First Commissioners of Works, 1851-1940
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Lord Seymour | 1 August 1851 | 21 February 1852 |
| Lord John Manners | 4 March 1852 | 17 December 1852 |
| Sir William Molesworth, Bt | 5 January 1853 | 21 July 1855 |
| Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt | 21 July 1855 | 21 February 1858 |
| Lord John Manners | 26 February 1858 | 11 June 1859 |
| Henry FitzRoy | 18 June 1859 | 9 February 1860 |
| Hon. William Cowper | 9 February 1860 | 26 June 1866 |
| Lord John Manners | 6 July 1866 | 1 December 1868 |
| Austen Henry Layard | 9 December 1868 | 26 October 1869 |
| Acton Smee Ayrton | 26 October 1869 | 11 August 1873 |
| William Patrick Adam | 11 August 1873 | 17 February 1874 |
| Lord Henry Lennox | 21 March 1874 | 14 August 1876 |
| Gerard Noel | 14 August 1876 | 21 April 1880 |
| William Patrick Adam | 3 May 1880 | 1880 |
| George Shaw-Lefevre | 29 November 1881 | 13 February 1885 |
| The Earl of Rosebery | 13 February 1885 | 9 June 1885 |
| Hon. David Plunket | 24 June 1885 | 28 January 1886 |
| The Earl of Morley | 17 February 1886 | 16 April 1886 |
| The Earl of Elgin | 16 April 1886 | 20 July 1886 |
| Hon. David Plunket | 5 August 1886 | 11 August 1892 |
| George Shaw-Lefevre | 18 August 1892 | 18 August 1892 |
| Herbert Gladstone | 10 March 1894 | 21 June 1895 |
| Aretas Akers-Douglas | 4 July 1895 | 8 August 1902 |
| The Lord Windsor | 8 August 1902 | 4 December 1905 |
| Lewis Vernon Harcourt | 10 December 1905 | 3 November 1910 |
| The Earl Beauchamp | 3 November 1910 | 6 August 1914 |
| The Lord Emmott | 6 August 1914 | 25 May 1915 |
| Lewis Vernon Harcourt | 25 May 1915 | 10 December 1916 |
| Sir Alfred Mond, Bt | 10 December 1916 | 1 April 1921 |
| The Earl of Crawford | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 |
| Sir John Baird, Bt | 31 October 1922 | 22 January 1924 |
| Fred Jowett | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 |
| The Viscount Peel | 10 November 1924 | 18 October 1928 |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 18 October 1928 | 4 June 1929 |
| George Lansbury | 7 June 1929 | 24 August 1931 |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 25 August 1931 | 5 November 1931 |
| Hon. William Ormsby-Gore | 5 November 1931 | 16 June 1936 |
| The Earl Stanhope | 16 June 1936 | 27 May 1937 |
| Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt | 27 May 1937 | 7 June 1939 |
| Herwald Ramsbotham | 7 June 1939 | 3 April 1940 |
| The Earl De La Warr | 3 April 1940 | 18 May 1940 |
| The Lord Tryon | 18 May 1940 | 3 October 1940 |
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