Attlee ministry
Clement Attlee formed the Attlee Ministry in the United Kingdom in 1945, succeeding Winston Churchill as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Leaders
The Labour Party came to power in the United Kingdom after its unexpected victory in the July 1945 general elections. Party leader Clement Attlee became Prime Minister replacing Winston Churchill in late July. Ernest Bevin was Foreign Secretary until shortly before his death in April 1951. Hugh Dalton became Chancellor of the Exchequer, but had to resign in 1947, while James Chuter Ede was Home Secretary for the whole length of the party's stay in power.
Other notable figures in the government included: Herbert Morrison, Deputy Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons, who replaced Bevin as Foreign Secretary in March 1951; Sir Stafford Cripps was initially President of the Board of Trade but replaced Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1947; Hugh Gaitskell held several minor posts before replacing Cripps as Chancellor in 1950; Nye Bevan was Minister for Health; Arthur Greenwood was Lord Privy Seal and Paymaster General while future Prime Minister Harold Wilson became the youngest member of the cabinet in the 20th century (at the age of 31) when he was made President of the Board of Trade in 1947. The most notable of the few female members of the government was Ellen Wilkinson, who was Minister for Education until her early death in 1947.
Policies
It was an “age of austerity,” as wartime rationing was continued and even expanded to cover bread. Living conditions were poor, instead of expansion it was a matter of replacing the national wealth destroyed or used up during the war. The Great Depression did not return, and full employment was the norm. Returning veterans were successfully reabsorbed into the economy and society.[1] The Attlee government nationalized about 20% of the economy, including coal, railways, road transport, the Bank of England, civil aviation, cable and wireless, electricity and gas, and steel. However there was no money for investment to modernize these industries, and there was no effort made to turn control over to union members. The Attlee government greatly expanded the welfare state, with the Family Allowances Act (1945) and especially the National Health Service Act of 1946, which nationalized the hospitals and provided for free universal medical care. The National Insurance Act of 1946 provided sickness and unemployment benefits for adults, plus retirement pensions. The National Assistance Act of 1948 provided a safety net or anyone not otherwise covered. The Education Act of 1944 was expanded, more council housing was built, and plans were made through the New Towns Act of 1946 for the growth of suburbs. Since there was little money for detailed planning, the government adopted Keynesianism, which allowed for planning in the sense of overall control of the national deficit and surplus.[2][3]
The Transport Act 1947 established the British Transport Commission taking over the railways from the Big Four being the Great Western Railway, London, Midland and Scottish Railway, London and North Eastern Railway and the Southern Railway to form British Railways.
In foreign affairs, the government was active in the United Nations and negotiated a $5 billion loan from the U.S. and Canada in 1946. It eagerly joined the Marshall Plan in 1948. It could no longer afford to support the Greek government and encouraged the U.S. to take its place through the Truman Doctrine in 1947. It took an active role in joining the United States in the Cold War and forming NATO. It gave independence to India, Pakistan, Ceylon and Burma and moved to strengthen the British Commonwealth.[4]
Fate
The Labour Party narrowly defeated the Conservative Party at the February 1950 general election. However, in the October 1951 general elections the Conservatives returned to power under Winston Churchill. Labour was to remain out of office for the next thirteen years, until 1964, when Harold Wilson became Prime Minister.
Cabinets
1945 − 1950
- Clement Attlee: Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
- Lord Jowitt: Lord Chancellor
- Herbert Morrison: Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
- Arthur Greenwood: Lord Privy Seal
- Hugh Dalton: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Ernest Bevin: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- James Chuter Ede: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- George Henry Hall: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Lord Addison: Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Pethick-Lawrence: Secretary of State for India and Burma
- A. V. Alexander: First Lord of the Admiralty
- Jack Lawson: Secretary of State for War
- Lord Stansgate: Secretary of State for Air
- Ellen Wilkinson: Minister of Education
- Joseph Westwood: Secretary of State for Scotland
- Tom Williams: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
- George Isaacs: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Aneurin Bevan: Minister of Health
- Sir Stafford Cripps: President of the Board of Trade
- Emanuel Shinwell: Minister of Fuel and Power
Changes
- July 1946 – Arthur Greenwood becomes Paymaster General as well as Lord Privy Seal.
