Lijst van Britse ministers van Onderwijs

De minister van Onderwijs (Engels: Secretary of State for Education) is lid van het Britse kabinet en staat aan het hoofd van het ministerie van Onderwijs. De huidige minister is Nadhim Zahawi van de Conservative Party sinds 2021 in het kabinet van premier Boris Johnson.[1]

Enkele prominenten die hebben gediend als minister van Onderwijs waren onder andere: Rab Butler, Quintin Hogg, Michael Stewart, Margaret Thatcher, Shirley Williams en Kenneth Clarke.

Ministers van Onderwijs van het Verenigd Koninkrijk (1857–heden)

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Minister van
Onderwijs
Secretary of State for
Education
Ambtstermijn Partij Premier Kabinet Overige
functie(s)
  Sir
William Cowper
(1811–1888)
5 februari 1857 22 februari 1858 Whig Party John Russell
(1846–1852)
Russell I
  Sir
Charles
Adderley

(1814–1905)
22 februari 1858 12 juni 1859 Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1858–1859)
Smith-Stanley II
  Robert Lowe
(1811–1892)
12 juni 1859 26 april 1864
[2]
Liberal Party Henry
John Temple

(1859–1865)
Temple II
  Henry Bruce
(1815–1895)
26 april 1864 28 juni 1866 Liberal Party
John Russell
(1865–1866)
Russell II
  Henry
Lowry-Corry

(1803–1873)
28 juni 1866 20 maart 1867
[2]
Conservative Party Edward
Smith-Stanley

(1866–1868)
Smith-Stanley III
  Heer
Robert Montagu
(1825–1902)
20 maart 1867 3 december 1868 Conservative Party
Benjamin
Disraeli

(1868)
Disraeli I
  William
Edward Forster

(1818–1886)
3 december 1868 20 februari 1874 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1868–1874)
Gladstone I
  Graaf van
Harrowby

Dudley Ryder
(1831–1900)
20 februari 1874 2 april 1878
[3]
Conservative Party Benjamin
Disraeli

(1874–1880)
Disraeli II
  Heer
George
Hamilton

(1845–1927)
2 april 1878 23 april 1880 Conservative Party
  Anthony
Mundella

(1825–1897)
23 april 1880 23 juni 1885 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1880–1885)
Gladstone II
  Edward
Stanhope

(1840–1893)
23 juni 1885 20 augustus 1885
[3]
Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil

(1885–1886)
Gascoyne-Cecil I
  Sir
Henry Holland
(1825–1914)
20 augustus 1885 28 januari 1886 Conservative Party
  Sir
Lyon Playfair
(1818–1898)
28 januari 1886 20 juli 1886 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1886)
Gladstone III
  Sir
Henry Holland
(1825–1914)
20 juli 1886 14 januari 1887
[4]
Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil

(1886–1892)
Gascoyne-Cecil II
  Sir
William
Hart Dyke

(1837–1931)
14 januari 1887 15 augustus 1892 Conservative Party
  Sir
Arthur Dyke
Acland

(1850–1933)
15 augustus 1892 25 juni 1895 Liberal Party William Ewart
Gladstone

(1892–1895)
Gladstone IV
Archibald
Primrose

(1894–1895)
Primrose
  Sir
John Eldon
Gorst

(1835–1916)
25 juni 1895 12 juli 1902 Conservative Party Robert
Gascoyne-Cecil

(1895–1902)
Gascoyne-Cecil III
Gascoyne-Cecil IV
  Markies van
Londonderry

Charles Vane-
Tempest-
Stewart

(1852–1915)
12 juli 1902 5 december 1905 Conservative Party Arthur Balfour
(1902–1905)
Balfour Lord President of
the Council

(1903–1905)
  Augustine
Birrell

(1850–1933)
5 december 1905 23 februari 1907
[5]
Liberal Party Henry
Campbell-
Bannerman

(1905–1908)
Campbell-
Bannerman
  Reginald
McKenna

(1863–1943)
23 februari 1907 8 april 1908 Liberal Party
  Walter
Runciman

(1870–1949)
8 april 1908 24 oktober 1911 Liberal Party Herbert
Henry Asquith

(1908–1916)
Asquith I
Asquith II Minister van
Landbouw en
Visserij

(1910–1911)
Asquith III
  Jack Pease
(1860–1943)
24 oktober 1911 25 mei 1915 Liberal Party
   
