Conservative Government 1957-1964

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Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office Name Dates Notes
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957-13 October 1963  
Sir Alec Douglas-Home 18 October 1963 - 16 October 1964  
First Secretary of State Rab Butler 13 July 1962 Office wound up 18 October 1963
Lord Chancellor Viscount Kilmuir 14 January 1957 Continued in office
Lord Dilhorne 13 July 1962  
Lord President of the Council Marquess of Salisbury 13 January 1957  
Earl of Home 29 March 1957  
Viscount Hailsham 17 September 1957  
Earl of Home 14 October 1959  
Viscount Hailsham 27 July 1960 Also Minister for Science
Lord Privy Seal Rab Butler 13 January 1957 Also Home Secretary
Viscount Hailsham 14 October 1959 Also Minister for Science
Edward Heath 27 July 1960  
Selwyn Lloyd 20 October 1963  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft 13 January 1957  
Derick Heathcoat-Amory 6 January 1958  
Selwyn Lloyd 27 July 1960  
Reginald Maudling 13 July 1962  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Edward Heath 17 January 1957  
Martin Redmayne 14 October 1959  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Enoch Powell 16 January 1957  
Jocelyn Simon 6 January 1958  
Sir Edward Boyle 22 October 1959  
Anthony Barber 16 July 1962  
Alan Green 23 October 1963  
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Nigel Birch 16 January 1957 Office vacant from 6 January 1958
Frederick Erroll 23 October 1958  
Anthony Barber 22 October 1959  
Edward du Cann 16 July 1962  
Maurice Macmillan 21 October 1963  
Lords of the Treasury Martin Redmayne 21 January 1957 - 14 October 1959  
Peter Legh 21 January 1957 - 17 September 1957  
Edward Wakefield 21 January 1957 - 23 October 1958  
Harwood Harrison 21 January 1957 - 16 January 1959  
Anthony Barber 9 April 1957 - 19 February 1958  
Richard Brooman-White 28 October 1957 - 21 June 1958  
Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan 19 February 1958 - 9 February 1961  
Michael Hughes-Young 23 October 1958 - 6 March 1962  
Graeme Bell Finlay 16 January 1959 - 28 October 1960  
David Gibson-Watt 22 October 1959 - 29 November 1961  
Robin Chichester-Clark 21 June 1960 - 29 November 1961  
John Hill 28 October 1960 - 16 October 1964  
William Whitelaw 6 March 1961 - 16 July 1962  
William John Peel 29 November 1961 - 16 October 1964  
Michael Noble 29 November 1961 - 13 July 1962  
Francis Pearson 6 March 1962 - 19 October 1963  
Gordon Campbell 6 September 1962 - 12 December 1963  
Michael Hamilton 6 September 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Martin McLaren 21 November 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Ian MacArthur 12 December 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Selwyn Lloyd 14 January 1957  
Earl of Home 27 July 1960  
Rab Butler 20 October 1963  
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Allan Noble 16 January 1957 - 16 January 1959  
David Ormsby-Gore 16 January 1957 - 27 June 1961  
John Profumo 16 January 1959 - 27 July 1960  
Joseph Godber 27 June 1961 - 27 June 1963  
Earl of Dundee 9 October 1961 - 16 October 1964  
Peter Thomas 27 June 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Earl of Gosford 18 January 1957 - 23 October 1958
Ian Douglas Harvey 18 January 1957 - 24 November 1958  
Marquess of Lansdowne 23 October 1958 - 20 April 1962  
John Profumo 28 November 1958 - 16 January 1959  
Robert Allan 16 January 1959 - 7 October 1960  
Joseph Godber 28 October 1960 - 27 June 1961  
Peter Thomas 27 June 1961 - 27 June 1963  
Peter Smithers 16 July 1962 - 29 January 1964  
Robert Mathew 30 January 1964 - 16 October 1964  
Secretary of State for the Home Department Rab Butler 13 January 1957  
Henry Brooke 13 July 1963  
Minister of State for Home Affairs Dennis Vosper 28 October 1960 New office
David Renton 27 June 1961  
Earl Jellicoe 17 July 1962  
Lord Derwent 21 October 1963  
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Patricia Hornsby-Smith 18 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Jocelyn Simon 18 January 1957 - 6 January 1958
David Renton 17 January 1958 - 27 June 1961  
Dennis Vosper 22 October 1959 - 28 October 1960  
Earl Bathurst 8 February 1961 - 16 July 1962  
Charles Fletcher-Cooke 27 June 1961 - 27 February 1963  
