28 May 1894	Liberal		William Ewart Gladstone
	James Bryce		28 May 1894	21 June 1895	Liberal		The Earl of Rosebery
	Charles Ritchie		29 June 1895	7 November 1900	Conservative		The Marquess of Salisbury

President of the Board of Trade (1900–1963)

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
	Gerald Balfour		7 November 1900	12 March 1905	Conservative		The 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
							Arthur Balfour
	The 4th Marquess of Salisbury		12 March 1905	4 December 1905	Conservative
	David Lloyd George		10 December 1905	12 April 1908	Liberal		Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
	Winston Churchill		12 April 1908	14 February 1910	Liberal		H. H. Asquith
	Sydney Buxton		14 February 1910	11 February 1914	Liberal
	John Burns		11 February 1914	5 August 1914	Liberal
	Walter Runciman		5 August 1914	5 December 1916	Liberal
	Sir Albert Stanley		10 December 1916	26 May 1919	Conservative		David Lloyd George (Coalition)
	Sir Auckland Geddes		26 May 1919	19 March 1920	Conservative
	Sir Robert Horne		19 March 1920	1 April 1921	Conservative
	Stanley Baldwin		1 April 1921	19 October 1922	Conservative
	Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame		24 October 1922	22 January 1924	Conservative		Bonar Law
							Stanley Baldwin
	Sidney Webb		22 January 1924	3 November 1924	Labour		Ramsay MacDonald
	Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister		6 November 1924	4 June 1929	Conservative		Stanley Baldwin
	William Graham		7 June 1929	24 August 1931	Labour		Ramsay MacDonald
	Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister		25 August 1931	5 November 1931	Conservative		Ramsay MacDonald (1st National Min.)
	Walter Runciman		5 November 1931	28 May 1937	Liberal National		Ramsay MacDonald (2nd National Min.)
							Stanley Baldwin (3rd National Min.)
	Oliver Stanley		28 May 1937	5 January 1940	Conservative		Neville Chamberlain (4th National Min.; War Coalition)
	Sir Andrew Duncan		5 January 1940	3 October 1940	No party
	Oliver Lyttelton		3 October 1940	29 June 1941	Conservative		Winston Churchill (War Coalition)
	Sir Andrew Duncan		29 June 1941	4 February 1942	No party
	John Jestyn Llewellin		4 February 1942	22 February 1942	Conservative
	Hugh Dalton		22 February 1942	23 May 1945	Labour
	Oliver Lyttelton		25 May 1945	26 July 1945	Conservative		Winston Churchill (Caretaker Min.)
	Sir Stafford Cripps		27 July 1945	29 September 1947	Labour		Clement Attlee
	Harold Wilson		29 September 1947	23 April 1951	Labour
	Sir Hartley Shawcross		24 April 1951	26 October 1951	Labour
	Peter Thorneycroft		30 October 1951	13 January 1957	Conservative		Sir Winston Churchill
							Sir Anthony Eden
	Sir David Eccles		13 January 1957	14 October 1959	Conservative		Harold Macmillan
	Reginald Maudling		14 October 1959	9 October 1961	Conservative
	Frederick Erroll		9 October 1961	20 October 1963	Conservative

President of the Board of Trade (1963–present)

Name		Portrait	Took office	Left office	Political party	Prime Minister
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development					Conservative		Alec Douglas-Home
	Edward Heath		20 October 1963	16 October 1964
President of the Board of Trade					Labour		Harold Wilson
	Douglas Jay		18 October 1964	29 August 1967
	Anthony Crosland		29 August 1967	6 October 1969
	Roy Mason		6 October 1969	19 June 1970
	Michael Noble		20 June 1970	15 October 1970	Conservative		Edward Heath
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
	John Davies		15 October 1970	5 November 1972
	Peter Walker		5 November 1972	4 March 1974
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade					Labour		Harold Wilson
	Peter Shore		5 March 1974	8 April 1976
	Edmund Dell		8 April 1976	11 November 1978	Labour		James Callaghan
	John Smith		11 November 1978	4 May 1979
	John Nott		5 May 1979	5 January 1981	Conservative		Margaret Thatcher
	John Biffen		5 January 1981	6 April 1982
	The Lord Cockfield		6 April 1982	12 June 1983
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
	Cecil Parkinson		12 June 1983	11 October 1983
	Norman Tebbit		16 October 1983	2 September 1985
	Leon Brittan		2 September 1985	22 January 1986
	Paul Channon		24 January 1986	13 June 1987
	The Lord Young of Graffham		13 June 1987	24 July 1989
	Nicholas Ridley		24 July 1989	13 July 1990
	Peter Lilley		14 July 1990	10 April 1992
					Conservative		John Major
	Michael Heseltine		10 April 1992	5 July 1995
	Ian Lang		5 July 1995	2 May 1997
	Margaret Beckett		2 May 1997	27 July 1998	Labour		Tony Blair
	Peter Mandelson		27 July 1998	23 December 1998
	Stephen Byers		23 December 1998	8 June 2001
	Patricia Hewitt		8 June 2001	6 May 2005
	Alan Johnson		6 May 2005	5 May 2006
	Alistair Darling		5 May 2006	27 June 2007
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform					Labour		Gordon Brown
	John Hutton		28 June 2007	3 October 2008
	The Lord Mandelson		3 October 2008	5 June 2009
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
	The Lord Mandelson		5 June 2009	12 May 2010
	Vince Cable		12 May 2010	8 May 2015	Liberal Democrats		David Cameron (Coalition)
	Sajid Javid		11 May 2015	15 July 2016	Conservative		David Cameron (II)
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy					Conservative		Theresa May
	Greg Clark[α]		15 July 2016	19 July 2016
President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for International Trade
	Liam Fox		19 July 2016	Incumbent

Notes

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   ^ Appointed by the Privy Council in error for 4 days before the mistake was rectified.^[3][4][5]
   

References

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2. 
   ^ Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870 - Council of trade and plantations 1696-1782
   


3. 
   ^ May, Callum (22 July 2016). "Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ Tilbrook, Richard (15 July 2016). "Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 15th July 2016" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
   


5. 
   ^ Tilbrook, Richard (19 July 2016). "Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 19th July 2016" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
   

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