Arthur Henderson
(1863–1935)
25 mei 1915 6 augustus 1916
[6]
Labour Party Asquith IV
  Markies van
Crewe

Robert
Crewe-Milnes

(1858–1945)
6 augustus 1916 7 december 1916 Liberal Party Lord President of
the Council
Leader of the
House of Lords
Minister van
Handel
  Herbert Fisher
(1865–1940)
7 december 1916 23 oktober 1922 Liberal Party David
Lloyd George

(1916–1922)
Lloyd George I
Lloyd George II
  Edward Wood
(1881–1959)
23 oktober 1922 22 januari 1924 Conservative Party Bonar Law
(1922–1923)
Law
Stanley Baldwin
(1923–1924)
Baldwin I
  Sir
Charles
Trevelyan

(1870–1958)
22 januari 1924 3 november 1924 Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1924)
MacDonald I
  Baron Percy
van Newcastle

Eustace Percy
(1887–1958)
4 november 1924 5 juni 1929 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1924–1929)
Baldwin II
  Sir
Charles
Trevelyan

(1870–1958)
5 juni 1929 2 maart 1931
[2]
Labour Party Ramsay
MacDonald

(1929–1935)
MacDonald II
  Hastings
Lees-Smith

(1878–1941)
2 maart 1931 26 augustus 1931 Labour Party
  Sir
Donald
Maclean

(1864–1932)
26 augustus 1931 15 juni 1932
[7]
Liberal Party MacDonald III
(Nationaal Kabinet I)
MacDonald IV
(Nationaal Kabinet II)
  Burggraaf
Halifax

Edward Wood
(1881–1959)
[8]
15 juni 1932 7 juni 1935 Conservative Party
  Oliver Stanley
(1896–1950)
7 juni 1935 28 mei 1937 Conservative Party Stanley Baldwin
(1935–1937)
Baldwin III
(Nationaal Kabinet III)
  Graaf
Stanhope

James
Stanhope

(1880–1967)
28 mei 1937 27 oktober 1938 Conservative Party Neville
Chamberlain

(1937–1940)
Chamberlain I
(Nationaal Kabinet IV)
  Graaf De
La Warr

Herbrand
Sackville

(1900–1976)
27 oktober 1938 10 mei 1940 National Labour
Chamberlain II
  Herwald
Ramsbotham

(1887–1971)
10 mei 1940 20 juli 1941 Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1940–1945)
Churchill I
  Rab Butler
(1902–1982)
20 juli 1941 23 mei 1945 Conservative Party
  Richard Law
(1901–1980)
23 mei 1945 26 juli 1945 Conservative Party Churchill II
  Ellen
Wilkinson

(1891–1947)
26 juli 1945 6 februari 1947
[7]
Labour Party Clement Attlee
(1945–1951)
Attlee I
  George
Tomlinson

(1890–1952)
10 februari 1947 26 oktober 1951 Labour Party
Attlee II
  Florence
Horsbrugh

(1889–1969)
26 oktober 1951 18 oktober 1954 Conservative Party Winston Churchill
(1951–1955)
Churchill III
  Sir
David Eccles
(1904–1999)
18 oktober 1954 10 januari 1957 Conservative Party
Anthony Eden
(1955–1957)
Eden
  Burggraaf
Hailsham

Quintin Hogg
(1907–2001)
10 januari 1957 17 september 1957 Conservative Party Harold Macmillan
(1957–1963)
Macmillan I
  Geoffrey Lloyd
(1902–1984)
17 september 1957 14 oktober 1959 Conservative Party
  Sir
David Eccles
(1904–1999)
14 oktober 1959 13 juli 1962 Conservative Party Macmillan II
  Sir
Edward Boyle
(1923–1981)
13 juli 1962 1 april 1964 Conservative Party
Alec
Douglas-Home