Christopher Montague Woodhouse 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Mervyn Pike 1 March 1963 - 16 October 1964  
First Lord of the Admiralty Earl of Selkirk 16 January 1957  
Lord Carringon 16 October 1959  
Earl Jellicoe 22 October 1963 Office reorganised 1 April 1964 under Ministry of Defence
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Christopher Soames 18 January 1957  
Robert Allan 17 January 1958  
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing 16 January 1959 Office vacant 16 October 1959
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Tam Galbraith 18 January 1957  
Charles Ian Orr-Ewing 16 October 1959  
John Hay 3 May 1963  
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Derick Heathcoat-Amory 14 January 1957  
John Hare 6 January 1958  
Christopher Soames 27 July 1960  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Earl St Aldwyn 18 January 1957  
Joseph Godber 18 January 1957 - 28 October 1960  
Earl Waldegrave 27 June 1958 - 16 July 1962  
William Vane 28 October 1960 - 16 July 1962  
Lord St. Oswald 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
James Scott-Hopkins 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Secretary of State for Air George Reginald Ward 16 January 1957  
Julian Amery 28 October 1960  
Hugh Fraser 16 July 1962 Office reorganised under Ministry of Defence 1 April 1964
Under-Secretary of State for Air Charles Ian Orr-Ewing 18 January 1957  
Airey Neave 16 January 1959  
William Taylor 16 October 1959  
Julian Ridsdale 16 January 1962  
Minister of State for Aviation Duncan Sandys 14 October 1959  
Peter Thorneycroft 27 July 1960  
Julian Amery 16 July 1962  
Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Geoffrey Rippon 22 October 1959  
Christopher Montague Woodhouse 9 OCtober 1961  
Basil de Ferranti 16 July 1962  
Neil Marten 3 December 1962  
Secretary of State for the Colonies Alan Lennox-Boyd 14 January 1957  
Iain Macleod 14 October 1959  
Reginald Maudling 9 October 1961  
Duncan Sandys 13 July 1962 Joint with Commonwealth Relations
Minister of State for the Colonies Earl of Perth 16 January 1957  
Marquess of Lansdowne 20 April 1962 Joint with Commonwealth Relations from 21 October 1963
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies John Profumo 17 January 1957  
Julian Amery 28 November 1958  
Hugh Fraser 28 October 1960  
Nigel Fisher 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Richard Hornby 24 October 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Earl of Home 14 January 1957  
Duncan Sandys 27 July 1960 Jointly with Colonial Office from 13 July 1962
Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations Cuthbert James McCall Alport 22 Cotober 1959 - 8 February 1961  
Duke of Devonshire 6 September 1962 - 16 October 1964 With Colonial Office from 21 October 1963
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Cuthbert James McCall Alport 18 January 1957  
Richard Thompson 22 October 1959  
Duke of Devonshire 28 October 1960 - 6 September 1962  
Bernard Braine 8 February 1961 - 16 July 1962  
John Tilney 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Minister of Defence Duncan Sandys 13 January 1957  
Harold Watkinson 14 October 1959  
Peter Thorneycroft 13 July 1962 Secretary of State for Defence from 1 April 1964 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence Lord Mancroft 18 January 1957 Office vacant 11 June 1957
Minister of State for Air Hugh Fraser 1 April 1964  
Minister of State for Army James Ramsden 1 April 1964  
Minister of State for Navy Earl Jellicoe 1 April 1964  
Under-Secretary of State for Air Julian Ridsdale 1 April 1964  
Under-Secretary of State for Army Peter Kirk 1 April 1964  
Under-Secretary of State for Navy John Hay 1 April 1964  
Minister of Education Viscount Hailsham 13 January 1957  
Geoffrey Lloyd 17 September 1957  
Sir David Eccles 14 October 1959  
Quintin Hogg 1 April 1964 Secretary of State for Education and Science
Minister of State for Education Sir Edward Boyle 1 April 1964  
Peter Legh 1 April 1964 Office note in Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education Sir Edward Boyle 18 January 1957  
Kenneth Thompson 22 October 1959  
Christopher Chataway 16 July 1962 Offices reorganised 1 April 1964
Under-Secretary of State for Education Earl of Bessborough 1 April 1964  
Christopher Chataway 1 April 1964  
Minister of Health Dennis Vosper 16 January 1957  