- October 1946 – The three service ministers (Secretary of State for War, Secretary of State for Air, and First Lord of the Admiralty) cease to be cabinet positions. A. V. Alexander remains in the cabinet as Minister without Portfolio. George Hall replaces A. V. Alexander as First Lord of the Admiralty, outside the cabinet. Arthur Creech Jones succeeds Hall as Secretary of State for the Colonies.
- December 1946 – A. V. Alexander succeeds Attlee as Minister of Defence.
- February 1947 – George Tomlinson succeeds Ellen Wilkinson as Minister of Education upon her death.
- March 1947 – Arthur Greenwood ceases to be Paymaster General, remaining Lord Privy Seal. His successor as Paymaster General is not in the cabinet.
- April 1947 – Arthur Greenwood becomes Minister without Portfolio. Lord Inman succeeds Arthur Greenwood as Lord Privy Seal. William Francis Hare, Lord Listowel succeeds Lord Pethick-Lawrence as Secretary of State for India and Burma.
- July 1947 – The Dominion Affairs Office becomes the Office of Commonwealth Relations. Addison remains at the head.
- August 1947 – The India and Burma Office becomes the Burma office with India's independence. Lord Listowel remains in office.
- September 1947 – Sir Stafford Cripps becomes Minister of Economic Affairs. Harold Wilson succeeds Cripps as President of the Board of Trade. Arthur Greenwood retires from the Front Bench.
- October 1947 – Lord Addison succeeds Lord Inman as Lord Privy Seal, remaining also Leader of the House of Lords. Philip Noel-Baker succeeds Lord Addison as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations. Arthur Woodburn succeeds Joseph Westwood as Secretary of State for Scotland. The Minister of Fuel and Power, Emanuel Shinwell, leaves the Cabinet.
- November 1947 – Sir Stafford Cripps succeeds Hugh Dalton as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- January 1948 – The Burma Office is abolished with Burma's independence.
- May 1948: Hugh Dalton re-enters the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Lord Pakenham enters the Cabinet as Minister of Civil Aviation.
- July 1948: Lord Addison becomes Paymaster General.
- April 1949: Lord Addison ceases to be Paymaster General, remaining Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords. His successor as Paymaster General is not in the Cabinet.
1950 − 1951
In February 1950, a substantial reshuffle took place following the General Election:
- Clement Attlee: Prime Minister
- Lord Jowitt: Lord Chancellor
- Herbert Morrison: Deputy Prime Minister, Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Addison: Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Lords
- Sir Stafford Cripps: Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Ernest Bevin: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
- James Chuter Ede: Secretary of State for the Home Department
- Jim Griffiths: Secretary of State for the Colonies
- Patrick Gordon Walker: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations
- Harold Wilson: President of the Board of Trade
- Lord Alexander of Hillsborough: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- George Tomlinson: Minister of Education
- Hector McNeil: Secretary of State for Scotland
- Tom Williams: Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
- George Isaacs: Minister of Labour and National Service
- Aneurin Bevan: Minister of Health
- Emanuel Shinwell: Minister of Defence
- Hugh Dalton: Minister of Town and Country Planning
Changes
- October 1950: Hugh Gaitskell succeeds Sir Stafford Cripps as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
- January 1951: Aneurin Bevan succeeds George Isaacs as Minister of Labour and National Service. Bevan's successor as Minister of Health is not in the cabinet. Hugh Dalton's post is renamed Minister of Local Government and Planning.
- March 1951: Herbert Morrison succeeds Ernest Bevin as Foreign Secretary. Lord Addison succeeds Morrison as Lord President. Bevin succeeds Addison as Lord Privy Seal. James Chuter Ede succeeds Morrison as Leader of the House of Commons whilst remaining Home Secretary.
