Second Baldwin ministry
Second Baldwin ministry | |
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1924–1929 | |
Date formed | 4 November 1924 |
Date dissolved | 4 June 1929 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Total no. of members | 114 appointments |
Member party | Conservative Party |
Status in legislature | Majority |
Opposition party | Labour Party |
Opposition leaders |
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History | |
Election(s) | 1924 general election |
Outgoing election | 1929 general election |
Legislature term(s) | 34th UK Parliament |
Predecessor | First MacDonald ministry |
Successor | Second MacDonald ministry |
Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party formed the second Baldwin ministry upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the 1924 general election. His second ministry ended following the so-called "Flapper Election" of May 1929.
Cabinet[]
November 1924 – June 1929[]
- Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
- The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
- The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
- Winston Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Sir Austen Chamberlain – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- Leo Amery – Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Secretary of State for War
- The Earl of Birkenhead – Secretary of State for India
- Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
- Sir John Gilmour – Secretary for Scotland
- William Clive Bridgeman – First Lord of the Admiralty
- The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – President of the Board of Trade
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – Minister of Agriculture
- Lord Eustace Percy – President of the Board of Education
- The Viscount Peel – First Commissioner of Works
- Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland – Minister of Labour
- Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
- Sir Douglas Hogg – Attorney-General for England and Wales
Changes[]
- April 1925 – On Curzon's death, Lord Balfour succeeded him as Lord President. Lord Salisbury became the new Leader of the House of Lords, remaining also Lord Privy Seal.
- June 1925 – The post of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was created, held by Leo Amery in tandem with Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- November 1925 – Walter Guinness succeeded E.F.L. Wood as Minister of Agriculture.
- July 1926 – The post of Secretary of Scotland was upgraded to Secretary of State for Scotland.
- October 1927 – Lord Cushendun succeeded Lord Cecil of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- March 1928 – Lord Hailsham (former Sir D. Hogg) succeeded Lord Cave as Lord Chancellor. Hailsham's successor as Attorney-General was not in the Cabinet.
- October 1928 – Lord Peel succeeded Lord Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India. Lord Londonderry succeeded Peel as First Commissioner of Public Works
List of Ministers[]
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office | Name | Date |
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Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons |
Stanley Baldwin | 4 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 |
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | The Viscount Cave | 6 November 1924 |
The Lord Hailsham[a] | 28 March 1928 | |
Lord President of the Council | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston[b] | 6 November 1924 |
The Earl of Balfour | 27 April 1925 | |
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | The Marquess of Salisbury[c] | 6 November 1924 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Winston Churchill | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 7 November 1924 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Walter Guinness | 11 November 1924 |
Ronald McNeill | 5 November 1925 | |
Arthur Samuel | 1 November 1927 | |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Sir George Hennessy | 13 November 1924 – 10 December 1925 |
Lord Stanley | 13 November 1924 – 9 November 1927 | |
Frederick Thomson | 13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928 | |
William Cope[d] | 13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928 | |
Francis Curzon | 13 November 1924 – 15 January 1929 | |
David Margesson | 28 August 1926 – 4 June 1929 | |
George Bowyer | 28 December 1927 – 4 June 1929 | |
George Penny | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 | |
Marquess of Titchfield | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 | |
Euan Wallace | 1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929 | |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Deputy Leader of the House of Commons |
Austen Chamberlain[e] | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Ronald McNeill | 11 November 1924 |
Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 7 December 1925 | |
Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir William Joynson-Hicks | 6 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 11 November 1924 |
Douglas Hacking | 8 December 1925 | |
Sir Vivian Henderson | 9 November 1927 | |
First Lord of the Admiralty | William Bridgeman | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | J. C. C. Davidson | 11 November 1924 |
Cuthbert Headlam | 16 December 1926 | |
Civil Lord of the Admiralty | The Earl Stanhope | 11 November 1924 |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | E. F. L. Wood | 6 November 1924 |