Derek Walker-Smith 17 September 1957  
Enoch Powell 27 July 1960 In Cabinet from 13 July 1962
Anthony Barber 20 October 1963  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 18 January 1957  
Richard Thompson 17 September 1957  
Edith Pitt 22 October 1959  
Bernard Braine 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Lord Newton 6 September 1962 - 1 April 1964  
Marquess of Lothian 24 March 1964 - 16 October 1964  
Minister of Housing, Local Government and Welsh Affairs Henry Brooke 13 January 1957  
Charles Hill 9 October 1961  
Sir Keith Joseph 13 July 1962  
Minister of State for Welsh Affairs Lord Brecon 12 December 1957  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government Reginald Bevins 18 January 1957  
Sir Keith Joseph 22 October 1959 - 9 October 1961  
Earl Jellicoe 27 June 1961 - 16 July 1962  
Geoffrey Rippon 9 October 1961 - 16 July 1962  
Frederick Corfield 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Lord Hastings 3 December 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Minister of Labour and National Service Iain Macleod 14 January 1957  
Edward Heath 14 October 1959  
John Hare 27 July 1960  
Joseph Godber 20 October 1963  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour Robert Carr 19 January 1957  
Richard Wood 14 April 1958  
Peter Thomas 22 October 1959  
Alan Green 27 June 1961  
William Whitelaw 16 July 1962  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Charles Hill 13 January 1957  
Iain Macleod 9 October 1961  
Lord Blakenham 20 October 1963  
Paymaster General Reginald Maudling 16 January 1957 Office in Cabinet from 17 September 1957
Lord Mills 14 October 1959  
Henry Brooke 9 October 1961 Also Chief Secretary to the Treasury
John Boyd-Carpenter 13 July 1962  
Minister of Pensions and National Insurance John Boyd-Carpenter 16 January 1957  
Niall Macpherson 16 July 1962  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions Edith Pitt 19 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Richard Wood 19 January 1957 - 14 April 1958  
William Vane 14 April 1958 - 20 October 1960  
Patricia Hornsby-Smith 22 October 1959 - 31 August 1961  
Bernard Braine 28 October 1960 - 8 February 1961  
Richard Sharples 8 February 1961 - 16 July 1962  
Margaret Thatcher 9 October 1961 - 16 October 1964  
Stephen Maydon 16 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Minister without Portfolio Earl of Munster 16 January 1957  
Lord Mancroft 11 June 1957  
Earl of Dundee 23 October 1958  
Lord Mills 9 October 1961 - 14 July 1962 Office in Cabinet
William Deedes 13 July 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Lord Carrington 20 October 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Postmaster-General Ernest Marples 16 January 1957  
Reginald Bevins 22 October 1959  
Assistant Postmaster-General Kenneth Thompson 18 January 1957  
Mervyn Pike 22 October 1959  
Raymond Llewellyn Mawby 1 March 1963  
Minister of Power Lord Mills 13 January 1957  
Richard Wood 14 October 1959 Office not in Cabinet
Frederick Erroll 20 October 1963 Office back in Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Power David Renton 18 January 1957  
Sir Ian Horobin 17 January 1958  
John George 22 October 1959  
John Peyton 25 June 1962  
Minister of Science Viscount Hailsham 14 October 1959 From 1 April 1964 Secretary of State for Education and Science
Secretary of State for Scotland John Maclay 13 January 1957  
Michael Noble 13 July 1962  
Minister of State for Scotland Lord Strathclyde 17 January 1957  
Lord Forbes 23 October 1958  
Jack Nixon Browne 22 October 1959 Lord Craigton
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Jack Nixon Browne 18 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Niall Macpherson 19 January 1957 - 28 October 1960  
Lord John Hope 18 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Tam Galbraith 22 October 1959 - 8 November 1962  
William Gilmour Leburn 22 October 1959 - 15 August 1963  
Richard Brooman-White 28 October 1960 - 12 December 1963  
Lady Tweedsmuir 3 December 1962 - 16 October 1964  
Anthony Stodart 19 August 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Gordon Campbell 12 December 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Minister of Supply Aubrey Jones 16 January 1957 Office wound up 22 October 1959
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply William Taylor 18 January 1957 Office wound up 22 October 1959
