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National Government 1935-1940

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Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

OfficeNamePartyDatesNotes
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin 7 June 1935 
Neville Chamberlain 28 May 1937-10 May 1940 
Lord ChancellorViscount Hailsham 7 June 1935 
Lord Maugham 9 March 1938 
Viscount Caldecote 3 September 1939 
Lord President of the CouncilRamsay Macdonald 7 June 1935 
Viscount Halifax 28 May 1937 
Viscount Hailsham 9 March 1938 
Viscount Runciman 31 October 1938 
Earl Stanhope 3 September 1939 
Lord Privy SealMarquess of Londonderry 7 June 1935 
Viscount Halifax 22 November 1935 
Earl De La WarrNational Labour28 May 1937 
Sir John Anderson [31 October]] 1938 
Sir Samuel HoareConservative3 September 1939 
Sir Kingsley Wood 3 April 1940 
Chancellor of the ExchequerNeville Chamberlain 7 June 1935 
Sir John SimonNational Liberal28 May 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryDavid MargessonConservative18 June 1935 
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryAlfred Duff CooperConservative18 June 1935 
William MorrisonConservative22 November 1935 
John Colville 29 October 1936 
Euan WallaceConservative16 May 1938 
Harry Crookshank 21 April 1939 
Lords of the TreasuryJames StuartConservative18 June 1935-10 May 1940 
Archibald SouthbyConservative18 June 1935-28 May 1927Knighted
Sir Walter WomersleyConservative18 June 1935-6 December 1935 
George Frederick DaviesConservative18 June 1935-6 December 1935 
James BlindellLiberal National18 June 1935-28 May 1937Knighted
Arthur HopeConservative6 December 1935-28 May 1937 
Henry Morris-JonesLiberal National6 December 1935-28 May 1937 
Charles Kerr 28 May 1937-4 April 1939 
Thomas DugdaleConservative28 May 1937-12 February 1940 
Charles WaterhouseConservative28 May 1937-18 October 1937 
Ronald CrossConservative28 May 1937-18 October 1937 
Patrick MunroConservative18 October 1937-10 May 1940 
Robert GrimstonConservative18 October 1937-18 May 1938 
Stephen FurnessLiberal National20 May 1938-10 May 1940 
Sir James Edmondson 4 April 1939-13 November 1939 
Patrick Buchan-HepburnConservative13 November 1939-10 May 1940 
William BoultonConservative12 February 1940-10 May 1940 
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSir Samuel HoareConservative7 June 1935 
Anthony Eden 22 December 1935 
Viscount Halifax 21 February 1938| 
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsEarl StanhopeConservative18 June 1935-16 June 1936 
Viscount Cranborne 6 August 1935-20 February 1938 
Earl of Plymouth 30 July 1936-12 May 1939 
Rab Butler 25 February1938-10 May 1940 
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir John SimonNational Liberal7 June 1935 
Sir Samuel HoareConservative28 May 1937 
Sir John Anderson 3 September 1939 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentEuan WallaceConservative18 June 1935 
Geoffrey LloydConservative28 November 1935 
Osbert Peake 29 June 1934 
Minister for Home SecurityAlan Lennox-Boyd 6 September 1939 
William Mabane 24 October 1939 
First Lord of the AdmiraltySir Bolton Eyres-MonsellConservative7 June 1935 
Sir Samuel HoareConservative5 June 1936 
Alfred Duff-Cooper 28 May 1937 
Earl Stanhope 27 October 1938 
Winston Churchill 3 September 1939 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the AdmiraltySir Victor Warrender 18 June 1935 
Lord StanleyConservative28 November 1935 
Geoffrey ShakespeareLiberal National28 May 1937 
Sir Victor Warrender 3 April 1940 
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyKenneth LindsayNational Labour18 June 1935 
John Llewellin 28 May 1937 
Austin HudsonConservative14 July 1939 
Minister of Agriculture and FisheriesWalter ElliotConservative7 June 1935 
William MorrisonConservative29 October 1936 
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith 29 January 1939 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and FisheriesEarl De La WarrNational Labour18 June 1935 
Herwald Ramsbotham 28 November 1935
Earl of Feversham 30 July 1936 
Lord Denham 19 September 1939 
Secretary of State for AirSir Philip Cunliffe-Lister 7 June 1935 
