Conservative Government 1951-1957

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Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office Name Dates Notes
Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill 26 October 1951-5 April 1955  
Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Lord Chancellor Lord Simonds 30 October 1951  
Viscount Kilmuir 18 October 1954  
Lord President of the Council Lord Woolton 28 October 1951  
Marquess of Salisbury 24 November 1952  
Lord Privy Seal Marquess of Salisbury 28 October 1951  
Harry Crookshank 7 May 1952  
Rab Butler 20 December 1955  
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler    
Harold Macmillan 20 December 1955  
Minister of Economic Affairs Sir James Arthur Salter 31 October 1951 Office abolished 24 November 1952
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 30 October 1951  
Edward Heath 30 December 1955  
Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Boyd-Carpenter 31 October 1951  
Henry Brooke 28 July 1954  
Economic Secretary to the Treasury Reginald Maudling 24 November 1952  
Sir Edward Boyle 7 April 1955  
Derek Colclough Walker-Smith 11 November 1956  
Lords of the Treasury Harry Ripley Mackeson 7 November 1951 - 28 May 1952  
Herbert Butcher 7 November 1951 - 3 July 1953 Knighted
Edward Heath 7 November 1951 - 20 December 1955  
Tam Galbraith 7 November 1951 - 4 June 1954  
Dennis Forwood Vosper 7 November 1951 - 4 June 1954  
Hendrie Dudley Oakshott 28 May 1952 - 13 June 1955  
Martin Redmayne 3 July 1953 - 9 January 1957  
Richard Thompson 28 July 1954 - 8 April 195  
Gerard Wills 26 October 1954 - 9 January 1957  
Peter Legh 13 June 195 - 9 January 1957  
Edward Birkbeck Wakefield 24 January 1956 - 9 January 1957  
Harwood Harrison 8 April 1956 - 9 January 1957  
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden 28 October 1951 Knighted
Harold Macmillan 7 April 1955  
Selwyn Lloyd 20 December 1955  
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Selwyn Lloyd 30 October 1951 - 18 October 1954  
Marquess of Reading 11 November 1953 - 9 January 1957  
Anthony Nutting 18 October 1954 - 3 November 1956
Allan Noble 9 November 1956 - 9 January 1957  
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Marquess of Reading 31 October 1951 - 11 November 1953  
Anthony Nutting 31 October 1951 - 18 October 1954  
Douglas Dodds-Parker 11 November 1953 - 18 October 1954  
Robin Turton 18 October 1954 - 20 December 1955  
Douglas Dodds-Parker 20 December 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Lord John Hope 18 October 1954 - 9 November 1956  
William David Ormsby-Gore 9 November 1956 - 9 January 1957  
Secretary of State for the Home Department and Welsh Affairs Sir David Maxwell Fyfe 28 October 1951  
Gwilym Lloyd-George 18 October 1954  
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department David Llewellyn 5 November 1951 - 14 October 1952  
Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth 3 February 1952 - 20 December 1955  
Lord Lloyd 24 November 1952 - 18 October 1954  
Lord Mancroft 18 October 1954 - 9 January 1957  
First Lord of the Admiralty James Thomas 31 October 1951 Viscount Cilcennin
Viscount Hailsham 2 September 1956  
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Allan Noble 5 November 1951  
George Ward 20 December 1955  
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Simon Wingfield Digby 5 November 1951  
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir Thomas Dugdale 31 October 1951 Post in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Derick Heathcoat-Amory 28 July 1954 Combined with Minister of Food 18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries William Deedes 20 December 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Lord Carrington 5 November 1951 - 18 October 1954  
Richard Nugent 5 November 1951 - 9 January 1957  
Earl St Aldwyn 18 October 1954 - 9 January 1957  
Harmar Nicholls 7 April 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Secretary of State for Air Lord de L'Isle and Dudley 31 October 1951  
Nigel Birch 20 December 1955  
Under-Secretary of State for Air Nigel Birch 3 November 1951  