- April 1951: Richard Stokes succeeds Ernest Bevin as Lord Privy Seal. Alf Robens succeeds Aneurin Bevan (resigned) as Minister of Labour and National Service. Sir Hartley Shawcross succeeds Harold Wilson (resigned) as President of the Board of Trade.
List of Ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office | Name | Dates | Notes |
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Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury | Clement Attlee | 26 July 1945 – 26 October 1951 | |
Lord Chancellor | The Lord Jowitt | 27 July 1945 | |
Lord President of the Council | Herbert Morrison | 27 July 1945 | also Leader of the House of Commons |
The Viscount Addison | 9 March 1951 | also Leader of the House of Lords | |
Lord Privy Seal | Arthur Greenwood | 27 July 1945 | |
The Lord Inman | 17 April 1947 | ||
The Viscount Addison | 7 October 1947 | also Leader of the House of Lords | |
Ernest Bevin | 9 March 1951 | ||
Richard Stokes | 26 April 1951 | Also Minister of Materials from 6 July 1951 | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Hugh Dalton | 27 July 1945 | |
Sir Stafford Cripps | 13 November 1947 | ||
Hugh Gaitskell | 19 October 1950 | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs | Sir Stafford Cripps | 29 September 1947 | New office. Combined with Chancellor of the Exchequer November 1947 |
Hugh Gaitskell | 28 February 1950 – 19 October 1950 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | William Whiteley | 3 August 1945 | |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Glenvil Hall | 4 August 1945 | |
Douglas Jay | 2 March 1950 | ||
Economic Secretary to the Treasury | Douglas Jay | 5 December 1947 | Office vacant 2 March 1950 |
John Edwards | 19 October 1950 | ||
Lords of the Treasury | Robert John Taylor | 4 August 1945 – 26 October 1951 | |
Joseph Henderson | 4 August 1945 – 1 January 1950 | ||
Michael Stewart | 10 August 1945 – 30 March 1946 | ||
Arthur Blenkinsop | 10 August 1945 – 10 May 1946 | ||
Frank Collindridge | 10 August 1945 – 9 December 1946 | ||
Charles Simmons | 30 March 1946 – 1 February 1949 | ||
William Hannan | 10 May 1946 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Julian Snow | 9 December 1946 – 3 March 1950 | ||
Richard Adams | 1 February 1949 – 23 April 1950 | ||
William Wilkins | 1 January 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Herbert Bowden | 3 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Charles Royle | 23 April 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Ernest Bevin | 27 July 1945 | |
Herbert Morrison | 9 March 1951 | ||
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | Philip Noel-Baker | 3 August 1945 | |
Hector McNeil | 4 October 1946 | ||
Kenneth Younger | 28 February 1950 | ||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Hector McNeil | 4 August 1945 – 4 October 1946 | |
Christopher Mayhew | 4 October 1946 – 2 March 1950 | ||
The Lord Henderson | 7 June 1948 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Ernest Davies | 2 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Secretary of State for the Home Department | James Chuter Ede | 3 August 1945 | also Leader of the House of Commons 1951 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | George Oliver | 4 August 1945 | |
Kenneth Younger | 7 October 1947 | ||
Geoffrey de Freitas | 2 March 1950 | ||
First Lord of the Admiralty | A. V. Alexander | 3 August 1945 | |
George Henry Hall | 4 October 1946 | Not in cabinet | |
The Lord Pakenham | 24 May 1951 | ||
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | John Dugdale | 4 August 1945 | |
James Callaghan | 2 March 1950 | ||
Civil Lord of the Admiralty | Walter James Edwards | 4 August 1945 | |
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Tom Williams | 3 August 1945 | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Earl of Huntingdon | 4 August 1945 – 22 November 1950 | |
