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Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform & President of the Board of Trade


Incumbent: The Rt. Hon. The Lord Mandelson Took office: 3 October 2008
Style:	The Right Honourable
Appointed by:	Gordon Brown as Prime Minister
First :	Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
Formation:	(16 September 1672)

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The Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry before the 28 June 2007 reshuffle) is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade. The Secretary of State is responsible for the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly the Department of Trade and Industry). The current holder of the post is Lord Mandelson, since 3 October 2008.

The idea of a Board of Trade was first translated into action by Oliver Cromwell in 1655 when he appointed his son Richard Cromwell to head a body of Lords of the Privy Council, judges and merchants to consider measures to promote trade. Charles II established a Council of Trade on 7 November 1660 followed by a Council of Foreign Plantations on 1 December that year. The two were united on 16 September 1672 as the Board of Trade and Plantations.

After the Board was re-established in 1696, there were 15 (and later 16) members of the Board - 7 (later 8) Great officers of state, and 8 unofficial members, who did the majority of the work. The senior unofficial member of the board was the President of the Board, commonly known as the First Lord of Trade. The board was abolished on 11 July 1782, but a Committee of the Privy Council was established on 5 March 1784 for the same purposes. On 23 August 1786 a new Committee was set up, more strongly focused on commercial functions than the previous boards of trade. At first the President of the Board of Trade only occasionally sat in the Cabinet, but from the early 19th century it was usually a cabinet level position.

During the government of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, the then President of the Board of Trade Edward Heath was given in addition the job of Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development. This title was not continued under Harold Wilson, but when Heath became Prime Minister in 1970 he decided to merge the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Technology to create the Department of Trade and Industry. The head of this department became known as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and President of the Board of Trade.

When Harold Wilson re-entered office in March 1974, the office was split into the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection. The title President of the Board of Trade became the secondary title of the Secretary of State for Trade. In 1979 the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was abolished by the incoming Conservative government and its responsibilities were reintegrated into the Department of Trade. In 1983 the offices of trade and industry were remerged and the title of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry was recreated. When Michael Heseltine held this office, he preferred to be known by the older title of President of the Board of Trade, and this practice was also followed by Ian Lang and Margaret Beckett. Heseltine's decision to reuse the old title caused some comment and it was discovered that the Board of Trade had not in fact met since the mid-nineteenth century.

1 First Lord of Trade (1672–1782)
2 President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786)
3 President of the Board of Trade (1786–1963)
4 Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development, and President of the Board of Trade (1963–1964)
5 President of the Board of Trade (1964–1970)
6 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and President of the Board of Trade (1970–1974)
7 Secretary of State for Industry (1974–1983)
8 Secretary of State for Trade (1974–1983)
9 Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and President of the Board of Trade (1983–2007)
10 Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and President of the Board of Trade (since 2007)

First Lord of Trade (1672–1782)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
16 September 1672	1676	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury	Lord Chancellor
16 December 1695	9 June 1699	John Egerton, 3rd Earl of Bridgewater	First Lord of the Admiralty
9 June 1699	8 January 1702	Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford	None
8 January 1702	1705	Thomas Thynne, 1st Viscount Weymouth	None
1705	12 June 1711	Thomas Grey, 2nd Earl of Stamford	None
12 June 1711	15 September 1713	Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea	None
15 September 1713	September 1714	Francis North, 2nd Baron Guilford	None
September 1714	12 May 1715	William Berkeley, 4th Baron Berkeley	None
12 May 1715	31 January 1718	Henry Howard, 6th Earl of Suffolk	None
31 January 1718	11 May 1719	Robert Darcy, 3rd Earl of Holderness	None
11 May 1719	May 1735	Thomas Fane, 6th Earl of Westmorland	None
May 1735	June 1737	Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl Fitzwalter	None
June 1737	1 November 1748	John Monson, 1st Baron Monson	None
1 November 1748	21 March 1761	George Montague-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax	First Lord of the Admiralty (1762–)
21 March 1761	1 March 1763	Samuel Sandys, 1st Baron Sandys	None
1 March 1763	20 April 1763	The Rt. Hon. Charles Townshend MP	Paymaster of the Forces (1765–)
20 April 1763	9 September 1763	William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne	Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1766–)
9 September 1763	20 July 1765	Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough	First Lord of Trade (1766–)
20 July 1765	16 August 1766	William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth	Secretary of State for the Colonies (1772–)
16 August 1766	December 1766	Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough	First Lord of Trade (1768–)
19 January 1767	20 January 1768	Robert Nugent, 1st Viscount Clare	Vice-Treasurer of Ireland
20 January 1768	31 August 1772	Wills Hill, 1st Earl of Hillsborough	Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1779–)
31 August 1772	10 November 1775	William Legge, 2nd Earl of Dartmouth	Lord Privy Seal
10 November 1775	6 November 1779	Lord George Sackville-Germain	Secretary of State for the Colonies (1776–1782)
6 November 1779	9 December 1780	Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
9 December 1780	11 July 1782	Thomas Robinson, 2nd Baron Grantham	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs

President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
5 March 1784	23 August 1786	Thomas Townshend, 1st Baron Sydney	Secretary of State for the Home Department (1783–1789)

President of the Board of Trade (1786–1963)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
23 August 1786	7 June 1804	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Liverpool	None
7 June 1804	5 February 1806	The Rt. Hon. Duke of Montrose	Master of the Horse (1807–)
5 February 1806	31 March 1807	The Rt. Hon. Lord Auckland	None
31 March 1807	29 September 1812	The Rt. Hon. Earl Bathurst	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
29 September 1812	24 January 1818	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Clancarty	None
24 January 1818	21 February 1823	The Rt. Hon. Frederick Robinson MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
21 February 1823	4 September 1827	The Rt. Hon. William Huskisson MP	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies and Leader of the House of Commons
4 September 1827	11 June 1828	The Rt. Hon. Charles Grant MP	President of the Board of Control
11 June 1828	2 February 1830	The Rt. Hon. William Vesey-FitzGerald MP	President of the Board of Control
2 February 1830	22 November 1830	The Rt. Hon. John Charles Herries MP	Secretary at War
22 November 1830	5 June 1834	The Rt. Hon. Lord Auckland	First Lord of the Admiralty
5 June 1834	14 November 1834	The Rt. Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson MP	President of the Board of Trade
15 December 1834	8 April 1835	The Rt. Hon. Alexander Baring MP	None
8 April 1835	29 August 1839	The Rt. Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson MP	Governor General of the Province of Canada
29 August 1838	30 August 1841	The Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere MP	Chief Secretary for Ireland
3 September 1841	15 May 1843	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Ripon	President of the Board of Control
15 May 1843	5 February 1845	The Rt. Hon. William Ewart Gladstone MP	Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
5 February 1845	27 June 1846	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Dalhousie	Governor-General of India
6 July 1846	22 July 1847	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Clarendon	Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
22 July 1847	21 February 1852	The Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere MP	Secretary of State for the Colonies
27 February 1852	17 December 1852	The Rt. Hon. Joseph Warner Henley MP	President of the Board of Trade
28 December 1852	31 March 1855	The Rt. Hon. Edward Cardwell MP	Chief Secretary for Ireland
31 March 1855	21 February 1858	The Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley of Alderley	Postmaster General
26 February 1858	3 March 1859	The Rt. Hon. Joseph Warner Henley MP	None
3 March 1859	11 June 1859	The Rt. Hon. Earl of Donoughmore	None
6 July 1859	26 June 1866	The Rt. Hon. Thomas Milner Gibson MP	None
6 July 1866	8 March 1867	The Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bt. MP	Secretary of State for India
8 March 1867	1 December 1868	The Rt. Hon. Duke of Richmond	Lord President of the Council
9 December 1868	14 January 1871	The Rt. Hon. John Bright MP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
14 January 1871	17 February 1874	The Rt. Hon. Chichester Parkinson-Fortescue MP	Lord Privy Seal
21 February 1874	4 April 1878	The Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Adderley MP	None
4 April 1878	21 April 1880	The Rt. Hon. Viscount Sandon	Lord Privy Seal
3 May 1880	9 June 1885	The Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain MP	President of the Local Government Board
24 June 1885	19 August 1885	The Rt. Hon. Duke of Richmond	Secretary for Scotland
19 August 1885	28 January 1886	The Rt. Hon. Edward Stanhope MP	Secretary of State for the Colonies
