The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence. As a senior m
The Rt Hon Wes Streeting MP
Thomas Inskip
Churchill in 1944
Clement Attlee
First Lord of the Admiralty
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First Lord of the Admiralty, formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the title of the political head of the Naval Service from 1628 to 1964, when the Admiralty, Air Ministry, Minis
Secretary of State for Defence
…Cabinet of the United Kingdom. The post of secretary of state for defence was created on 1 April 1964, replacing the positions of minister of defence, first lord of the admiralty, secretary of state for war, and secretary of state for air, while the individual offices of the British Armed Forces were abolished and their functions…
Richard Weston
Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, by circle of Michiel Jansz van Mierevelt
William Juxon from NPG
Algernon Percy