Percy Collick | 5 September 1945 – 7 October 1947 | ||
George Brown | 7 October 1947 – 26 April 1951 | ||
The Earl of Listowel | 22 November 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Arthur Champion | 26 April 1951 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Secretary of State for Air | The Viscount Stansgate | 3 August 1945 | |
Philip Noel-Baker | 4 October 1946 | Not in Cabinet | |
Arthur Henderson | 7 October 1947 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for Air | John Strachey | 4 August 1945 | |
Geoffrey de Freitas | 27 May 1946 | ||
Aidan Crawley | 2 March 1950 | ||
Minister of Aircraft Production | John Wilmot | 4 August 1945 | Office abolished 1 April 1946 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Aircraft Production | Arthur Woodburn | 4 August 1945 | |
Minister of Civil Aviation | The Lord Winster | 4 August 1945 | |
The Lord Nathan | 4 October 1946 | ||
The Lord Pakenham | 31 May 1948 | Office in Cabinet until 28 February 1950 | |
The Lord Ogmore | 1 June 1951 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Civil Aviation | I. Thomas | 10 August 1945 | |
George Lindgren | 4 October 1946 | ||
Frank Beswick | 2 March 1950 | ||
Secretary of State for the Colonies | George Hall | 3 August 1945 | |
Arthur Creech Jones | 4 October 1946 | ||
James Griffiths | 28 February 1950 | ||
Minister of State for the Colonies | The Earl of Listowel | 4 January 1948 | |
John Dugdale | 28 February 1950 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Arthur Creech Jones | 4 August 1945 | |
I. Thomas | 4 October 1946 | ||
David Rees-Williams | 7 October 1947 | ||
Thomas Fotheringham Cook | 2 March 1950 | ||
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | The Viscount Addison | 7 July 1947 | also Leader of the House of Lords |
Philip Noel-Baker | 7 October 1947 | ||
Patrick Gordon Walker | 28 February 1950 | ||
Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations | Arthur Henderson | 14 August 1947 – 7 October 1947 | |
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Arthur Bottomley | 7 July 1947 | |
Patrick Gordon Walker | 7 October 1947 | ||
The Lord Holden | 2 March 1950 | ||
David Rees-Williams | 4 July 1950 | Lord Ogmore from 5 July | |
The Earl of Lucan | 1 July 1951 | ||
Minister of Defence | Clement Attlee | 27 July 1945 | Also Prime Minister |
A. V. Alexander | 20 December 1946 | ||
Emanuel Shinwell | 28 February 1950 | ||
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Viscount Addison | 3 August 1945 | also Leader of the House of Lords; became Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 7 July 1947 |
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | John Parker | 4 August 1945 | |
Arthur Bottomley | 10 May 1946 | ||
Minister of Education | Ellen Wilkinson | 3 August 1945 | |
George Tomlinson | 10 February 1947 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education | Arthur Jenkins | 4 August 1945 | |
David Hardman | 30 October 1945 | ||
Minister of Food | Sir Ben Smith | 3 August 1945 | |
John Strachey | 27 May 1946 | ||
Maurice Webb | 28 February 1950 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food | Edith Summerskill | 4 August 1945 | |
Stanley Evans | 2 March 1950 | ||
Fred Willey | 18 April 1950 | ||
Minister of Fuel and Power | Emanuel Shinwell | 3 August 1945 | |
Hugh Gaitskell | 7 October 1947 | Office no longer in Cabinet | |
Philip Noel-Baker | 28 February 1950 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power | William Foster | 4 August 1945 | |
Hugh Gaitskell | 10 May 1946 | ||
Alfred Robens | 7 October 1947 | ||
Harold Neal | 26 April 1951 | ||
Minister of Health | Aneurin Bevan | 3 August 1945 | |
Hilary Marquand | 17 January 1951 | Office not in Cabinet | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Charles Key | 4 August 1945 | |
John Edwards | 12 February 1947 | ||
