Secretary of State for Scotland

The Secretary of State for Scotland (Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is the chief minister in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilites for Scotland, at the head of the Scotland Office (formerly The Scottish Office). The post was first created in 1709 shortly 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 Northern Department, and after 1782 to the Home Office.

Secretaries for Scotland

• Duke of Richmond and Gordon (August 17, 1885 - January 28, 1886)
• George Otto Trevelyan (February 8, 1886 - March, 1886) (Resigned)
• Earl of Dalhousie (April 5, 1886 - July 20, 1886)
• Arthur Balfour (August 5, 1886 - March 11, 1887)
• Marquess of Lothian (March 11, 1887 - August 11, 1892)
• George Otto Trevelyan (August 18, 1892 - June 21, 1895)
• Lord Balfour of Burleigh (June 29, 1895 - October 9, 1903) (Resigned)
• Andrew Murray (October 9, 1903 - February 2, 1905)
• Marquess of Linlithgow (February 2, 1905 - December 4, 1905)
• John Sinclair (1st Baron Pentland 1909) (December 10, 1905 - February 13, 1912)
• Thomas McKinnon Wood (February 13, 1912 - July 9, 1916)
• Harold Tennant (July 9, 1916 - December 5, 1916)
• Robert Munro (December 10, 1916 - October 19, 1922)
• Ronald Munro-Ferguson (October 24, 1922 - January 22, 1924)
• William Adamson (January 22, 1924 - November 3, 1924)
• Sir John Gilmour (November 6, 1924 - July 26, 1926)