17 February 1886	20 July 1886	The Rt. Hon. Anthony John Mundella MP	President of the Board of Trade
3 August 1886	21 February 1888	The Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley of Preston	Governor General of Canada
21 February 1888	11 August 1892	The Rt. Hon. Sir Michael Hicks Beach MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
18 August 1892	28 May 1894	The Rt. Hon. Anthony John Mundella MP	None
28 May 1894	21 June 1895	The Rt. Hon. James Bryce MP	Chief Secretary for Ireland
29 June 1895	7 November 1900	The Rt. Hon. Charles Ritchie MP	Secretary of State for the Home Department
7 November 1900	12 March 1905	The Rt. Hon. Gerald Balfour MP	President of the Local Government Board
12 March 1905	4 December 1905	The Rt. Hon. Marquess of Salisbury	Lord President of the Council (1922–)
10 December 1905	12 April 1908	The Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
12 April 1908	14 February 1910	The Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill MP	Secretary of State for the Home Department
14 February 1910	11 February 1914	The Rt. Hon. Sydney Buxton MP	Governor-General of South Africa
11 February 1914	5 August 1914	The Rt. Hon. John Burns MP	None
5 August 1914	5 December 1916	The Rt. Hon. Walter Runciman MP	President of the Board of Trade (1931–)
10 December 1916	26 May 1919	The Rt. Hon. Sir Albert Henry Stanley MP	None
26 May 1919	19 March 1920	The Rt. Hon. Sir Auckland Geddes MP	British Ambassador to the United States
19 March 1920	1 April 1921	The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Horne MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
1 April 1921	19 October 1922	The Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
24 October 1922	22 January 1924	The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame MP	President of the Board of Trade (November 1924–)
22 January 1924	3 November 1924	The Rt. Hon. Sidney Webb MP	Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (1929–)
6 November 1924	4 June 1929	The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister MP	President of the Board of Trade (1931–)
7 June 1929	24 August 1931	The Rt. Hon. William Graham MP	None
25 August 1931	5 November 1931	The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister MP	Secretary of State for the Colonies
5 November 1931	28 May 1937	The Rt. Hon. Walter Runciman MP	Lord President of the Council (1938–)
28 May 1937	5 January 1940	The Rt. Hon. Oliver Stanley MP	President of the Board of Education
5 January 1940	3 October 1940	The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Duncan MP	Minister of Supply
3 October 1940	29 June 1941	The Rt. Hon. Oliver Lyttelton MP	Minister of State in the Middle East
29 June 1941	4 February 1942	The Rt. Hon. Sir Andrew Duncan MP	Minister of Supply
4 February 1942	22 February 1942	The Rt. Hon. John Llewellin MP	Minister of Aircraft Production
22 February 1942	23 May 1945	The Rt. Hon. Hugh Dalton MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer (July 1945–)
25 May 1945	26 July 1945	The Rt. Hon. Oliver Lyttelton MP (also Minister of Production)	Secretary of State for the Colonies (1951–)
27 July 1945	29 September 1947	The Rt. Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
29 September 1947	23 April 1951	The Rt. Hon. Harold Wilson MP	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1964–)
24 April 1951	26 October 1951	The Rt. Hon. Sir Hartley Shawcross MP	None
30 October 1951	13 January 1957	The Rt. Hon. Peter Thorneycroft MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer
13 January 1957	14 October 1959	The Rt. Hon. Sir David Eccles KCVO MP	Minister of Education
14 October 1959	9 October 1961	The Rt. Hon. Reginauld Maudling MP	Secretary of State for the Colonies
9 October 1961	20 October 1963	The Rt. Hon. Fred Erroll MP	Minister of Power

Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development, and President of the Board of Trade (1963–1964)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
20 October 1963	16 October 1964	The Rt. Hon. Edward Heath MP	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1970–)

President of the Board of Trade (1964–1970)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
18 October 1964	29 August 1967	The Rt. Hon. Douglas Jay MP	None
29 August 1967	6 October 1969	The Rt. Hon. Anthony Crosland MP	Secretary of State for the Environment
6 October 1969	19 June 1970	The Rt. Hon. Roy Mason MP	Secretary of State for Defence (1974–)
20 June 1970	15 October 1970	The Rt. Hon. Michael Noble MP	Minister for Trade

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and President of the Board of Trade (1970–1974)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
15 October 1970	5 November 1972	The Rt. Hon. John Davies MP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
5 November 1972	4 March 1974	The Rt. Hon. Peter Walker MP	Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Secretary of State for Industry (1974–1983)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
10 May 1974	4 August 1975	The Rt. Hon. Tony Benn MP	Secretary of State for Energy
4 August 1975	4 May 1979	The Rt. Hon. Eric Varley MP	None
4 May 1979	14 September 1981	The Rt. Hon. Sir Keith Joseph, Bt. MP	Secretary of State for Education and Science
14 September 1981	12 June 1983	The Rt. Hon. Patrick Jenkin MP	Secretary of State for the Environment

Secretary of State for Trade (1974–1983)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
5 March 1974	8 April 1976	The Rt. Hon. Peter Shore MP	Secretary of State for the Environment
8 April 1976	11 November 1978	The Rt. Hon. Edmund Dell MP	None
11 November 1978	4 May 1979	The Rt. Hon. John Smith MP	None
5 May 1979	5 January 1981	The Rt. Hon. John Nott MP	Secretary of State for Defence
5 January 1981	6 April 1982	The Rt. Hon. John Biffen MP	Lord President of the Council
6 April 1982	12 June 1983	The Rt. Hon. The Lord Cockfield	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, and President of the Board of Trade (1983–2007)

Date began	Date ended	Incumbent	Subsequent post
12 June 1983	11 October 1983	The Rt. Hon. Cecil Parkinson MP	Secretary of State for Energy (1987–)
16 October 1983	2 September 1985	The Rt. Hon. Norman Tebbit MP	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
2 September 1985	22 January 1986	The Rt. Hon. Leon Brittan QC MP	None (Resigned)
24 January 1986	13 June 1987	The Rt. Hon. Paul Channon MP	Secretary of State for Transport
13 June 1987	24 July 1989	The Rt. Hon. The Lord Young of Graffham	None
24 July 1989	13 July 1990	The Rt. Hon. Nicholas Ridley MP	None (Resigned)
14 July 1990	10 April 1992	The Rt. Hon. Peter Lilley MP	Secretary of State for Social Security
10 April 1992	5 July 1995	The Rt. Hon. Michael Heseltine MP†	Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom First Secretary of State
5 July 1995	2 May 1997	The Rt. Hon. Ian Lang MP†	None
2 May 1997	27 July 1998	The Rt. Hon. Margaret Beckett MP†	Leader of the House of Commons Lord President of the Council
27 July 1998	23 December 1998	The Rt. Hon. Peter Mandelson MP	Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1999–)
23 December 1998	8 June 2001	The Rt. Hon. Stephen Byers MP	Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions
8 June 2001	6 May 2005	The Rt. Hon. Patricia Hewitt MP	Secretary of State for Health
6 May 2005	5 May 2006	The Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP††	Secretary of State for Education and Skills
5 May 2006	27 June 2007	The Rt. Hon. Alistair Darling MP	Chancellor of the Exchequer

† - Primarily referred to as President of the Board of Trade, and not as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.

†† - Alan Johnson was initially announced on 6 May 2005, after the General Election, as being "Secretary of State for Productivity, Energy and Industry and President of the Board of Trade", but after just a week, on 13 May, it was declared that the title's and department's name would not be renamed, after widespread derision of the new name.