Arthur Blenkinsop | 1 February 1949 | ||
Secretary of State for India and Burma | The Lord Pethick-Lawrence | 3 August 1945 | |
The Earl of Listowel | 17 April 1947 | Offices abolished 14 August 1947 (India) and 4 January 1948 (Burma) | |
Under-Secretary of State for India and Burma | Arthur Henderson | 4 August 1945 – 14 August 1947 | |
Minister of Information | Edward Williams | 4 August 1945 | |
The Earl of Listowel | 26 February 1946 | Office abolished 31 March 1946 | |
Minister of Labour and National Service | George Isaacs | 3 August 1945 | |
Aneurin Bevan | 18 January 1951 | ||
Alfred Robens | 24 April 1951 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour | Ness Edwards | 4 August 1945 | |
Fred Lee | 2 March 1950 | ||
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | John Hynd | 4 August 1945 | |
The Lord Pakenham | 17 April 1947 | ||
Hugh Dalton | 31 May 1948 | Office in Cabinet | |
The Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough | 28 February 1950 | ||
Minister of National Insurance | James Griffiths | 4 August 1945 | |
Edith Summerskill | 28 February 1950 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance | George Lindgren | 4 August 1945 | |
Tom Steele | 4 October 1946 | ||
Bernard Taylor | 2 March 1950 | ||
Paymaster General | office vacant | ||
Arthur Greenwood | 9 July 1946 | ||
Hilary Marquand | 5 March 1947 | ||
The Viscount Addison | 2 July 1948 | also Leader of the House of Lords | |
The Lord Macdonald of Gwaenysgor | 1 April 1949 | ||
Minister without Portfolio | A. V. Alexander | 4 October 1946 – 20 December 1946 | |
Arthur Greenwood | 17 April 1947 – 29 September 1947 | ||
Minister for Pensions | Wilfred Paling | 3 August 1945 | |
John Hynd | 17 April 1947 | ||
George Buchanan | 7 October 1947 | ||
Hilary Marquand | 2 July 1948 | ||
George Isaacs | 17 January 1951 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions | Jennie Adamson | 4 August 1945 | |
Arthur Blenkinsop | 10 May 1946 | ||
Charles Simmons | 1 February 1949 | ||
Postmaster General | The Earl of Listowel | 4 August 1945 | |
Wilfred Paling | 17 April 1947 | ||
Ness Edwards | 28 February 1950 | ||
Assistant Postmaster General | Wilfrid Burke | 10 August 1945 | |
Charles Rider Hobson | 7 October 1947 | ||
Secretary of State for Scotland | Joseph Westwood | 3 August 1945 | |
Arthur Woodburn | 7 October 1947 | ||
Hector McNeil | 28 February 1950 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | George Buchanan | 4 August 1945 – 7 October 1947 | |
Tom Fraser | 4 August 1945 – 26 October 1951 | ||
John James Robertson | 7 October 1947 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Margaret Herbison | 2 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Minister of Supply | John Wilmot | 3 August 1945 | |
George Strauss | 7 October 1947 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply | William Leonard | 4 August 1945 – 7 October 1947 | |
Arthur Woodburn | 1 April 1946 – 7 October 1947 | ||
John Freeman | 7 October 1947 – 23 April 1951 | ||
John Henry Jones | 7 October 1947 – 2 March 1950 | ||
Michael Stewart | 2 May 1951 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Minister of Town and Country Planning | Lewis Silkin | 4 August 1945 | |
Hugh Dalton | 28 February 1950 | Became Minister of Local Government and Planning 31 January 1951 | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Town and Country Planning | Fred Marshall | 10 August 1945 | |
Evelyn King | 7 October 1947 | ||
George Lindgren | 2 March 1950 | ||
President of the Board of Trade | Sir Stafford Cripps | 27 July 1945 | |
Harold Wilson | 29 September 1947 | ||
Sir Hartley Shawcross | 24 April 1951 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Ellis Smith | 4 August 1945 | |
John Belcher | 12 January 1946 | ||
John Edwards | 1 February 1949 | ||
Hervey Rhodes | 2 March 1950 | ||