George Ward 29 February 1952  
Christopher Soames 20 December 1955  
Secretary of State for the Colonies Oliver Lyttelton 28 October 1951  
Alan Lennox-Boyd 28 July 1954  
Minister of State for the Colonies Alan Lennox-Boyd 2 November 1951  
Henry Hopkinson 7 May 1952  
John Hare 20 December 1955  
John Maclay 18 October 1956  
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Earl of Munster 5 November 1951  
Lord Lloyd 18 October 1954  
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Lord Ismay 28 October 1951  
Marquess of Salisbury 12 March 1952  
Viscount Swinton 24 November 1952  
Earl of Home 7 April 1955  
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations John Foster 3 November 1951  
Douglas Dodds-Parker 18 October 1954  
Allan Noble 20 December 1955  
Lord John Hope 9 November 1956  
Minister for Coordination of Transport, Fuel and Power Lord Leathers 30 October 1951 Office abolished 3 September 1953
Minister of Defence Winston Churchill 28 October 1951 As Prime Minister
Earl Alexander of Tunis 1 March 1952  
Harold Macmillan 18 October 1954  
Selwyn Lloyd 7 April 1955  
Sir Walter Monckton 20 December 1955  
Anthony Head 18 October 1956  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence Nigel Birch 28 February 1952  
Lord Carrington 18 October 1954  
Earl of Gosford 26 May 1956  
Minister of Education Florence Horsbrugh 2 November 1951 Office in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Sir David Eccles 18 October 1954  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education Kenneth Pickthorn 5 November 1951
Dennis Forwood Vosper 18 October 1954  
Minister of Food Gwilym Lloyd-George 31 October 1951 Office in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Derick Heathcoat-Amory 18 October 1954 Combined with Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food Charles Hill 31 October 1951  
Minister of Fuel and Power Geoffrey Lloyd 31 October 1951  
Aubrey Jones 20 December 1955  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power Lancelot Joynson-Hicks 5 November 1951  
David Lockhart-Mure Renton 20 December 1955  
Minister of Health Harry Crookshank, 1st Viscount Crookshank 30 October 1951  
Iain Macleod 7 May 1952  
Robin Turton 20 December 1955  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Patricia Hornsby-Smith 3 November 1951  
Minister of Housing and Local Government Harold Macmillan 30 October 1951  
Duncan Sandys 18 October 1954  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government Ernest Marples 3 November 1951  
William Deedes 18 October 1954  
Enoch Powell 20 December 1955  
Minister of Labour and National Service Sir Walter Monckton 28 October 1951  
Iain Macleod 20 December 1955  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour Sir Peter Bennett 31 October 1951  
Harold Watkinson 28 May 1952  
Robert Carr 20 December 1955  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Viscount Swinton 31 October 1951 Also Minister of Materials
Lord Woolton 24 November 1952 Office in Cabinet
Earl of Selkirk 20 December 1955  
Minister of Materials Viscount Swinton 31 October 1951 Also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Sir James Arthur Salter 24 November 1952  
Lord Woolton 1 September 1953 Also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Office wound up 16 August 1954
Minister without Portfolio Earl of Munster 18 October 1954 - 8 January 1957
Minister of National Insurance Osbert Peake 31 October 1951 Combined with Minister of Pensions 3 September 1953
Paymaster General Lord Cherwell 30 October 1951  
Earl of Selkirk 11 November 1953 Office not in Cabinet
vacant 20 December 1955  
Sir Walter Monckton 18 October 1956  
Minister of Pensions Derick Heathcoat-Amory 5 November 1951 Combined with Minister of National Insurance 1 September 1953
Osbert Peake 3 September 1953 Office in Cabinet from 18 October 1954
John Boyd-Carpenter 20 December 1955 Office not in Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions John George Smyth 5 November 1951 - 20 December 1955  
Robin Turton 5 November 1951 - 18 October 1954  
Ernest Marples 18 October 1954 - 20 December 1955  