Sir Kingsley Wood 16 May 1938
Sir Samuel HoareConservative3 April 1940
Under-Secretary of State for AirSir Philip SassoonConservative18 June 1935 
Anthony MuirheadConservative28 May 1937 
Harold BalfourConservative16 May 1938 
Secretary of State for the ColoniesMalcolm MacDonald 7 June 1935 
James Henry Thomas 22 November 1935
William Ormsby-Gore 28 May 1936
Malcolm MacDonald 16 May 1938
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesEarl of PlymouthConservative18 June 1935 
Earl De La WarrNational Labour30 July 1936
Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 28 May 1937
Minister for Coordination of DefenceSir Thomas Inskip 13 March 1936 
Lord Chatfield 29 January 1939Office abolished 3 April 1940
Secretary of State for Dominion AffairsJames Henry ThomasNational Labour7 June 1935 
Malcolm MacDonald 22 November 1935 
Lord StanleyConservative16 May 1938 
Malcolm MacDonald 31 October 1938 
Sir Thomas Inskip 29 January 1939Viscount Caldecote
Anthony Eden 3 September 1939 
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion AffairsLord StanleyConservative18 June 1935 
Douglas Hacking 28 November 1935 
Marquess of HartingtonConservative4 March 1936Duke of Devonshire
Minister for Economic WarfareRonald CrossConservative3 September 1939 
President of the Board of EducationOliver Stanley 7 June 1935 
Earl Stanhope 28 May 1937 
Earl De La WarrNational Labour27 October 1938 
Herwald Ramsbotham 3 April 1940 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of EducationHerwald Ramsbotham 18 June 1935 
Earl De La WarrNational Labour28 November 1935 
Geoffrey ShakespeareLiberal National30 July 1936 
Kenneth LindsayNational Labour28 May 1937 
Minister of FoodWilliam MorrisonConservative4 September 1939Combined with Duchy of Lancaster
Lord Woolton 3 April 1940 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of FoodAlan Lennox-Boyd 11 October 1939 
Minister of HealthSir Kingsley Wood 7 June 1935 
Walter Elliot 16 May 1938
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of HealthGeoffrey ShakespeareLiberal National18 June 1935 
Robert HudsonConservative30 July 1936
Robert BernaysLiberal National28 May 1937
Florence HorsbrughConservative14 July 1939
Secretary of State for IndiaMarquess of Zetland 7 June 1935For India and Burma from 1937
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaRab Butler 18 June 1935 
Lord StanleyConservative28 May 1937
Anthony MuirheadConservative16 May 1938
Sir Hugh O'NeillUlster Unionist11 September 1939
Minister of InformationLord Macmillan 4 September 1939 
Sir John Reith 5 January 1940
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of InformationSir Edward GriggConservative19 September 1939Office vacant 3 April1940
Minister of LabourErnest Brown 7 June 1935Also National Service from 3 September 1939
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of LabourAnthony MuirheadConservative18 June 1935 
Rab Butler 28 May 1937 
Alan Lennox-Boyd 25 February 1938 
Ralph Assheton 6 September 1939 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterSir John Davidson 18 June 1935 
Earl Winterton 28 May 1937Office in Cabinet from 11 March 1938
William MorrisonConservative29 January 1939From 4 September 1939-3 April1940 combined with Minister for Food
George Tryon 3 April 1940Lord Tryon
Paymaster GeneralLord Rochester 18 June 1935 
Lord Hutchison 6 December 1935 
Earl of Munster 2 June 1938 
Earl Winterton 29 January 1939 
office vacant November 1939 
Minister for PensionsRobert HudsonConservative18 June 1935 
Herwald Ramsbotham 30 July 1936 
Sir Walter WomersleyConservative7 June 1939 
Minister without Portfolio for League of Nations AffairsAnthony Eden 7 June 1935-22 December 1935 
Minister without PortfolioLord Eustace Percy 7 June 1935 - 31 March 1936 
Lord BurginLiberal National21 April 1939 - 14 July 1939 
Lord Hankey 3 September 1939 - 10 May 1940 
Postmaster-GeneralGeorge Tryon 7 June 1935 
William MorrisonConservative3 April 1940 
Assistant Postmaster-GeneralSir Ernest BennettNational Labour18 June 1935 
Sir Walter WomersleyConservative6 December 1935 
William Mabane 7 June 1939 
Charles WaterhouseConservative24 October 1939 