(1963–1964)
Douglas-Home
  Sir
Quintin Hogg
(1907–2001)
1 april 1964 16 oktober 1964 Conservative Party Lord President
of the Council
  Michael Stewart
(1906–1990)
16 oktober 1964 22 januari 1965 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1964–1970)
Wilson I
  Tony Crosland
(1918–1977)
22 januari 1965 29 augustus 1967 Labour Party
Wilson II
  Patrick
Gordon Walker

(1907–1980)
29 augustus 1967 6 april 1968 Labour Party
  Edward Short
(1912–2012)
6 april 1968 19 juni 1970 Labour Party
  Margaret
Thatcher

(1925–2013)
19 juni 1970 4 maart 1974 Conservative Party Edward Heath
(1970–1974)
Heath
  Reg Prentice
(1923–2001)
4 maart 1974 10 juni 1975 Labour Party Harold Wilson
(1974–1976)
Wilson III
  Fred Mulley
(1918–1995)
10 juni 1975 10 september 1976 Labour Party
James Callaghan
(1976–1979)
Callaghan
  Shirley
Williams

(1930–2021)
10 september 1976 4 mei 1979 Labour Party Thesaurier-generaal
  Mark Carlisle
(1929–2005)
4 mei 1979 14 september 1981
[9]
Conservative Party Margaret Thatcher
(1979–1990)
Thatcher I
  Sir
Keith Joseph
(1918–1994)
14 september 1981 21 mei 1986
[2]
Conservative Party
Thatcher II
  Kenneth Baker
(1934)
21 mei 1986 24 juli 1989
[10]
Conservative Party
Thatcher III
  John MacGregor
(1937)
24 juli 1989 2 november 1990 Conservative Party
  Kenneth Clarke
(1940)
2 november 1990 10 april 1992
[11]
Conservative Party
John Major
(1990–1997)
Major I
  John Patten
(1945)
10 april 1992 20 juli 1994
[2]
Conservative Party Major II
  Gillian
Shephard

(1940)
20 juli 1994 2 mei 1997 Conservative Party Minister van
Arbeid

(1995–1997)
  David Blunkett
(1947)
2 mei 1997 8 juni 2001
[12]
Labour Party Tony Blair
(1997–2007)
Blair I Minister van
Arbeid
  Estelle Morris
(1952)
8 juni 2001 24 oktober 2002
[2]
Labour Party Blair II
  Charles Clarke
(1950)
24 oktober 2002 16 december 2004
[4]
Labour Party
  Ruth Kelly
(1968)
16 december 2004 6 mei 2006
[13]
Labour Party
Blair III
  Alan Johnson
(1950)
6 mei 2006 27 juni 2007 Labour Party
  Ed Balls
(1967)
27 juni 2007 11 mei 2010 Labour Party Gordon Brown
(2007–2010)
Brown
  Michael Gove
(1967)
11 mei 2010 14 juli 2014
[14]
Conservative Party David Cameron
(2010–2016)
Cameron I
  Nicky Morgan
(1972)
14 juli 2014 13 juli 2016 Conservative Party Minister voor
Vrouwen en
Gelijkheid
Cameron II
  Justine
Greening

(1969)
13 juli 2016 8 januari 2018
[9]
Conservative Party Theresa May
(2016–2019)
May I
May II
  Damian Hinds
(1969)
8 januari 2018 24 juli 2019 Conservative Party
  Gavin
Williamson

(1976)
24 juli 2019 15 september 2021
[9]
Conservative Party Boris Johnson
(2019–2022)
Johnson I
Johnson II
  Nadhim Zahawi
(1967)
15 september 2021 5 juli 2022
[15]
Conservative Party
  Michelle
Donelan

(1984)
5 juli 2022 7 juli 2002
[2]
Conservative Party
  James Cleverly
(1969)
7 juli 2002 6 september 2022 Conservative Party
  Kit Malthouse
(1966)
6 september 2022 25 oktober 2022 Conservative Party Liz Truss
(2022)
Truss
  Gillian
Keegan

(1968)
25 oktober 2022 5 juli 2024 Conservative Party Rishi Sunak
(2022–2024)
Sunak
  Bridget
Phillipson

(1983)
5 juli 2024 heden Labour Party Keir Starmer
(2024–heden)
Starmer
  NODES
Note 1