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]
^Appointed by the Privy Council in error, and held the post for four days before the mistake was rectified.[7][8][9]
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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 President of the Board of TradeRoyal Arms as used by His Majesty s GovernmentIncumbentKemi Badenochsince 6 September 2022Board of TradeStyleThe Right Honourable Formal prefix President of the Board of TradeMember ofBritish CabinetPrivy CouncilReports toThe Prime MinisterSeatWestminster LondonAppointerThe British Monarchon advice of the Prime MinisterTerm lengthNo fixed term Contents 1 History 2 List of presidents of the Board of Trade 2 1 First Lord of Trade 1672 1782 2 2 President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations 1784 1786 2 3 President of the Board of Trade 1786 1900 2 4 President of the Board of Trade 1900 1963 2 5 President of the Board of Trade 1963 present 2 6 Notes 3 ReferencesHistory EditThe 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 EditFirst Lord of Trade 1672 1782 Edit First Lord Took office Left office Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury 16 September 1672 1676 John Egerton 3rd Earl of Bridgewater 16 December 1695 9 June 1699 Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford 9 June 1699 19 June 1702 6 Thomas Thynne 1st Viscount Weymouth 19 June 1702 1705 Thomas Grey 2nd Earl of Stamford 1705 12 June 1711 Charles Finch 4th Earl of Winchilsea 12 June 1711 15 September 1713 Francis North 2nd Baron Guilford 15 September 1713 September 1714 William Berkeley 4th Baron Berkeley of Stratton September 1714 12 May 1715 Henry Howard 6th Earl of Suffolk 12 May 1715 31 January 1718 Robert Darcy 3rd Earl of Holderness 31 January 1718 11 May 1719 Thomas Fane 6th Earl of Westmorland 11 May 1719 May 1735 Benjamin Mildmay 1st Earl Fitzwalter May 1735 June 1737 John Monson 1st Baron Monson June 1737 1 November 1748 George Montagu Dunk 2nd Earl of Halifax 1 November 1748 21 March 1761 Samuel Sandys 1st Baron Sandys 21 March 1761 1 March 1763 Charles Townshend 1 March 1763 20 April 1763 William Petty 2nd Earl of Shelburne 20 April 1763 9 September 1763 Wills Hill Earl of Hillsborough 9 September 1763 20 July 1765 William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth 20 July 1765 16 August 1766 Wills Hill Earl of Hillsborough 16 August 1766 December 1766 Robert Nugent Viscount Clare 19 January 1767 20 January 1768 Wills Hill Earl of Hillsborough 20 January 1768 31 August 1772 William Legge 2nd Earl of Dartmouth 31 August 1772 10 November 1775 George Germain 1st Viscount Sackville 10 November 1775 6 November 1779 Frederick Howard 5th Earl of Carlisle 6 November 1779 9 December 1780 Thomas Robinson 2nd Baron Grantham 9 December 1780 11 July 1782President of the Committee on Trade and Foreign Plantations 1784 1786 Edit President of the Committee Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister Thomas Townshend 1st Viscount Sydney 5 March 1784 23 August 1786 Whig William Pitt the YoungerPresident of the Board of Trade 1786 1900 Edit President of the Board Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister Charles Jenkinson 1st Earl of Liverpool 23 August 1786 7 June 1804 Tory William Pitt the YoungerHenry Addington James Graham 3rd Duke of Montrose 7 June 1804 5 February 1806 Tory William Pitt the Younger William Eden 1st Baron Auckland 5 February 1806 31 March 1807 William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville Ministry of All the Talents Henry Bathurst 3rd Earl Bathurst 31 March 1807 29 September 1812 Tory William Cavendish Bentinck 3rd Duke of PortlandSpencer PercevalRobert Jenkinson 2nd Earl of Liverpool Richard Trench 2nd Earl of Clancarty 29 September 1812 24 January 1818 Tory F J Robinson 24 January 1818 21 February 1823 Tory William Huskisson 21 February 1823 4 September 1827 ToryGeorge Canning Charles Grant 4 September 1827 11 June 1828 Tory F J Robinson 1st Viscount GoderichArthur Wellesley 1st Duke of Wellington William Vesey FitzGerald 11 June 1828 2 February 1830 Tory John Charles Herries 2 February 1830 22 November 1830 Tory George Eden Lord Auckland 22 November 1830 5 June 1834 Whig Charles Grey 2nd Earl