Secretary of State for the Home Office

Secretary of State for the Home Office
Incumbent The Countess of Strathmore since 13 November 2024
Home Office
Style	Home Secretary (informal) The Honourable (within the Empire)
Type	Minister of the Crown
Status	Secretary of State
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Prime Minister
Seat	Westminster
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The Sovereign (on the advice of the prime minister)
Term length	At His Majesty's pleasure
Formation	20 October 2018
First holder	Victor Newton
Salary	£10,500 per cycle (October 2024)
Website	gbi.freeforums.net/board/14/home-office

The Secretary of State for the Home Office, more commonly known as the Home Secretary, is Senior Minister of the Crown and responsible for the domestic affairs of the Empire of Great Britain. They are appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and sit ex-officio as a Member of the Cabinet. The Home Secretary can be a Member of Parliament, but this is not always the case.

This office, known as an interior minister in other regions, was created by Prime Minister Colfax County on 20 October 2018, after the region had settled from moving from another region. While the purpose of the role has not changed over time, it specific duties and responsibilities have changed many times. The longest-serving Home Secretary is X, who held the post for over X days. The shortest-serving Home Secretary is X, who held the post for X days. On X, X became the first woman to hold the role. The incumbent Home Secretary is George, Coleridge, The Earl of Strathmore.

The office holder works alongside other Home Office Ministers to complete the goals set by the Prime Minister and the duties and responsibilities as set by law. The performance of the Home Secretary is scrutinized by the Home and Public Administration Committee of the House of Commons.

Secretaries of State for the Home Office

Portrait		Home Secretary	Term of Office			Party	Government
			Start	End	Duration
		Victor Newtonx x	20 October 2018	15 February 2019	119 days	Independent	Colfax County Premiership
		Fabian Hardie
		James Stephenson MP	10 September 2020
		Philip Brandon	23 September 2020
		Richard de Vitre	24 October 2020
		Vanya Snow-Bauheim MP	11 November 2020
		Angus Baker-Mountbatten	15 January 2021				H. Macmillian Premiership
		Sir Mithrandir Olorin KP MP PC	15 March 2021	4 April 2021
		Kitsune DeCoppice OM PC MP	5 April 2021	28 June 2021
		Aurelius Carstianius MP	29 June 2021
		Sewlyn Wellesley	11 August 2021
		James Forsyte	1 September 2021	10 October 2021
		Martynas Smetona	11 October 2021	23 November 2021
		James Sherwood	24 November 2021	9 January 2022
		Anish Hallow-Bauheim PC MP	10 January 2022	24 January 2022
		Thomas Carew OM ONZ MP East Devon	21 September 2023	9 January 2024	111 days	Heron	Stirling Premiership Douglas Premiership
		Miann Somerset-Grey CB MVO CBE MP Duke of Edinburgh Edinburgh West	10 January 2024	12 February 2024	34 days	Liberal	Douglas Premiership
		Owain Carew-Grey LVO MBE MP Argyll and Bute	12 February 2024	5 March 2024	23 days	Heron	Douglas Premiership
		Josephine Carew-Grey CH KC MP LLB Baroness Knightstone Queen's Park and Maida Vale	5 March 2024	21 April 2024	49 days	Liberal	Knightstone Premiership
		William Somerset KT KCMG KBE LVO LLB Viscount Douglas Lord Temporal	22 April 2024	5 May 2024	14 days	Heron	Knightstone Premiership
		Josephine Carew-Grey DCB DCVO CH KC MP LLB Baroness Wilton Queen's Park and Maida Vale	5 May 2024	1 July 2024	58 days	Unionist	Knightstone Premiership
		Charles Wright KBE OC MP Baron Huntingdon Orkney and Shetland	1 July 2024	2 August 2024	33 days	British Workers'	Wilton Premiership
		Thomas Carew KP OM GCVO KCB ONZ PC MP BA Viscount Sidmouth East Devon	2 August 2024	27 August 2024	26 days	Unionist	Warwick Premiership
​		James Spencer GCB OM KCVO ONZ MP Baron Scarborough Great Yarmouth	27 August 2024	13 November 2024	79 days	Independent Heron	Sidmouth Premiership Calder Premiership Huntingdon Caretaker
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		Josephine Carew GCB DCVO CH KC LLB The Countess of Strathmore Lord Temporal	13 November 2024	present	38 days	Unionist	Somerset Premiership 2nd Sidmouth Premiership