The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom was a member of Parliament assigned to assist the

Board of Trade The Board of Trade is a British government body concerned with commerce and industry, currently within the Department for International Trade. Its full title is The Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council appointed for the consideration of ...

and its President with administration and liaison with Parliament. It replaced the Vice-President of the Board of Trade. From September 1953, a more senior ministerial post, the

Minister of State for Trade The Minister of State for Trade Policy is a mid-level role at the Department for International Trade in the Government of the United Kingdom. It is currently held by Greg Hands, who took the office on 9 October 2022. The minister deputizes for ...

also existed. At times, the Parliamentary Secretary post was then filled by a member of the House of Lords. On 20 October 1970, the Board of Trade was merged with the Ministry of Technology to create the modern Department of Trade and Industry. The role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade therefore ceased to have practical application beyond that date. The closest successor can be found in the role of Parliamentary Secretary to the Department of Trade and Industry.

Past Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Trade

{{Expand list, date=February 2014 * 1868–1871

George Shaw-Lefevre George John Shaw Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley (12 June 1831 – 19 April 1928) was a British Liberal Party politician. In a ministerial career that spanned thirty years, he was twice First Commissioner of Works and also served as Postmaster Gene ...

* 1871–1874 Arthur Wellesley Peel * 1874–1875 George Cavendish-Bentinck * 1875–1878 Edward Stanhope * 1878–1880 John Gilbert Talbot * 1880–1882

Evelyn Ashley Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley (24 July 1836 – 16 November 1907) was British barrister and Liberal politician. He was private secretary to Lord Palmerston and later published a biography of him. After entering Parliament at a by-election in 1 ...

* 1882–1885

John Holms John Holms JP, DL (21 September 1830 – 31 March 1891), was a Scottish businessman and Liberal politician. Background Holms was the son of James Holms of Sancel Bank, Paisley, and his wife Janet Love, daughter of James Love, of Paisley. Hi ...

* 1885–1888 Baron Henry de Worms * 1888–1889 Earl of Onslow * 1889–1892 The Lord Balfour of Burleigh * 1892–1895 Thomas Burt * 1895–1902 The Earl of Dudley * 1902–1905

Bonar Law Andrew Bonar Law ( ; 16 September 1858 – 30 October 1923) was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1922 to May 1923. Law was born in the British colony of New Brunswick (now a ...

* 1905-1909

Hudson Kearley Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport, (1 September 1856 – 5 September 1934), styled Lord Devonport between 1910 and 1917, was a British grocer and politician. He founded the International Tea Company's Stores, became the first chai ...

* 1909–1911

Harold Tennant Harold John Tennant PC (18 November 1865 – 9 November 1935), often known as Jack Tennant, was a Scottish Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland under his brother-in-law H. H. Asquith between July and December 1916. Backgr ...

* 1911–1915 John M. Robertson * 1915–1916 E. G. Pretyman * 1916–1917 George Henry Roberts * 1917–1919 George Wardle * 1919–1920 William Bridgeman * 1920–1921 Philip Lloyd-Graeme * 1921–1922

William Mitchell-Thomson William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon (15 April 1877 – 24 December 1938), known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a Scottish politician who served as British Postmaster-General from 1924 till 1 ...

* 1922–1924 Viscount Wolmer * 1924-1924

A. V. Alexander Albert Victor Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, (1 May 1885 – 11 January 1965), was a British Labour and Co-operative politician. He was three times First Lord of the Admiralty, including during the Second World War, and then Mi ...

* 1924–1928 Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick * 1928–1929

Herbert Williams Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, ...

* 1929–1931 Walter Robert Smith * 1931-1931 Gwilym Lloyd George * 1931–1932 Leslie Hore-Belisha * 1931–1937 Leslie Burgin * 1937–1938

Euan Wallace David Euan Wallace, MC PC (20 April 1892 – 9 February 1941) was a British Conservative politician who was an ally of Neville Chamberlain and briefly served as Minister of Transport during World War II. Early life Wallace was born on 20 A ...

* 1938–1939 Ronald Cross * 1939–1941 Gwilym Lloyd George * 1941–1945 Charles Waterhouse * 1945–1946 Ellis Smith * 1946–1949 John Belcher * 1949–1950 John Edwards * 1950–1951

Hervey Rhodes Hervey Rhodes, Baron Rhodes, (12 August 1895 – 11 September 1987) was a British Labour Party politician. Born in Saddleworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, Rhodes was educated at St Mary's School, Greenfield and Huddersfield Technical ...

* 1951–1955 Henry Strauss * 1955-1955

Donald Kaberry Donald Kaberry, Baron Kaberry of Adel, MC, TD (18 August 1907 – 13 March 1991), known as Sir Donald Kaberry, 1st Baronet, from 1960 to 1983, was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) f ...

* 1955–1956 Derek Walker-Smith * 1956–1958

Frederick Erroll Frederick James Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale, Baron Erroll of Kilmun, (27 May 1914 – 14 September 2000) was a British Conservative politician. Background and education Erroll was the son of George Murison Bergmans, an engineer, and ...

* 1958–1960 John Rodgers * 1960–1962

Niall Macpherson Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn (3 August 1908 – 11 October 1987) was a Scottish Tory and National Liberal politician. Background and education The member of an important Liberal family from Inverness-shire, Macpher ...

* 1962–1964 David Price * 1964–1967 Lord Rhodes * 1967-1967 Lord Walston * 1967–1970 Gwyneth Dunwoody * 1970 Anthony Grant Lists of government ministers of the United Kingdom Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom Board of Trade