GreyWilliam Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne Charles Poulett Thomson 5 June 1834 14 November 1834 Whig Alexander Baring 15 December 1834 8 April 1835 Tory Arthur Wellesley 1st Duke of WellingtonRobert Peel Charles Poulett Thomson 8 April 1835 29 August 1839 Whig William Lamb 2nd Viscount Melbourne Henry Labouchere 29 August 1839 30 August 1841 Whig F J Robinson Earl of Ripon 3 September 1841 15 May 1843 Conservative Robert Peel William Ewart Gladstone 15 May 1843 5 February 1845 Conservative James Broun Ramsay Earl of Dalhousie 5 February 1845 27 June 1846 Conservative George Villiers 4th Earl of Clarendon 6 July 1846 22 July 1847 Whig John Russell John Russell Henry Labouchere 22 July 1847 21 February 1852 Whig J W Henley 27 February 1852 17 December 1852 Conservative Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby Edward Cardwell 28 December 1852 31 March 1855 Peelite George Hamilton Gordon 4th Earl of Aberdeen Coalition Edward Stanley 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley 31 March 1855 21 February 1858 Whig Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston J W Henley 26 February 1858 3 March 1859 Conservative Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby Richard Hely Hutchinson 4th Earl of Donoughmore 3 March 1859 11 June 1859 Conservative Thomas Milner Gibson 6 July 1859 26 June 1866 Liberal Henry John Temple 3rd Viscount PalmerstonJohn Russell 1st Earl Russell Stafford Northcote 1st Earl of Iddesleigh 6 July 1866 8 March 1867 Conservative Edward Smith Stanley 14th Earl of Derby Charles Gordon Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond 8 March 1867 1 December 1868 ConservativeBenjamin Disraeli John Bright 9 December 1868 14 January 1871 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Chichester Parkinson Fortescue 14 January 1871 17 February 1874 Liberal Charles Adderley 1st Baron Norton 21 February 1874 4 April 1878 Conservative Benjamin Disraeli Viscount Sandon 4 April 1878 21 April 1880 Conservative Joseph Chamberlain 3 May 1880 9 June 1885 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Charles Gordon Lennox 6th Duke of Richmond 24 June 1885 19 August 1885 Conservative Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Edward Stanhope 19 August 1885 28 January 1886 Conservative A J Mundella 17 February 1886 20 July 1886 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone Frederick Stanley Lord Stanley of Preston 3 August 1886 21 February 1888 Conservative Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Michael Hicks Beach 1st Earl St Aldwyn 21 February 1888 11 August 1892 Conservative A J Mundella 18 August 1892 28 May 1894 Liberal William Ewart Gladstone James Bryce 28 May 1894 21 June 1895 Liberal Archibald Primrose 5th Earl of Rosebery Charles Ritchie 29 June 1895 7 November 1900 Conservative Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of SalisburyPresident of the Board of Trade 1900 1963 Edit President of the Board Took office Left office Political party Prime Minister Gerald Balfour 7 November 1900 12 March 1905 Conservative Robert Gascoyne Cecil 3rd Marquess of SalisburyArthur Balfour James Gascoyne Cecil 4th Marquess of Salisbury 12 March 1905 4 December 1905 Conservative David Lloyd George 10 December 1905 12 April 1908 Liberal Henry Campbell Bannerman Winston Churchill 12 April 1908 14 February 1910 Liberal H H Asquith Sydney Buxton 14 February 1910 11 February 1914 Liberal John Burns 11 February 1914 5 August 1914 Liberal Walter Runciman 5 August 1914 5 December 1916 Liberal Albert Stanley 1st Baron Ashfield 10 December 1916 26 May 1919 Conservative David Lloyd George Coalition Auckland Geddes 1st Baron Geddes 26 May 1919 19 March 1920 Conservative Robert Horne 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan 19 March 1920 1 April 1921 Conservative Stanley Baldwin 1 April 1921 19 October 1922 Conservative Philip Cunliffe Lister 1st Earl of Swinton 24 October 1922 22 January 1924 Conservative Bonar LawStanley Baldwin Sidney Webb 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 Labour Ramsay MacDonald Philip Cunliffe Lister 1st Earl of Swinton 6 November 1924 4 June 1929 Conservative Stanley Baldwin William Graham 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 Labour Ramsay MacDonald