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		7 June 1935
	Neville Chamberlain		28 May 1937-10 May 1940
Lord Chancellor	Viscount Hailsham		7 June 1935
	Lord Maugham		9 March 1938
	Viscount Caldecote		3 September 1939
Lord President of the Council	Ramsay 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 Seal	Marquess of Londonderry		7 June 1935
	Viscount Halifax		22 November 1935
	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		3 April 1940
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Neville Chamberlain		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	Alfred Duff Cooper	Conservative	18 June 1935
	William Morrison	Conservative	22 November 1935
	John Colville		29 October 1936
	Euan Wallace	Conservative	16 May 1938
	Harry Crookshank		21 April 1939
Lords of the Treasury	James Stuart	Conservative	18 June 1935-10 May 1940
	Archibald Southby	Conservative	18 June 1935-28 May 1927	Knighted
	Sir Walter Womersley	Conservative	18 June 1935-6 December 1935
	George Frederick Davies	Conservative	18 June 1935-6 December 1935
	James Blindell	Liberal National	18 June 1935-28 May 1937	Knighted
	Arthur Hope	Conservative	6 December 1935-28 May 1937
	Henry Morris-Jones	Liberal National	6 December 1935-28 May 1937
	Charles Kerr		28 May 1937-4 April 1939
	Thomas Dugdale	Conservative	28 May 1937-12 February 1940
	Charles Waterhouse	Conservative	28 May 1937-18 October 1937
	Ronald Cross	Conservative	28 May 1937-18 October 1937
	Patrick Munro	Conservative	18 October 1937-10 May 1940
	Robert Grimston	Conservative	18 October 1937-18 May 1938
	Stephen Furness	Liberal National	20 May 1938-10 May 1940
	Sir James Edmondson		4 April 1939-13 November 1939
	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	Conservative	13 November 1939-10 May 1940
	William Boulton	Conservative	12 February 1940-10 May 1940
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Sir Samuel Hoare	Conservative	7 June 1935
	Anthony Eden		22 December 1935
	Viscount Halifax		21 February 1938|
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Earl Stanhope	Conservative	18 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 February 1938-10 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		29 June 1934
Minister for Home Security	Alan Lennox-Boyd		6 September 1939
	William Mabane		24 October 1939
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell	Conservative	7 June 1935
	Sir Samuel Hoare	Conservative	5 June 1936
	Alfred Duff-Cooper		28 May 1937
	Earl Stanhope		27 October 1938
	Winston Churchill		3 September 1939
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Sir Victor Warrender		18 June 1935
	Lord Stanley	Conservative	28 November 1935
	Geoffrey Shakespeare	Liberal National	28 May 1937
	Sir Victor Warrender		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	Earl De La Warr	National Labour	18 June 1935
	Herwald Ramsbotham		28 November 1935
	Earl of Feversham		30 July 1936
	Lord Denham		19 September 1939
Secretary of State for Air	Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister		7 June 1935
	Sir Kingsley Wood		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		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 Colonies	Earl of Plymouth	Conservative	18 June 1935
	Earl De La Warr	National Labour	30 July 1936
	Marquess of Dufferin and Ava		28 May 1937
Minister for Coordination of Defence	Sir Thomas Inskip		13 March 1936
	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		22 November 1935
	Lord Stanley	Conservative	16 May 1938
	Malcolm MacDonald		31 October 1938
	Sir Thomas Inskip		29 January 1939	Viscount Caldecote
	Anthony Eden		3 September 1939
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Lord Stanley	Conservative	18 June 1935
	Douglas Hacking		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		7 June 1935
	Earl Stanhope		28 May 1937
	Earl De La Warr	National Labour	27 October 1938
	Herwald Ramsbotham		3 April 1940
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Herwald Ramsbotham		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
	Lord Woolton		3 April 1940
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food	Alan Lennox-Boyd		11 October 1939
Minister of Health	Sir Kingsley Wood		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	Marquess of Zetland		7 June 1935	For India and Burma from 1937
Under-Secretary of State for India	Rab Butler		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	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		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		28 May 1937
	Alan Lennox-Boyd		25 February 1938
	Ralph Assheton		6 September 1939
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Sir John Davidson		18 June 1935
	Earl Winterton		28 May 1937	Office in Cabinet from 11 March 1938
	William Morrison	Conservative	29 January 1939	From 4 September 1939-3 April 1940 combined with Minister for Food
	George Tryon		3 April 1940	Lord Tryon
Paymaster General	Lord 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 Pensions	Robert Hudson	Conservative	18 June 1935
	Herwald Ramsbotham		30 July 1936
	Sir Walter Womersley	Conservative	7 June 1939
Minister without Portfolio for League of Nations Affairs	Anthony Eden		7 June 1935-22 December 1935
Minister without Portfolio	Lord Eustace Percy		7 June 1935 - 31 March 1936
	Lord Burgin	Liberal National	21 April 1939 - 14 July 1939
	Lord Hankey		3 September 1939 - 10 May 1940
Postmaster-General	George Tryon		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		7 June 1939
	Charles Waterhouse	Conservative	24 October 1939
Secretary of State for Scotland	Sir Godfrey Collins		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		28 November 1935
	Henry Wedderburn		29 October 1936
	John McEwen		6 September 1939
Minister of Shipping	Sir John Gilmour		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		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		18 June 1935
	Geoffrey Lloyd	Conservative	21 April 1939
Minister of Transport	Leslie Hore-Belisha		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	Viscount 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 War	Lord Strathcona		18 June 1935
	Earl of Munster		29 January 1939
	Viscount Cobham		19 September 1939
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Douglas Hacking		18 June 1935
	Sir Victor Warrender		28 November 1935
	Sir Edward Grigg	Conservative	3 April 1940
First Commissioner of Works	William Ormsby-Gore		7 June 1935
	Earl Stanhope		16 June 1936
	Sir Philip Sassoon		28 May 1937	Office no longer in Cabinet
	Herwald Ramsbotham		7 June 1939
	Earl De La Warr	National Labour	3 April 1940
Attorney General	Sir Thomas Inskip		18 June 1935
	Sir Donald Somervell		18 March 1936
Solicitor General	Sir Donald Somervell		18 June 1935
	Sir Terence O'Connor		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 Frederick Davies		28 May 1937
	Charles Waterhouse	Conservative	18 October 1937
	Charles Kerr		4 April 1939
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Sir Lambert Ward		18 June 1935
	Sir George Frederick 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		12 November 1939
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Earl of Lucan		18 June 1935
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Lord Templemore		18 June 1935
Lords in Waiting	Viscount 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