Edith Pitt 20 December 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Richard Frederick Wood 20 December 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Postmaster-General Earl De La Warr 5 November 1951  
Charles Hill 7 April 1955  
Assistant Postmaster-General Leonard David Gammans 5 November 1951  
Cuthbert Alport 20 December 1955  
Secretary of State for Scotland James Stuart 30 October 1951  
Minister of State for Scotland Earl of Home 2 November 1951  
Tom Galbraith 7 April 1955 Lord Strathclyde
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Tom Galbraith 2 November 1951 - 5 April 1955  
William McNair Snadden 2 November 1951 - 3 June 1955  
James Henderson Stewart 4 February 1952 - 9 January 1957  
Jack Nixon Browne 7 April 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Niall Macpherson 13 June 1955 - 9 January 1957  
Minister of Supply Duncan Sandys 31 October 1951  
Selwyn Lloyd 18 October 1954  
Reginald Maudling 7 April 1955  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply Toby Low 3 November 1951  
Sir Edward Boyle 28 July 1954  
Frederick James Erroll 7 April 1955  
Ian Harvey 11 November 1956  
President of the Board of Trade Peter Thorneycroft 30 October 1951  
Minister of State for Trade Derick Heathcoat-Amory 3 September 1953  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Henry Strauss 3 November 1951  
Donald Kaberry 7 April 1955  
Derek Colclough Walker-Smith 19 October 1955  
Frederick James Erroll 11 November 1956  
Secretary for Overseas Trade Henry Hopkinson 3 November 1951  
Harry Ripley Mackeson 28 May 1952 Office replaced by Minister of State for Trade 3 September 1953
Minister of Transport John Maclay 31 October 1951  
Alan Lennox-Boyd 7 May 1952 Ministries of Transport and Civil Aviation merged 1 October 1953
John Boyd-Carpenter 28 July 1954  
Harold Watkinson 20 December 1955  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport Joseph Gurney Braithwaite 5 November 1951 - 1 November 1953  
Reginald Maudling 18 April 1952 - 24 November 1952  
John Profumo 24 November 1952 - 9 January 1957  
High Molson 11 November 1953 - 9 January 1957  
Secretary of State for War Anthony Head 31 October 1951  
John Hare 18 October 1956
Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War James Hutchison 5 November 1951  
Fitzroy Maclean 18 October 1954  
Minister of Works Sir David Eccles 1 November 1951  
Nigel Birch 18 October 1954  
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 20 December 1955 Office in Cabinet
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works High Molson 3 November 1951  
Reginald Bevins 11 November 1953  
Attorney General Sir Lionel Heald 3 November 1951  
Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 18 October 1954  
Solicitor Generan Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 3 November 1951  
Sir Harry Hylton-Foster 18 October 1954  
Lord Advocate James Clyde 2 November 1951  
William Rankine Milligan 30 December 1954  
Solicitor General for Scotland William Rankine Milligan 2 November 1951 Not an MP
William Grant 10 January 1955  
Treasurer of the Household Cedric Drewe 7 November 1951 Knighted
Tam Galbraith 13 June 1955  
Comptroller of the Household Roger Conant 7 November 1951  
Tam Galbraith 7 June 1954  
Hendrie Dudley Oakshott 13 June 1955  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Henry Studholme 7 November 1951  
Richard Thompson 8 April 1956  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Earl Fortescue 5 November 1951  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Earl of Onslow 5 November 1951  
Lords in Waiting Earl of Birkenhead 5 November 1951 - 28 January 1955  
Earl of Selkirk 5 November 1951 - 11 November 1953  
Lord Lloyd 7 November 1951 - 24 November 1952  
Lord Mancroft 15 December 1952 - 18 October 1954  
Lord Hawke 11 November 1953 - 9 January 1957  
Lord Fairfax 18 October 1954 - 9 January 1957  
Lord Chesham 28 January 1955 - 9 January 1957  

[edit] References

  • in D. Butler and G. Butler: Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000. 
Preceded by
Labour Government 1945-1951
Government of the United Kingdom
1951–1957
Succeeded by
Conservative Government 1957-1964