National Government 1935–1940

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Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office Name Party Dates Notes
Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin Conservative 7 June 1935 also Leader of the House of Commons
Neville Chamberlain Conservative 28 May 193710 May 1940 also Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Chancellor The Viscount Hailsham Conservative 7 June 1935  
The Lord Maugham   9 March 1938  
The Viscount Caldecote Conservative 3 September 1939  
Lord President of the Council Ramsay Macdonald Labour 7 June 1935  
The Viscount Halifax Conservative 28 May 1937 also Leader of the House of Lords
The Viscount Hailsham Conservative 9 March 1938  
The Viscount Runciman of Doxford Liberal 31 October 1938  
The Earl Stanhope Conservative 3 September 1939  
Lord Privy Seal The Marquess of Londonderry Conservative 7 June 1935 also Leader of the House of Lords
The Viscount Halifax Conservative 22 November 1935 also Leader of the House of Lords
The Earl De La Warr National Labour 28 May 1937  
Sir John Anderson   31 October 1938  
Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative 3 September 1939  
Sir Kingsley Wood Conservative 3 April 1940  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain Conservative 7 June 1935  
Sir John Simon National Liberal 28 May 1937
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury David Margesson Conservative 18 June 1935  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Duff Cooper Conservative 18 June 1935  
William Morrison Conservative 22 November 1935  
John Colville Conservative 29 October 1936  
Euan Wallace Conservative 16 May 1938  
Harry Crookshank Conservative 21 April 1939  
Lords of the Treasury James Stuart Conservative 18 June 193510 May 1940  
Archibald Southby Conservative 18 June 193528 May 1927 Knighted
Sir Walter Womersley Conservative 18 June 19356 December 1935  
George Frederick Davies Conservative 18 June 19356 December 1935  
James Blindell Liberal National 18 June 193528 May 1937 Knighted
Arthur Hope Conservative 6 December 193528 May 1937  
Henry Morris-Jones Liberal National 6 December 193528 May 1937  
Charles Kerr Liberal National 28 May 19374 April 1939  
Thomas Dugdale Conservative 28 May 193712 February 1940  
Charles Waterhouse Conservative 28 May 193718 October 1937  
Ronald Cross Conservative 28 May 193718 October 1937  
Patrick Munro Conservative 18 October 193710 May 1940  
Robert Grimston Conservative 18 October 193718 May 1938  
Stephen Furness Liberal National 20 May 193810 May 1940  
Sir James Edmondson Conservative 4 April 193913 November 1939  
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn Conservative 13 November 193910 May 1940  
William Boulton Conservative 12 February 194010 May 1940  
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative 7 June 1935  
Anthony Eden Conservative 22 December 1935  
The Viscount Halifax Conservative 21 February 1938 also Leader of the House of Lords until October 27, 1938
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Earl Stanhope Conservative 18 June 193516 June 1936  
Viscount Cranborne Conservative 6 August 193520 February 1938  
The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 30 July 193612 May 1939  
Rab Butler   25 February 193810 May 1940  
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir John Simon National Liberal 7 June 1935  
Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative 28 May 1937  
Sir John Anderson   3 September 1939  
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Euan Wallace Conservative 18 June 1935  
Geoffrey Lloyd Conservative 28 November 1935  
Osbert Peake Conservative 29 June 1934  
Minister for Home Security Alan Lennox-Boyd Conservative 6 September 1939  
William Mabane Liberal 24 October 1939  
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell Conservative 7 June 1935  
Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative 5 June 1936  
Duff Cooper Conservative 28 May 1937  
The Earl Stanhope Conservative 27 October 1938 also Leader of the House of Lords
Winston Churchill Conservative 3 September 1939  
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 18 June 1935  
Lord Stanley Conservative 28 November 1935  
Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 28 May 1937  
Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 3 April 1940  
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Kenneth Lindsay National Labour 18 June 1935  
John Llewellin   28 May 1937  
Austin Hudson Conservative 14 July 1939  
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Walter Elliot Conservative 7 June 1935  
William Morrison Conservative 29 October 1936  
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith   29 January 1939  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries The Earl De La Warr National Labour 18 June 1935  
Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 28 November 1935
The Earl of Feversham Conservative 30 July 1936 also Deputy Minister of Fisheries
The Lord Denham Conservative 19 September 1939  
Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister Conservative 7 June 1935  
Sir Kingsley Wood Conservative 16 May 1938
Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative 3 April 1940
Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon Conservative 18 June 1935  
Anthony Muirhead Conservative 28 May 1937  
Harold Balfour Conservative 16 May 1938  
Secretary of State for the Colonies Malcolm MacDonald National Labour 7 June 1935  
James Henry Thomas   22 November 1935
William Ormsby-Gore Conservative 28 May 1936
Malcolm MacDonald National Labour 16 May 1938
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 18 June 1935  
The Earl De La Warr National Labour 30 July 1936
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava   28 May 1937
Minister for Coordination of Defence Sir Thomas Inskip   13 March 1936  
The Lord Chatfield   29 January 1939 Office abolished 3 April 1940
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs James Henry Thomas National Labour 7 June 1935  
Malcolm MacDonald National Labour 22 November 1935  
Lord Stanley Conservative 16 May 1938  
Malcolm MacDonald National Labour 31 October 1938  
Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative 29 January 1939 Viscount Caldecote
Anthony Eden Conservative 3 September 1939  
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Lord Stanley Conservative 18 June 1935  
Douglas Hacking Conservative 28 November 1935  
Marquess of Hartington Conservative 4 March 1936 Duke of Devonshire
Minister for Economic Warfare Ronald Cross Conservative 3 September 1939  
President of the Board of Education Oliver Stanley Conservative 7 June 1935  
The Earl Stanhope Conservative 28 May 1937  
The Earl De La Warr National Labour 27 October 1938  
Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 3 April 1940  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 18 June 1935  
Earl De La Warr National Labour 28 November 1935  
Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 30 July 1936  
Kenneth Lindsay National Labour 28 May 1937  
Minister of Food William Morrison Conservative 4 September 1939 Combined with Duchy of Lancaster
The Lord Woolton Conservative 3 April 1940  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Alan Lennox-Boyd Conservative 11 October 1939  
Minister of Health Sir Kingsley Wood Conservative 7 June 1935  
Walter Elliot   16 May 1938
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 18 June 1935  
Robert Hudson Conservative 30 July 1936
Robert Bernays Liberal National 28 May 1937
Florence Horsbrugh Conservative 14 July 1939
Secretary of State for India The Marquess of Zetland Conservative 7 June 1935 For India and Burma from 1937
Under-Secretary of State for India Rab Butler Conservative 18 June 1935  
Lord Stanley Conservative 28 May 1937
Anthony Muirhead Conservative 16 May 1938
Sir Hugh O'Neill Ulster Unionist 11 September 1939
Minister of Information The Lord Macmillan   4 September 1939  
Sir John Reith   5 January 1940
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Information Sir Edward Grigg Conservative 19 September 1939 Office vacant 3 April 1940
Minister of Labour Ernest Brown National Liberal 7 June 1935 Also National Service from 3 September 1939
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour Anthony Muirhead Conservative 18 June 1935  
Rab Butler Conservative 28 May 1937  
Alan Lennox-Boyd Conservative 25 February 1938  
Ralph Assheton Conservative 6 September 1939  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir John Davidson Conservative 18 June 1935  
The Earl Winterton Conservative 28 May 1937 Office in Cabinet from 11 March 1938
William Morrison Conservative 29 January 1939 From 4 September 19393 April 1940 combined with Minister for Food
George Tryon Conservative 3 April 1940 Lord Tryon
Paymaster General The Lord Rochester Liberal 18 June 1935  
The Lord Hutchison of Montrose Liberal 6 December 1935  
The Earl of Munster Conservative 2 June 1938  
The Earl Winterton Conservative 29 January 1939  
office vacant   November 1939  
Minister for Pensions Robert Hudson Conservative 18 June 1935  
Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 30 July 1936  
Sir Walter Womersley Conservative 7 June 1939  
Minister without Portfolio for League of Nations Affairs Anthony Eden Conservative 7 June 193522 December 1935  
Minister without Portfolio Lord Eustace Percy Conservative 7 June 193531 March 1936  
Leslie Burgin Liberal National 21 April 193914 July 1939  
The Lord Hankey   3 September 193910 May 1940  
Postmaster-General George Tryon Conservative 7 June 1935  
William Morrison Conservative 3 April 1940  
Assistant Postmaster-General Sir Ernest Bennett National Labour 18 June 1935  