Secretary of State for ScotlandSir Godfrey Collins 7 June 1935 
Walter Elliot 29 October 1936 
John Colville 16 May 1938 
Under-Secretary of State for ScotlandNoel Skelton 18 June 1935 
John Colville 28 November 1935 
Henry Wedderburn 29 October 1936 
John McEwen 6 September 1939 
Minister of ShippingSir John Gilmour 13 October 1939 
Robert HudsonConservative3 April 1940 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for ShippingSir Arthur SalterConservative13 November 1939 
Minister of SupplyLeslie BurginLiberal National14 July 1939 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of SupplyJohn Llewellin 14 July 1939 
President of the Board of TradeWalter Runciman 7 June 1935 
Oliver Stanley 28 May 1937 
Sir Andrew Duncan 5 January 1940 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradeLeslie BurginLiberal National18 June 1935 
Euan WallaceConservative28 May 1937 
Ronald CrossConservative16 May 1938 
Gwilym Lloyd-GeorgeLiberal National6 September 1939 
Secretary for Overseas TradeJohn Colville 18 June 1935 
Euan WallaceConservative28 November 1935 
Robert HudsonConservative28 May 1937 
Geoffrey ShakespeareLiberal National3 April 1940 
Secretary for MinesHarry Crookshank 18 June 1935 
Geoffrey LloydConservative21 April 1939 
Minister of TransportLeslie Hore-Belisha 18 June 1935In Cabinet from 29 October 1936
Leslie BurginLiberal National28 May 1937 
Euan WallaceConservative21 April 1939 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of TransportAustin HudsonConservative18 June 1935 
Robert BernaysLiberal National14 July 1939 
Secretary of State for WarViscount Halifax 7 June 1935 
Alfred Duff Cooper 22 November 1935 
Leslie Hore-Belisha 28 May 1937 
Oliver Stanley 5 January 1940 
Under-Secretary of State for WarLord Strathcona 18 June 1935 
Earl of Munster 29 January 1939 
Viscount Cobham 19 September 1939 
Financial Secretary to the War OfficeDouglas Hacking 18 June 1935 
Sir Victor Warrender 28 November 1935 
Sir Edward GriggConservative3 April 1940 
First Commissioner of WorksWilliam Ormsby-Gore 7 June 1935 
Earl Stanhope 16 June 1936 
Sir Philip Sassoon 28 May 1937Office no longer in Cabinet
Herwald Ramsbotham 7 June 1939 
Earl De La WarrNational Labour3 April 1940 
Attorney GeneralSir Thomas Inskip 18 June 1935 
Sir Donald Somervell 18 March 1936 
Solicitor GeneralSir Donald Somervell 18 June 1935 
Sir Terence O'Connor 19 March 1936 
Lord AdvocateDouglas Jamieson 18 June 1935 
Thomas Cooper 25 October 1935 
Solicitor General for ScotlandThomas Cooper 18 June 1935 
Albert Russell 29 November 1935 
James Reid 25 June 1936 
Treasurer of the HouseholdSir Frederick Penny 18 June 1935 
Sir Lambert WardConservative28 May 1937 
Arthur HopeConservative18 October 1937 
Charles WaterhouseConservative4 April 1939 
Robert GrimstonConservative12 November 1939 
Comptroller of the HouseholdSir George Bowyer 21 June 1935 
Sir Lambert WardConservative6 December 1935 
Sir George Frederick Davies 28 May 1937 
Charles WaterhouseConservative18 October 1937 
Charles Kerr 4 April 1939 
Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdSir Lambert Ward 18 June 1935
Sir George Frederick Davies 6 December 1935 
Arthur HopeConservative28 May 1937 
Ronald CrossConservative18 October 1937 
Robert GrimstonConservative4 April 1939 
Sir James Edmondson 12 November 1939 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsEarl of Lucan 18 June 1935 
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardLord Templemore 18 June 1935 
Lords in WaitingViscount Gage 18 June 1935-11 April 1939 
Earl of Munster 18 June 1935-2 June 1938 
Earl of Feversham 18 June 1935-30 July 1936 
Marquess of Dufferin and Ava 29 October 1936-28 May 1937 
Earl of Erne 29 October 1936-25 July 1939 
Earl Fortescue 26 August 1937-10 May 1940 
Earl of Birkenhead 12 July 1938-10 May 1940 
Viscount Bridport 11 April 1939-10 May 1940 
Lord Ebury 25 July 1939-10 May 1940 

[edit] Source

  • D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000.
Preceded by:
National Government 1931-1935 		Government of the United Kingdom
1931–1935 		Succeeded by:
Coalition Government 1940-1945
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