Editing Home Secretary (section)

==Timeline==
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 bar:Shelburne
  from: 1782 till: 1782 color:Whig         text:"[[William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne|William Petty]]"
 bar:Townsend
  from: 1782 till: 1783 color:Whig 
  from: 1783 till: 1789 color:Whig         text:"[[Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney|Thomas Townsend]]"
 bar:North
  from: 1783 till: 1783 color:Tory         text:"[[Frederick North, Lord North|Frederick North]]"
 bar:Temple
  from: 1783 till: 1783 color:Tory         text:"[[George Nugent-Temple-Grenville]]
 bar:Grenville
  from: 1789 till: 1791 color:Tory         text:"[[William Grenville]]"
 bar:Dundas
  from: 1791 till: 1794 color:Tory         text:"[[Henry Dundas]]"
 bar:Portland
  from: 1794 till: 1801 color:Tory         text:"[[William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland|William Cavendish-Bentinck]]"
 bar:Pelham
  from: 1801 till: 1803 color:Whig         text:"[[Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester|Thomas Pelham]]"
 bar:Yorke
  from: 1803 till: 1804 color:Tory         text:"[[Charles Philip Yorke]]"
 bar:Jenkinson 
  from: 1804 till: 1806 color:Tory
  from: 1807 till: 1809 color:Tory         text:"[[Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool|Robert Jenkinson]]"
 bar:Spencer
  from: 1806 till: 1807 color:Whig         text:"[[George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer|George Spencer]]
 bar:Ryder
  from: 1809 till: 1812 color:Tory         text:"[[Richard Ryder (politician, born 1766)|Richard Ryder]]"
 bar:Addington
  from: 1812 till: 1822 color:Tory         text:"[[Henry Addington]]
 bar:Peel
  from: 1822 till: 1827 color:Tory
  from: 1828 till: 1830 color:Tory         text:"[[Robert Peel]]"
 bar:Bourne
  from: 1827 till: 1827 color:Tory         text:"[[William Sturges Bourne]]"
 bar:Petty-Fitzmaurice
  from: 1827 till: 1828 color:Whig         text:"[[Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne|Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice]]
 bar:Lamb
  from: 1830 till: 1834 color:Whig         text:"[[William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne|William Lamb]]
 bar:Ponsonby
  from: 1834 till: 1834 color:Whig         text:"[[John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough|John Ponsonby]]"
 bar:Wellesley
  from: 1834 till: 1834 color:Tory         text:"[[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|Arthur Wellesley]]"
 bar:Goulburn
  from: 1834 till: 1835 color:Conservative text:"[[Henry Goulburn]]"
 bar:Russell
  from: 1835 till: 1839 color:Whig         text:"[[John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]]"
 bar:Phipps 
  from: 1839 till: 1841 color:Whig         text:"[[Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby|Constantine Phipps]]"
 bar:Graham  
  from: 1841 till: 1846 color:Conservative text:"[[Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet|James Graham]]"
 bar:Grey
  from: 1846 till: 1852 color:Whig
  from: 1855 till: 1858 color:Whig
  from: 1861 till: 1866 color:Liberal      text:"[[George Grey, 2nd Baronet|George Grey]]"
 bar:Walpole
  from: 1852 till: 1852 color:Conservative
  from: 1858 till: 1859 color:Conservative
  from: 1866 till: 1867 color:Conservative text:"[[Spencer Horatio Walpole]]"
 bar:Palmerston
  from: 1852 till: 1855 color:Whig         text:"[[Henry John Temple]]"
 bar:Sotheron-Estcourt
  from: 1859 till: 1859 color:Conservative text:"[[T. H. S. Sotheron-Estcourt]]
 bar:Lewis
  from: 1859 till: 1861 color:Liberal      text:"[[George Cornewall Lewis]]"
 bar:Gathorne-Hardy 
  from: 1867 till: 1868 color:Conservative text:"[[Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy]]"
 bar:Bruce
  from: 1868 till: 1873 color:Liberal      text:"[[Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare|Henry Bruce]]
 bar:Lowe
  from: 1873 till: 1874 color:Liberal      text:"[[Robert Lowe]]"
 bar:Cross
  from: 1874 till: 1880 color:Conservative
  from: 1885 till: 1886 color:Conservative text:"[[R. A. Cross]]"
 bar:Harcourt 
  from: 1880 till: 1885 color:Liberal      text:"[[William Harcourt (politician)|William Harcourt]]" 
 bar:Childers
  from: 1886 till: 1886 color:Liberal      text:"[[Hugh Childers]]"
 bar:Matthews
  from: 1886 till: 1892 color:Conservative text:"[[Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff|Henry Matthews]]"
 bar:Asquith
  from: 1892 till: 1895 color:Liberal      text:"[[H. H. Asquith]]"
 bar:Ridley
  from: 1895 till: 1900 color:Conservative text:"[[Matthew White Ridley]]"
 bar:Ritchie
  from: 1900 till: 1902 color:Conservative text:"[[Charles Ritchie]]"
 bar:Akers-Douglas