Philip Cunliffe Lister 1st Earl of Swinton 25 August 1931 5 November 1931 Conservative Ramsay MacDonald 1st National Min Walter Runciman 5 November 1931 28 May 1937 Liberal National Ramsay MacDonald 2nd National Min Stanley Baldwin 3rd National Min Oliver Stanley 28 May 1937 5 January 1940 Conservative Neville Chamberlain 4th National Min War Coalition Andrew Rae Duncan 5 January 1940 3 October 1940 No party Oliver Lyttelton 3 October 1940 29 June 1941 Conservative Winston Churchill War Coalition Andrew Rae Duncan 29 June 1941 4 February 1942 No party John Jestyn Llewellin 4 February 1942 22 February 1942 Conservative Hugh Dalton 22 February 1942 23 May 1945 Labour Oliver Lyttelton 25 May 1945 26 July 1945 Conservative Winston Churchill Caretaker Min Stafford Cripps 27 July 1945 29 September 1947 Labour Clement Attlee Harold Wilson 29 September 1947 23 April 1951 Labour Hartley Shawcross 24 April 1951 26 October 1951 Labour Peter Thorneycroft 30 October 1951 13 January 1957 Conservative Winston ChurchillAnthony Eden David Eccles 1st Viscount Eccles 13 January 1957 14 October 1959 Conservative Harold Macmillan Reginald Maudling 14 October 1959 9 October 1961 Conservative Frederick Erroll 9 October 1961 20 October 1963 ConservativePresident of the Board of Trade 1963 present Edit President of the Board Took office Left office Political party Prime MinisterPresident of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Industry Trade and Regional Development Conservative Alec Douglas Home Edward Heath 20 October 1963 16 October 1964President of the Board of Trade Labour Harold Wilson Douglas Jay 18 October 1964 29 August 1967 Anthony Crosland 29 August 1967 6 October 1969 Roy Mason 6 October 1969 19 June 1970 Michael Noble 20 June 1970 15 October 1970 Conservative Edward HeathPresident of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Trade and Industry John Davies 15 October 1970 5 November 1972 Peter Walker 5 November 1972 4 March 1974President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Trade Labour Harold Wilson Peter Shore 5 March 1974 8 April 1976 Edmund Dell 8 April 1976 11 November 1978 Labour James Callaghan John Smith 11 November 1978 4 May 1979 John Nott 5 May 1979 5 January 1981 Conservative Margaret Thatcher John Biffen 5 January 1981 6 April 1982 Arthur Cockfield Baron Cockfield 6 April 1982 12 June 1983President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Cecil Parkinson 12 June 1983 11 October 1983 Norman Tebbit 16 October 1983 2 September 1985 Leon Brittan 2 September 1985 22 January 1986 Paul Channon 24 January 1986 13 June 1987 David Young Baron Young of Graffham 13 June 1987 24 July 1989 Nicholas Ridley 24 July 1989 13 July 1990 Peter Lilley 14 July 1990 10 April 1992Conservative John Major Michael Heseltine 10 April 1992 5 July 1995 Ian Lang 5 July 1995 2 May 1997 Margaret Beckett 2 May 1997 27 July 1998 Labour Tony Blair Peter Mandelson 27 July 1998 23 December 1998 Stephen Byers 23 December 1998 8 June 2001 Patricia Hewitt 8 June 2001 6 May 2005 Alan Johnson 6 May 2005 5 May 2006 Alistair Darling 5 May 2006 28 June 2007President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Labour Gordon Brown John Hutton 28 June 2007 3 October 2008 Peter Mandelson 3 October 2008 5 June 2009President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills Peter Mandelson 5 June 2009 12 May 2010 Vince Cable 12 May 2010 8 May 2015 Liberal Democrats David Cameron Coalition Sajid Javid 11 May 2015 15 July 2016 Conservative David Cameron II President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy Conservative Theresa May Greg Clark a 15 July 2016 19 July 2016President of the Board of Trade amp Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox 19 July 2016 24 July 2019 10 Liz Truss 24 July 2019 15 September 2021 Conservative Boris Johnson Anne Marie Trevelyan 15 September 2021 6 September 2022 Kemi Badenoch 6 September 2022 Incumbent Conservative Liz TrussRishi SunakNotes Edit Appointed by the Privy Council in error and held the post for four days before the mistake was rectified 7 8 9 References Edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title President of the Board of Trade amp oldid 1133325894, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
