Under-Secretary of State for Scotland

The (Parliamentary) Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post (of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State rank) in the United Kingdom government, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland. The post was first established as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland in 1919, before becoming the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland in 1926. Additional Parliamentary Under-Secretary posts were added in 1940 and 1951 and a Minister of State post was established in 1951. In 1969-70, one of the Under-Secretary posts was replaced by an additional Minister of State. From 1974 to 1979, there were two Ministers of State and three Under-Secretaries, reverting to one Minister of State in 1979. In 1997, the second Minister of State post was reinstated, and a fourth Under-Secretary post was briefly added from August 1998.

Following devolution in 1999, the number of ministers was reduced. There is now only one Under-Secretary to support the Secretary of State, and no Minister of State.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health for Scotland (1919-1926)

• 8 August 1919: John Pratt
• 31 October 1922: James Kidd
• 15 January 1923: Walter Elliott
• 23 January 1924: James Stewart
• 11 November 1924: Walter Elliot

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland (1926-)

• 26 July 1926: Walter Elliott
• 7 June 1929: Thomas Johnston
• 25 March 1931: Joseph Westwood
• 3 September 1931: Noel Skelton
• 28 November 1935: John Colville
• 29 October 1936: Henry Wedderburn
• 6 September 1939: John McEwen
• 17 May 1940: Joseph Westwood (to 23 May 1945)
• 8 February 1941: Henry Wedderburn (to 4 March 1942)
• 4 March 1942: Allan Chapman (to 26 July 1945)
• 26 May 1945: Thomas Galbraith (to 26 July 1945)
• 4 August 1945: George Buchanan (to 7 October 1947)
• 4 August 1945: Tom Fraser (to 26 October 1951)
• 7 October 1947: John Robertson (to 26 October 1951)
• 2 March 1950: Margaret Herbison (to 26 October 1951)
• 2 November 1951:Thomas Galbraith (to 5 April 1955)
• 2 November 1951: William McNair Snadden (to 3 June 1955)
• 4 February 1952: James Henderson Stewart (to 9 January 1957)
• 7 April 1955: Jack Nixon Browne (to 9 January 1957)
• 13 June 1955: Niall Macpherson (to 9 January 1957)
• 18 January 1957: Jack Nixon Browne (to 22 October 1959)
• 19 January 1957: Niall Macpherson (to 28 October 1960)
• 18 January 1957: Lord John Hope (to 22 October 1959)
• 22 October 1959: Tam Galbraith (to 8 November 1962)
• 22 October 1959: Gilmour Leburn (to 15 August 1963)
• 28 October 1960: Richard Brooman-White (to 12 December 1963)
• 3 December 1962: The Lady Tweedsmuir (to 16 October 1964)
• 19 August 1963: Anthony Stodart (to 16 October 1964)
• 12 December 1963: Gordon Campbell (to 16 October 1964)
• 21 October 1964: The Lord Hughes (to 13 October 1969)
• 20 October 1964: Dickson Mabon (to 7 January 1967)
• 6 April 1966: Bruce Millan (to 19 June 1970)
• 7 January 1967: Norman Buchan (to 19 June 1970)
• 24 June 1970: Alick Buchanan-Smith (to 4 March 1974)
• 24 June 1970: George Younger (to 8 January 1974)
• 24 June 1970: Teddy Taylor (to 28 July 1971)
• 28 July 1971: Hector Monro (to 4 March 1974)
• 8 January 1974: Teddy Taylor (to 4 March 1974)
• 11 March 1974: Robert Hughes (to 22 July 1975)
• 28 June 1974: Hugh Brown (to 4 May 1979)
• 18 October 1974: Harry Ewing (to 4 May 1979)
• 12 September 1975: Frank McElhone (to 4 May 1979)
• 7 May 1979: Alex Fletcher (to 14 June 1983)
• 7 May 1979: Russell Fairgrieve (to 15 September 1981)
• 7 May 1979: Malcolm Rifkind (to 6 April 1982)
• 15 September 1981: Allan Stewart (to 10 September 1986)
• 6 April 1982: John MacKay (to 14 June 1987)
• 13 June 1983: Michael Ancram (to 14 June 1987)
• 10 September 1986: Ian Lang (to 13 June 1987)
• 13 June 1987: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton (to 6 July 1995)
• 13 June 1987: Michael Forsyth (to 7 September 1990)
• 7 September 1990: The Lord Strathclyde (to 14 April 1992)
• 28 November 1990: Allan Stewart (to 8 February 1995)
• 8 February 1995: George Kynoch (to 2 May 1997)
• 14 April 1992: Sir Hector Monro (to 6 July 1995)
• 6 July 1995: The Earl of Lindsay (to 2 May 1997)
• 6 July 1995: Raymond Robertson (to 2 May 1997)
• 6 May 1997: Sam Galbraith (to 29 July 1999)
• 6 May 1997: The Lord Sewel (to 29 July 1999)
• 6 May 1997: Malcolm Chisholm (to 10 December 1997)
• 11 December 1997: Calum MacDonald (to 29 July 1999)
• 3 August 1998: The Lord Macdonald of Tradeston (to 29 July 1999)
• 29 July 1999: vacant
• 29 May 2002: Anne McGuire (to 11 May 2005)
• 11 May 2005: David Cairns (to 2007, thereafter Minister of State)
• 16 September 2008: Ann McKechin (to 11 May 2010)
• 11 May 2010: David Mundell (to 11 May 2015)
• 14 May 2015: Andrew Dunlop

Minister of State for Scotland (1951-2008)

• 2 November 1951: The Earl of Home
• 7 April 1955:Thomas Galbraith
• 23 October 1958: The Lord Forbes
• 22 October 1959: Jack Nixon Browne
• 20 October 1964: George Willis
• 7 January 1967: Dickson Mabon (to 19 June 1970)
• 13 October 1969: The Lord Hughes (to 19 June 1970)
• 23 June 1970: The Lady Tweedsmuir
• 7 April 1972: The Lord Polwarth
• 8 March 1974: Bruce Millan (to 8 April 1976)
• 8 March 1974: The Lord Hughes (to 8 August 1975)
• 8 August 1975: The Lord Kirkhill (to 15 December 1978)
• 14 April 1976: Gregor Mackenzie (to 4 May 1979)
• 7 May 1979: The Earl of Mansfield
• 13 June 1983: The Lord Gray of Contin
• 10 September 1986: The Lord Glenarthur
• 13 June 1987: Ian Lang (to 28 November 1990)
• 13 June 1987: The Lord Sanderson of Bowden (to 7 September 1990)
• 7 September 1990: Michael Forsyth
• 14 April 1992: The Lord Fraser of Carmyllie
• 6 July 1995: Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
• 6 May 1997: Henry McLeish (to 29 June 1999)
• 6 May 1997: Brian Wilson (to 28 July 1998)
• 28 July 1998: Helen Liddell (to 17 May 1999)
• 29 July 1999: Brian Wilson
• 26 January 2001: George Foulkes (to 29 May 2002)
• July 2007: David Cairns (politician) (16 September 2008)

See also

• Deputy First Minister of Scotland

External links

• Scotland Office