Sir Walter Womersley Conservative 6 December 1935  
William Mabane Liberal 7 June 1939  
Charles Waterhouse Conservative 24 October 1939  
Secretary of State for Scotland Sir Godfrey Collins National Liberal 7 June 1935  
Walter Elliot   29 October 1936  
John Colville   16 May 1938  
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Noel Skelton   18 June 1935  
John Colville Conservative 28 November 1935  
Henry Wedderburn Conservative 29 October 1936  
John McEwen   6 September 1939  
Minister of Shipping Sir John Gilmour Scottish Unionist 13 October 1939  
Robert Hudson Conservative 3 April 1940  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Shipping Sir Arthur Salter Conservative 13 November 1939  
Minister of Supply Leslie Burgin Liberal National 14 July 1939  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply John Llewellin   14 July 1939  
President of the Board of Trade Walter Runciman   7 June 1935  
Oliver Stanley   28 May 1937  
Sir Andrew Duncan   5 January 1940  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Leslie Burgin Liberal National 18 June 1935  
Euan Wallace Conservative 28 May 1937  
Ronald Cross Conservative 16 May 1938  
Gwilym Lloyd George Liberal National 6 September 1939  
Secretary for Overseas Trade John Colville Conservative 18 June 1935  
Euan Wallace Conservative 28 November 1935  
Robert Hudson Conservative 28 May 1937  
Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 3 April 1940  
Secretary for Mines Harry Crookshank Conservative 18 June 1935  
Geoffrey Lloyd Conservative 21 April 1939  
Minister of Transport Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 18 June 1935 In Cabinet from 29 October 1936
Leslie Burgin Liberal National 28 May 1937  
Euan Wallace Conservative 21 April 1939  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Austin Hudson Conservative 18 June 1935  
Robert Bernays Liberal National 14 July 1939  
Secretary of State for War The Viscount Halifax Conservative 7 June 1935  
Duff Cooper Conservative 22 November 1935  
Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 28 May 1937  
Oliver Stanley Conservative 5 January 1940  
Under-Secretary of State for War The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Conservative 18 June 1935  
The Earl of Munster Conservative 29 January 1939  
The Viscount Cobham Conservative 19 September 1939  
Financial Secretary to the War Office Douglas Hacking Conservative 18 June 1935  
Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 28 November 1935  
Sir Edward Grigg Conservative 3 April 1940  
First Commissioner of Works William Ormsby-Gore Conservative 7 June 1935  
The Earl Stanhope Conservative 16 June 1936  
Sir Philip Sassoon Conservative 28 May 1937 Office no longer in Cabinet
Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 7 June 1939  
The Earl De La Warr National Labour 3 April 1940  
Attorney General Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative 18 June 1935  
Sir Donald Somervell Conservative 18 March 1936  
Solicitor General Sir Donald Somervell Conservative 18 June 1935  
Sir Terence O'Connor Conservative 19 March 1936  
Lord Advocate Douglas Jamieson   18 June 1935  
Thomas Cooper   25 October 1935  
Solicitor General for Scotland Thomas Cooper   18 June 1935  
Albert Russell   29 November 1935  
James Reid   25 June 1936  
Treasurer of the Household Sir Frederick Penny   18 June 1935  
Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 28 May 1937  
Arthur Hope Conservative 18 October 1937  
Charles Waterhouse Conservative 4 April 1939  
Robert Grimston Conservative 12 November 1939  
Comptroller of the Household Sir George Bowyer   21 June 1935  
Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 6 December 1935  
Sir George Davies   28 May 1937  
Charles Waterhouse Conservative 18 October 1937  
Charles Kerr Liberal National 4 April 1939  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Sir Lambert Ward   18 June 1935
George Davies   6 December 1935  
Arthur Hope Conservative 28 May 1937  
Ronald Cross Conservative 18 October 1937  
Robert Grimston Conservative 4 April 1939  
Sir James Edmondson Conservative 12 November 1939  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Lucan   18 June 1935  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Templemore   18 June 1935  
Lords in Waiting The Viscount Gage   18 June 193511 April 1939  
The Earl of Munster Conservative 18 June 19352 June 1938  
The Earl of Feversham Conservative 18 June 193530 July 1936  
The Marquess of Dufferin and Ava   29 October 193628 May 1937  
The Earl Erne   29 October 193625 July 1939  
The Earl Fortescue   26 August 193710 May 1940  
The Earl of Birkenhead   12 July 193810 May 1940  
The Viscount Bridport   11 April 193910 May 1940  
The Lord Ebury   25 July 193910 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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