Minister for Technical Cooperation Dennis Vosper 27 June 1961  
Robert Carr 9 May 1963  
President of the Board of Trade Sir David Eccles 13 January 1957  
Reginald Maudling 14 October 1959  
Frederick Erroll 9 October 1961  
Edward Heath 20 October 1963 Also Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development
Minister of State for Trade Derek Walker-Smith 16 January 1957  
John Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan 17 September 1957  
Frederick Erroll 22 October 1959  
Sir Keith Joseph 9 October 1961  
Alan Green 16 July 1962 - 23 October 1963  
Lord Derwent 6 September 1962 - 23 October 1963  
Lord Drumalbyn 23 October 1963 - 16 October 1964 Formerly N Macpherson
Edward du Cann 21 October 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Frederick Erroll 18 January 1957  
John Rodgers 24 October 1958  
Niall Macpherson 28 October 1960  
David Price 17 July 1962  
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Harold Watkinson 13 January 1957 Civil aviation separated 14 October 1959
Ernest Marples 14 October 1959  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Richard Nugent 18 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Airey Neave 18 January 1957 - 16 January 1959  
John Hay 16 January 1959 - 3 May 1963  
Lord Chesham 22 October 1959 - 16 October 1964  
John Hughes-Hallett 26 April 1961 - 16 October 1964  
Tam Galbraith 3 May 1963 - 16 October 1964  
Secretary of State for War John Hare 16 January 1957  
Christopher Soames 6 January 1958  
John Profumo 27 July 1960  
Joseph Godber 27 June 1963  
James Ramsden 21 October 1963 Reorganised under Ministry of Defence 1 April 1964
Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War Julian Amery 18 January 1957  
Hugh Fraser 28 November 1958  
James Ramsden 28 October 1960  
Peter Kirk 24 October 1963  
Minister of Works Hugh Molson 16 January 1957  
Lord John Hope 22 October 1959  
Geoffrey Rippon 16 July 1962 Minister of Public Building and Works. In Cabinet from 20 October 1963
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works Harmar Nicholls 18 January 1957  
Richard Thompson 28 October 1960  
Richard Sharples 16 July 1962  
Attorney General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 17 January 1957  
Sir John Hobson 16 July 1962  
Solicitor General Sir Harry Hylton-Foster 17 January 1957  
Sir Jocelyn Simon 22 October 1959  
Sir John Hobson 8 February 1962  
Sir Peter Rawlinson 19 July 1962  
Lord Advocate William Rankine Milligan 17 January 1957  
William Grant 5 April 1960  
Ian Hamilton Shearer 12 October 1962 Not an MP
Solicitor General for Scotland William Grant 17 January 1957  
David Colvill Anderson 11 May 1960  
Norman Wylie 27 April 1964  
Treasurer of the Household Hendrie Oakshott 19 January 1957  
Peter Legh 16 January 1959 Lord Newton
Edward Wakefield 21 June 1960  
Michael Hughes-Young 6 March 1962  
Comptroller of the Household Gerald Wills 19 January 1957 Knighted
Edward Wakefield 23 October 1958  
Harwood Harrison 16 January 1959  
Robin Chichester-Clark 29 Novembr 1961  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Richard Thompson 21 January 1957  
Peter Legh 17 September 1957  
Edward Wakefield 16 January 1959  
Richard Brooman-White 21 June 1960  
Graeme Bell Finlay 28 October 1960  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Earl Fortescue 21 January 1957  
Earl St Aldwyn 27 June 1958  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Earl of Onslow 21 January 1957  
Lord Newton 28 October 1960  
Viscount Goschen 6 September 1962  
Lords in Waiting Lord Hawke 21 January 1957 - 11 June 1957  
Lord Fairfax 21 January 1957 - 21 June 1957  
Lord Chesham 21 January 1957 - 22 October 1959  
Marquess of Lansdowne 11 June 1957 - 23 October 1958  
Earl Bathurst 17 September 1957 - 8 February 1961  
Earl of Gosford 23 October 1958 - 22 October 1959  
Lord St Oswald 22 October 1959 - 16 July 1962  
Earl Jellicoe 8 February 1961 - 27 June 1961  
Lord Hastings 6 March 1961 - 3 December 1962  
Lord Denham 27 June 1961 - 16 October 1964  
Marquess of Lothian 6 September 1962 - 3 March 1964  
Earl Ferrers 3 December 1962 - 10 October 1964  


Source: D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000

Preceded by:
Conservative Government 1951-1957
Government of the United Kingdom
1957–1964
Succeeded by:
Labour Government 1964-1970