• March 1782: J. Bell • December 1791:
John King • February 1806 – 1817: John Beckett [later Sir
John Beckett, Bart.] • June 1817 – 1827:
Henry Hobhouse • July 1827 – 1848:
Samuel March Phillipps • 1848–1867:
Horatio Waddington • 1867–1885: Sir
Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell • June 1885: Sir H. Maine • July 1885 – 1895: Sir
Godfrey Lushington • 1895–1903: Sir
Kenelm Digby • 1903–1908: Sir
Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers • 1908–1922: Sir
Edward Troup • 1922–1932: Sir
John Anderson • 1932–1938: Sir
Russell Scott • 1938–1948: Sir
Alexander Maxwell • 1948–1957: Sir
Frank Newsam • 1957–1966: Sir
Charles Cunningham • 1966–1972: Sir
Philip Allen • 1972–1977: Sir
Arthur Peterson • 1977–1979: Sir
Robert Armstrong • 1979–1988: Sir
Brian Cubbon • 1988–1994: Sir
Clive Whitmore • 1994–1997: Sir
Richard Wilson • 1997–2001: Sir
David Omand • 2001–2005: Sir
John Gieve • 2005–2011: Sir
David Normington • 2011–2012: Dame
Helen Ghosh • 2012–2013:
Helen Kilpatrick (acting) • 2013–2017:
Mark Sedwill • 2017–2020: Sir
Philip Rutnam • 2020–2025: Sir
Matthew Rycroft • 28 March 2025 – 14 April 2025: Simon Ridley (acting) • 14 April 2025 – 19 February 2026: Dame
Antonia Romeo • 19 February 2026 –
5 April 2026: Simon Ridley (acting) •
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