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| Board of Trade | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (Formal prefix) President of the Board of Trade |
| Member of | British Cabinet Privy Council |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Westminster, London |
| Appointer | The British Monarch on advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | No fixed term |
The president of the Board of Trade is head of the Board of Trade. This is a committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, first established as a temporary committee of inquiry in the 17th century, that evolved gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.[1] The current holder is Kemi Badenoch,[2] who is concurrently the Secretary of State for International Trade.
History
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 – the 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.
In 2020, there was an unusual appointment of a deputy president to assist the president, but the holder remained only an adviser to the Board.[3] This appears to have been a one-off appointment, and this role no longer exists.[4] However, the president was previously assisted by the vice president.[5]
List of presidents of the Board of Trade
First Lord of Trade (1672–1782)
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President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations (1784–1786)
| President of the Committee | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney | 5 March 1784 | 23 August 1786 | Whig | William Pitt the Younger | ||
President of the Board of Trade (1786–1900)
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President of the Board of Trade (1900–1963)
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President of the Board of Trade (1963–present)
| President of the Board | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development |
Conservative | Alec Douglas-Home | |||||
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Edward Heath | 20 October 1963 | 16 October 1964 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade | Labour | Harold Wilson | |||||
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Douglas Jay | 18 October 1964 | 29 August 1967 | ||||
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Anthony Crosland | 29 August 1967 | 6 October 1969 | ||||
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Roy Mason | 6 October 1969 | 19 June 1970 | ||||
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Michael Noble | 20 June 1970 | 15 October 1970 | Conservative | Edward Heath | ||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |||||||
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John Davies | 15 October 1970 | 5 November 1972 | ||||
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Peter Walker | 5 November 1972 | 4 March 1974 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade |
Labour | Harold Wilson | |||||
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Peter Shore | 5 March 1974 | 8 April 1976 | ||||
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Edmund Dell | 8 April 1976 | 11 November 1978 | Labour | James Callaghan | ||
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John Smith | 11 November 1978 | 4 May 1979 | ||||
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John Nott | 5 May 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher | ||
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John Biffen | 5 January 1981 | 6 April 1982 | ||||
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Arthur Cockfield, Baron Cockfield | 6 April 1982 | 12 June 1983 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Trade and Industry | |||||||
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Cecil Parkinson | 12 June 1983 | 11 October 1983 | ||||
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Norman Tebbit | 16 October 1983 | 2 September 1985 | ||||
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Leon Brittan | 2 September 1985 | 22 January 1986 | ||||
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Paul Channon | 24 January 1986 | 13 June 1987 | ||||
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David Young, Baron Young of Graffham | 13 June 1987 | 24 July 1989 | ||||
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Nicholas Ridley | 24 July 1989 | 13 July 1990 | ||||
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Peter Lilley | 14 July 1990 | 10 April 1992 | ||||
| Conservative | John Major | ||||||
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Michael Heseltine | 10 April 1992 | 5 July 1995 | ||||
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Ian Lang | 5 July 1995 | 2 May 1997 | ||||
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Margaret Beckett | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair | ||
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Peter Mandelson | 27 July 1998 | 23 December 1998 | ||||
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Stephen Byers | 23 December 1998 | 8 June 2001 | ||||
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Patricia Hewitt | 8 June 2001 | 6 May 2005 | ||||
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Alan Johnson | 6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | ||||
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Alistair Darling | 5 May 2006 | 28 June 2007 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform |
Labour | Gordon Brown | |||||
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John Hutton | 28 June 2007 | 3 October 2008 | ||||
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Peter Mandelson | 3 October 2008 | 5 June 2009 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills | |||||||
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Peter Mandelson | 5 June 2009 | 12 May 2010 | ||||
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Vince Cable | 12 May 2010 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrats | David Cameron (Coalition) | ||
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Sajid Javid | 11 May 2015 | 15 July 2016 | Conservative | David Cameron (II) | ||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy |
Conservative | Theresa May | |||||
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Greg Clark[α] | 15 July 2016 | 19 July 2016 | ||||
| President of the Board of Trade & Secretary of State for International Trade | |||||||
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Liam Fox | 19 July 2016 | 24 July 2019[10] | ||||
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Liz Truss | 24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | Boris Johnson | ||
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Anne-Marie Trevelyan | 15 September 2021 | 6 September 2022 | ||||
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Kemi Badenoch | 6 September 2022 | Incumbent | Conservative | Liz Truss | ||
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Notes
References
- ^ Olson, Alison G. "The Board of Trade and Colonial Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- ^ Diver, Tony (6 September 2022). "Liz Truss Cabinet latest: Kwasi Kwarteng appointed as Chancellor and Suella Braverman becomes Home Secretary". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
- ^ Stuart, Graham. "Board of Trade: Membership". UK Parliament. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Board of Trade". UK Government. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ "Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870". British History Online. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ^ Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 3, Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660-1870 - Council of trade and plantations 1696-1782
- ^ May, Callum (22 July 2016). "Minister Greg Clark was briefly given wrong job". BBC News. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Tilbrook, Richard (15 July 2016). "Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 15th July 2016" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Tilbrook, Richard (19 July 2016). "Business Transacted and Orders Approved at the Privy Council Held by the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 19th July 2016" (PDF). Privy Council Office. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Liam Fox [@LiamFox] (24 July 2019). "Sadly, I will be leaving the Government. It has been a privilege to have served as Secretary of State for International Trade these past 3 years" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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