1.Sir John Simon

Dates in office: 1855 - 1876

6. Sir Arthur Newsholme

Dates in office: 1908 - 1919

11. Sir George Godber

Dates in office: 1960 - 1973

2. Dr Edward Cater Seaton

Dates in office: 1876 - 1879

7. Sir George Newman

Dates in office: 1919 - 1935

12. Sir Henry Yellowlees

Dates in office: 1973 - 1984

3. Sir George Buchanan

Dates in office: 1879 - 1892

8. Sir Arthur McNalty

Dates in office: 1935 - 1940

13. Sir Donald Acheson

Dates in office: 1984 - 1991

4. Sir Richard Thorne-Thorne

Dates in office: 1892 - 1899

9. Sir Wilson Jameson

Dates in office: 1940 - 1950

14. Sir Kenneth Calman

Dates in office: 1991 - 1998

5. Sir William Henry Power

Dates in office: 1900 - 1908

10. Sir John Charles

Dates in office: 1950 - 1960

15. Sir Liam Donaldson

Dates in office: 1998 - 2010

16.  Professor Dame Sally Davies
 

Dates in office 2010 -