Churchill War Ministry

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[edit] The War Cabinet


OFFICE	NAME	TERM

First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence	Winston Churchill	May 1940–May 1945

Lord President of the Council	Neville Chamberlain	May–October 1940
	Sir John Anderson	October 1940–September 1943
	Clement Attlee	September 1943–May 1945
Lord Privy Seal	Clement Attlee	May 1940–February 1942
	Sir Stafford Cripps	February–October 1942
	successor not in cabinet
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Sir Kingsley Wood	October 1940–February 1942^[1]
	Sir John Anderson	September 1943–May 1945
Foreign Secretary	The Viscount Halifax	May–December 1940
	Anthony Eden	December 1940–May 1945
Home Secretary	Herbert Morrison	October 1942–May 1945
Minister of Aircraft Production	The Lord Beaverbrook	August 1940–May 1941
	successor not in cabinet
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Clement Attlee	February 1942–September 1943
	successor not in cabinet
Minister of Labour and National Service	Ernest Bevin	October 1940–May 1945
Minister Resident Middle East	Oliver Lyttelton	February–March 1942
	Richard Casey	March 1942–January 1944
	The Lord Moyne	January–November 1944
	successor not in cabinet
Minister without Portfolio	Arthur Greenwood	May 1940–February 1942
Minister of Reconstruction	The Lord Woolton	November 1943–May 1945
Minister of State	The Lord Beaverbrook	May–June 1941
Minister of Supply	The Lord Beaverbrook	June 1941–February 1942
Minister of War Production	The Lord Beaverbrook	February 1942
	Oliver Lyttelton	March 1942–May 1945

Changes

August 1940: Lord Beaverbrook (a Canadian-British citizen), Minister of Aircraft Production, joins the War Cabinet
October 1940: Sir John Anderson succeeds Neville Chamberlain as Lord President. Sir Kingsley Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ernest Bevin, the Minister of Labour, enter the War Cabinet. Lord Halifax assumes the additional job of Leader of the House of Lords.
December 1940: Anthony Eden succeeds Lord Halifax as Foreign Secretary. Halifax remains nominally in the Cabinet as Ambassador to the United States. His successor as Leader of the House of Lords is not in the War Cabinet.
May 1941: Lord Beaverbrook ceased to be Minister of Aircraft Production, but remains in the Cabinet as Minister of State. His successor was not in the War Cabinet.
June 1941: Lord Beaverbrook becomes Minister of Supply, remaining in the War Cabinet.
1941: Oliver Lyttelton enters the Cabinet as Minister Resident in the Middle East.
4 February 1942: Lord Beaverbrook becomes Minister of War Production; his successor as Minister of Supply is not in the War Cabinet.
19 February 1942: Beaverbrook resigns and no replacement Minister of War Production is appointed for the moment. Clement Attlee becomes Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister. Sir Stafford Cripps succeeds Attlee as Lord Privy Seal and takes over the position of Leader of the House of Commons from Churchill. Sir Kingsley Wood leaves the War Cabinet, though remaining Chancellor of the Exchequer.
22 February 1942: Arthur Greenwood resigns from the War Cabinet.
March 1942: Oliver Lyttelton fills the vacant position of Minister of Production ("War" was dropped from the title). Richard Gardiner Casey (a member of the Australian Parliament) succeeds Oliver Lyttelton as Minister Resident in the Middle East.
October 1942: Sir Stafford Cripps retires as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons and leaves the War Cabinet. His successor as Lord Privy Seal is not in the Cabinet, Anthony Eden takes the additional position of Leader of the House of Commons. The Home Secretary, Herbert Morrison, enters the Cabinet.
September 1943: Sir John Anderson succeeds Sir Kingsley Wood (deceased) as Chancellor of the Exchequer, remaining in the War Cabinet. Clement Attlee succeeds Anderson as Lord President, remaining also Deputy Prime Minister. Attlee's successor as Dominions Secretary is not in the Cabinet.
November 1943: Lord Woolton enters the Cabinet as Minister of Reconstruction.
January to November 1944: Lord Moyne replaces Richard Gardiner Casey as Minister Resident in the Middle East.

[edit] Notes

^ Left the cabinet but remained chancellor.

[edit] See also

Coalition Government 1940-1945, for a complete list of officeholders in the government.

Preceded by Chamberlain War Ministry	British ministries 1940–1945	Succeeded by Churchill Caretaker Ministry

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