  from: 1902 till: 1905 color:Conservative text:"[[Aretas Akers-Douglas]]"
 bar:Gladstone
  from: 1905 till: 1910 color:Liberal      text:"[[Herbert Gladstone]]"
 bar:Churchill
  from: 1910 till: 1911 color:Liberal      text:"[[Winston Churchill]]"
 bar:McKenna
  from: 1911 till: 1915 color:Liberal      text:"[[Reginald McKenna]]"
 bar:Simon 
  from: 1915 till: 1916 color:Liberal      
  from: 1935 till: 1937 color:NatLiberal   text:"[[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]]"
 bar:Samuel
  from: 1916 till: 1916 color:Liberal
  from: 1931 till: 1932 color:Liberal      text:"[[Herbert Samuel]]"
 bar:Cave
  from: 1916 till: 1919 color:Conservative text:"[[George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave|George Cave]]"
 bar:Shortt
  from: 1919 till: 1922 color:Liberal      text:"[[Edward Shortt]]"
 bar:Bridgeman
  from: 1922 till: 1924 color:Conservative text:"[[William Bridgeman, 1st Viscount Bridgeman|William Bridgeman]]"
 bar:Henderson
  from: 1924 till: 1924 color:Labour       text:"[[Arthur Henderson]]"
 bar:Joynson-Hicks
  from: 1924 till: 1929 color:Conservative text:"[[William Joynson-Hicks]]"
 bar:Clynes
  from: 1929 till: 1931 color:Labour       text:"[[John Robert Clynes]]"
 bar:Gilmour
  from: 1932 till: 1935 color:Unionist     text:"[[Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet|John Gilmour]]"
 bar:Hoare
  from: 1937 till: 1939 color:Conservative text:"[[Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood|Samuel Hoare]]"
 bar:Anderson
  from: 1939 till: 1940 color:Independent  text:"[[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|John Anderson]]"
 bar:Morrison
  from: 1940 till: 1945 color:Labour       text:"[[Herbert Morrison]]"
 bar:Somervell
  from: 1945 till: 1945 color:Conservative text:"[[Donald Somervell]]"
 bar:Ede
  from: 1945 till: 1951 color:Labour       text:"[[James Chuter Ede]]"
 bar:Fyfe
  from: 1951 till: 1954 color:Conservative text:"[[David Maxwell Fyfe]]"
 bar:LloydGeorge
  from: 1954 till: 1957 color:NatLiberal   text:"[[Gwilym Lloyd George]]"
 bar:Butler
  from: 1957 till: 1962 color:Conservative text:"[[Rab Butler]]"
 bar:Brooke
  from: 1962 till: 1964 color:Conservative text:"[[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]"
 bar:Soskice
  from: 1964 till: 1965 color:Labour       text:"[[Frank Soskice]]"
 bar:Jenkins
  from: 1965 till: 1967 color:Labour
  from: 1974 till: 1976 color:Labour       text:"[[Roy Jenkins]]"
 bar:Callaghan
  from: 1967 till: 1970 color:Labour       text:"[[James Callaghan]]"
 bar:Maudling
  from: 1970 till: 1972 color:Conservative text:"[[Reginald Maudling]]"
 bar:Carr
  from: 1972 till: 1974 color:Conservative text:"[[Robert Carr]]"
 bar:Rees
  from: 1976 till: 1979 color:Labour       text:"[[Merlyn Rees]]"
 bar:Whitelaw
  from: 1979 till: 1983 color:Conservative text:"[[William Whitelaw]]"
 bar:Brittan
  from: 1983 till: 1985 color:Conservative text:"[[Leon Brittan]]"
 bar:Hurd
  from: 1985 till: 1989 color:Conservative text:"[[Douglas Hurd]]"
 bar:Waddington
  from: 1989 till: 1990 color:Conservative text:"[[David Waddington]]"
 bar:Backer
  from: 1990 till: 1992 color:Conservative text:"[[Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking|Kenneth Baker]]"
 bar:Clarke
  from: 1992 till: 1993 color:Conservative text:"[[Kenneth Clarke]]"
 bar:Howard
  from: 1993 till: 1997 color:Conservative text:"[[Michael Howard]]"
 bar:Straw
  from: 1997 till: 2001 color:Labour       text:"[[Jack Straw]]"
 bar:Blunkett
  from: 2001 till: 2004 color:Labour       text:"[[David Blunkett]]"
 bar:CClarke
  from: 2004 till: 2006 color:Labour       text:"[[Charles Clarke]]"
 bar:Reid
  from: 2006 till: 2007 color:Labour       text:"[[John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan|John Reid]]"
 bar:Smith
  from: 2007 till: 2009 color:Labour       text:"[[Jacqui Smith]]"
 bar:Johnson
  from: 2009 till: 2010 color:Labour       text:"[[Alan Johnson]]"
 bar:May
  from: 2010 till: 2016 color:Conservative text:"[[Theresa May]]"
 bar:Rudd
  from: 2016 till: 2018 color:Conservative text:"[[Amber Rudd]]"
 bar:Javid
  from: 2018 till: 2019 color:Conservative text:"[[Sajid Javid]]"
 bar:Patel
  from: 2019 till: 2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Priti Patel]]"
 bar:Braverman
  from: 2022 till: 2022 color:Conservative
  from: 2022 till: 2023 color:Conservative text:"[[Suella Braverman]]"
 bar:Shapps
  from: 2022 till: 2022 color:Conservative text:"[[Grant Shapps]]" 
 bar:Cleverly
  from: 2023 till: 2024 color:Conservative text:"[[James Cleverly]]" 
 bar:Cooper
  from: 2024 till: $now color:Labour       text:"[[Yvette Cooper]]"
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