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Conservative Government 1924-1929

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

OfficeNameDatesNotes
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin4 November 1924-4 June 1929 
Lord ChancellorViscount Cave6 November 1924 
Lord Hailsham28 March 1928created Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929
Lord President of the CouncilMarquess Curzon6 November 1924 
Earl Balfour27 April 1925
Lord Privy SealMarquess of Salisbury6 November 1924 
Chancellor of the ExchequerWinston Churchill6 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the TreasuryBolton Eyres-Monsell7 November 1924 
Financial Secretary to the TreasuryWalter Guinness11 November 1924 
Ronald McNeill5 November 1925
A. Samuel1 November 1927
Junior Lords of the TreasuryG. Hennessy13 November 1924-10 December 1925 
Lord Stanley13 November 1924-9 November 1927
F. Thomson13 November 1924-14 January 1928
W. Cope13 November 1924-14 January 1928created a Baronet 28 June 1928
Viscount Curzon13 November 1924-15 January 1929 
David Margessson28 August 1926-4 June 1929
G. Bowyer28 December 1927-4 June 1929
F. Penny13 January 1928-4 June 1929
Marquess of Titchfield13 January 1928-4 June 1929
E. Wallace1 January 1929-4 June 1929
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsAusten Chamberlain6 November 1924knighted 1 December 1925
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsR. McNeill11 November 1924 
G. Locker-Lampson7 December 1925
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir William Joynson-Hicks6 November 1924 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentG. Locker-Lampson11 November 1924 
D. Hacking8 December 1925
Sir V. Henderson9 November 1927
First Lord of the AdmiraltyWilliam Bridgeman6 November 1924 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty J. Davidson11 November 1924 
C. Headlam16 December 1926
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyEarl Stanhope11 November 1924 
Minister of Agriculture and FisheriesEdward Wood6 November 1924 
Walter Guinness4 November 1925
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Lord Bledisloe11 November 1924 
Earl of Stradbroke5 February 1928
Secretary of State for AirSir Samuel Hoare6 November 1924 
Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir P. Sassoon11 November 1924 
Secretary of State for the ColoniesLeo Amery6 November 1924 
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesW. Ormsby-Gore12 November 1924 
Secretary of State for Dominion AffairsLeo Amery11 June 1925 
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Earl of Clarendon5 August 1925 
Lord Lovat5 May 1927
Earl of Plymouth1 January 1929
President of the Board of EducationLord Eustace Percy6 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Duchess of Atholl11 November 1924 
Minister of HealthNeville Chamberlain6 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Sir K. Wood11 November 1924 
Secretary of State for IndiaEarl of Birkenhead6 November 1924 
Viscount Peel18 October 1928
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaEarl Winterton11 November 1924 
Minister of LabourSir A. Steel-Maitland6 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour H. Betterton11 November 1924 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterViscount Cecil of Chelwood10 November 1924 
Lord Cushendun19 October 1927
Paymaster Generalvacant  
Duke of Sutherland28 January 1925
Earl of Onslow2 December 1928
Minister of Pensions George Tryon11 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions G. Stanley11 November 1924 
Postmaster GeneralSir W. Mitchell-Thomson11 November 1924 
Assistant Postmaster General Viscount Wolmer11 November 1924 
Secretary for ScotlandSir John Gilmour6 November 1924became Secretary of State for Scotland 15 July 1926
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland Walter Elliot11 November 1924office abolished 26 July 1926
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Walter Elliot26 July 1926 
President of the Board of TradeSir Philip Lloyd-Greame6 November 1924changed surname to Cunliffe-Lister 17 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Sir B. Chadwick11 November 1924 
H. Williams13 January 1928
Secretary for Overseas Trade A. Samuel11 November 1924 
D. Hacking9 November 1927
Secretary for Mines G. Lane-Fox11 November 1924 
D. King13 January 1928
Minister of TransportW. Ashley11 November 1924 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport John Moore-Brabazon11 November 1924 
vacant14 January 1927
Secretary of State for WarSir L. Worthington-Evans6 November 1924 
Under-Secretary of State for WarEarl of Onslow11 November 1924 
Duke of Sutherland2 December 1928
Financial Secretary to the War Office D. King11 November 1924 
Alfred Duff Cooper13 January 1928
First Commissioner of WorksViscount Peel10 November 1924 
Marquess of Londonderry18 October 1928
Attorney GeneralSir Douglas Hogg6 November 1924 
Sir Thomas Inskip28 March 1928
Solicitor GeneralSir Thomas Inskip11 November 1924 
Sir F. Merriman28 March 1928
Lord AdvocateW. Watson11 November 1924 
A. MacRobert23 April 1929
Solicitor General for ScotlandD. Fleming11 November 1924 
A. MacRobert30 December 1925
W. Normand23 April 1929
Treasurer of the HouseholdG. Gibbs13 November 1924 
Sir G. Hennessy13 January 1928
Comptroller of the HouseholdSir H. Barnston13 November 1924 
Sir W. Cope13 January 1928
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household D. Hacking13 November 1924 
G. Hennessy10 December 1925created a Baronet 24 January 1927
F. Thomson13 January 1928created a Baronet 28 March 1929
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsEarl of Clarendon1 December 1924 
Earl of Plymouth26 June 1925
Earl of Lucan1 January 1929
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardLord Desborough1 December 1924 
Lords in Waiting Viscount Gage1 December 1924-4 June 1929 
Lord Somers1 December 1924-23 March 1926
Earl of Lucan1 December 1924-1 January 1929
Earl of Airlie1 April 1926-4 June 1929
Lord Templemore1 January 1929-4 June 1929
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