Secretary for Overseas Trade | Hilary Marquand | 4 August 1945 | |
Harold Wilson | 5 March 1947 | ||
Arthur Bottomley | 7 October 1947 | ||
Minister of Transport | Alfred Barnes | 3 August 1945 | |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport | George Strauss | 4 August 1945 | |
James Callaghan | |||
The Lord Lucas of Chilworth | 2 March 1950 | ||
Secretary of State for War | Jack Lawson | 3 August 1945 | |
Frederick Bellenger | 4 October 1946 | ||
Emanuel Shinwell | 7 October 1947 | ||
John Strachey | 28 February 1950 | ||
Under-Secretary of State for War | The Lord Nathan | 4 August 1945 | |
The Lord Pakenham | 4 October 1946 – 17 April 1947 | Office combined with Financial Secretary | |
Financial Secretary to the War Office | Frederick Bellenger | 4 August 1945 | |
John Freeman | 4 October 1946 | Under-Secretary role incorporated 17 April 1947 | |
Michael Stewart | |||
Woodrow Wyatt | 2 May 1951 | ||
Minister of Works | George Tomlinson | 4 August 1945 | |
Charles Key | 10 February 1947 | ||
Richard Stokes | 28 February 1950 | ||
George Brown | 26 April 1951 | ||
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works | Harold Wilson | 4 August 1945 | |
Evan Durbin | 5 March 1947 | ||
The Lord Morrison | 26 September 1948 | ||
Attorney General | Sir Hartley Shawcross | 4 August 1945 | |
Sir Frank Soskice | 24 April 1951 | ||
Solicitor General | Sir Frank Soskice | 4 August 1945 | |
Sir Lynn Ungoed-Thomas | 24 April 1951 | ||
Lord Advocate | George Reid Thomson | 10 August 1945 | |
John Wheatley | 7 October 1947 | ||
Solicitor General for Scotland | Daniel Patterson Blades | 10 September 1945 | |
John Wheatley | 19 March 1947 | ||
Douglas Johnston | 24 October 1947 | ||
Treasurer of the Household | George Mathers | 4 August 1945 | |
Arthur Pearson | 30 March 1946 | ||
Comptroller of the Household | Arthur Pearson | 4 August 1945 | |
Michael Stewart | 30 March 1946 | ||
Frank Collindridge | 9 December 1946 | ||
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Julian Snow | 10 August 1945 | |
Michael Stewart | 9 December 1946 | ||
Ernest Popplewell | 16 October 1947 | ||
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Lord Ammon | 4 August 1945 | |
The Lord Shepherd | 18 October 1949 | ||
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Lord Walkden | 4 August 1945 | |
The Lord Shepherd | 6 July 1949 | ||
The Lord Lucas of Chilworth | 18 October 1949 | ||
The Earl of Lucan | 5 March 1950 | ||
The Lord Archibald | 8 June 1951 | ||
Lords in Waiting | The Lord Westwood | 10 September 1945 – 17 January 1947 | |
The Lord Pakenham | 14 October 1945 – 4 October 1946 | ||
The Lord Henderson | 21 October 1945 – 7 June 1948 | ||
The Lord Chorley | 11 October 1946 – 31 March 1950 | ||
The Lord Morrison | 17 January 1947 – 26 September 1948 | ||
The Lord Lucas of Chilworth | 9 July 1948 – 18 October 1949 | ||
The Lord Shepherd | 14 October 1948 – 6 July 1949 | ||
The Lord Kershaw | 6 July 1949 – 26 October 1951 | ||
The Lord Darwen | 18 October 1949 – 26 December 1950 | ||
The Lord Burden | 31 March 1950 – 26 October 1951 | ||
The Lord Haden-Guest | 13 February 1951 – 26 October 1951 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Andrew Marr, A History of Modern Britain (2007) pp 1-111
- ↑ Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995 (1996) pp 185-89
- ↑ Alan Sked and Chris Cook, Post-War Britain: A Political History (1993) pp 24-223
- ↑ Stephen J. Lee, Aspects of British Political History 1914-1995 (1996) pp 261-66, 310-12
References
- Butler, David and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000
- Morgan, Kenneth O. Labour in Power 1945–51 (Oxford University Press, 1984)
- Ovendale, R. ed. The foreign policy of the British Labour governments, 1945–51 (1984)
Preceded by Churchill caretaker ministry |
Government of the United Kingdom 1945–1951 |
Succeeded by Third Churchill ministry |