Walter Guinness | 4 November 1925 | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Lord Bledisloe | 11 November 1924 |
The Earl of Stradbroke | 5 February 1928 | |
Secretary of State for Air | Sir Samuel Hoare | 6 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for Air | Sir Philip Sassoon | 11 November 1924 |
Secretary of State for the Colonies | Leo Amery | 6 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | William Ormsby-Gore | 12 November 1924 |
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Leo Amery | 11 June 1925 |
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Earl of Clarendon | 5 August 1925 |
The Lord Lovat | 5 May 1927 | |
The Earl of Plymouth | 1 January 1929 | |
President of the Board of Education | Lord Eustace Percy | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education | The Duchess of Atholl | 11 November 1924 |
Minister of Health | Neville Chamberlain | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Sir Kingsley Wood | 11 November 1924 |
Secretary of State for India | The Earl of Birkenhead | 6 November 1924 |
The Viscount Peel | 18 October 1928 | |
Under-Secretary of State for India | The Earl Winterton | 11 November 1924 |
Minister of Labour | Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour | Henry Betterton | 11 November 1924 |
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 10 November 1924 |
The Lord Cushendun | 19 October 1927 | |
Paymaster General | vacant | |
The Duke of Sutherland | 28 January 1925 | |
The Earl of Onslow | 2 December 1928 | |
Minister of Pensions | George Tryon | 11 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions | George Frederick Stanley | 11 November 1924 |
Postmaster General | Sir William Mitchell-Thomson | 11 November 1924 |
Assistant Postmaster General | Viscount Wolmer | 11 November 1924 |
Secretary for Scotland | Sir John Gilmour[f] | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland | Walter Elliot[g] | 11 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Walter Elliot | 26 July 1926 |
President of the Board of Trade | Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame[h] | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick | 11 November 1924 |
Herbert Williams | 13 January 1928 | |
Secretary for Overseas Trade | Arthur Samuel | 11 November 1924 |
Douglas Hacking | 9 November 1927 | |
Secretary for Mines | George Lane-Fox | 11 November 1924 |
Douglas King | 13 January 1928 | |
Minister of Transport | Wilfrid Ashley | 11 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | John Moore-Brabazon | 11 November 1924 |
vacant | 14 January 1927 | |
Secretary of State for War | Sir Laming Worthington-Evans | 6 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for War | The Earl of Onslow | 11 November 1924 |
The Duke of Sutherland | 2 December 1928 | |
Financial Secretary to the War Office | Douglas King | 11 November 1924 |
Duff Cooper | 13 January 1928 | |
First Commissioner of Works | The Viscount Peel | 10 November 1924 |
The Marquess of Londonderry | 18 October 1928 | |
Attorney General | Sir Douglas Hogg | 6 November 1924 |
Sir Thomas Inskip | 28 March 1928 | |
Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Inskip | 11 November 1924 |
Sir Frank Merriman | 28 March 1928 | |
Lord Advocate | William Watson | 11 November 1924 |
Alexander Munro MacRobert | 23 April 1929 | |
Solicitor General for Scotland | David Pinkerton Fleming | 11 November 1924 |
Alexander Munro MacRobert | 30 December 1925 | |
Wilfrid Normand | 23 April 1929 | |
Treasurer of the Household | George Gibbs | 13 November 1924 |
Sir George Hennessy | 13 January 1928 | |
Comptroller of the Household | Sir Harry Barnston | 13 November 1924 |
Sir William Cope | 13 January 1928 | |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Douglas Hacking | 13 November 1924 |
George Hennessy[i] | 10 December 1925 | |
Frederick Thomson[j] | 13 January 1928 | |
Assistant Whips[1] | David Margesson | 13 November 1924 – 28 August 1926 |
George Bowyer | 15 December 1924 – 28 December 1927 | |
George Penny | 22 February 1927 – 13 January 1928 | |
Marquess of Titchfield | 9 November 1927 – 13 January 1928 | |
Euan Wallace | 13 January 1928 – 1 January 1929 | |
Sir Victor Warrender | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 | |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Clarendon | 1 December 1924 |
The Earl of Plymouth | 26 June 1925 | |
The Earl of Lucan | 1 January 1929 | |
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Lord Desborough | 1 December 1924 |
Lords in Waiting | The Viscount Gage | 1 December 1924 – 4 June 1929 |
The Lord Somers | 1 December 1924 – 23 March 1926 | |
The Earl of Lucan | 1 December 1924 – 1 January 1929 | |
The Earl of Airlie | 1 April 1926 – 4 June 1929 | |
The Lord Templemore | 1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929 |
- Notes
- ^ Created Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929.
- ^ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
- ^ Also Leader of the House of Lords 27 April 1925 – 4 June 1929.
- ^ Created a Baronet 28 June 1928.
- ^ Knighted 1 December 1925.
- ^ Became Secretary of State for Scotland 15 July 1926.
- ^ Office abolished 26 July 1926.
- ^ Changed surname to Cunliffe-Lister 17 November 1924.
- ^ Created a Baronet 24 January 1927.
- ^ Created a Baronet 28 March 1929.
References[]
- D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000.
- ^ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922–1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201–04
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