Secretary of State for Air
For the RAF personnel management appointment, see Air Secretary.
Air Council in session at the Air Ministry in July 1940.
The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet-level British position. The person holding this position was in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 10 January 1919 to manage the Royal Air Force. On 1 April 1964, the Air Ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence, and the position of Secretary of State for Air was abolished.
Chairmen of the Joint War Air Committee, 1916
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| The Earl of Derby | February 1916 | February 1916[1] |
Presidents of the Air Board, 1916-1917
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| The Earl Curzon of Kedleston | 15 May 1916 | 3 January 1917 |
| The Viscount Cowdray | 3 January 1917 | 26 November 1917 |
Presidents of the Air Council, 1917-1919
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| The Lord Rothermere | 26 November 1917 | 26 April 1918 |
| The Lord Weir | 26 April 1918 | 10 January 1919 |
| J. E. B. Seely | January 1919 | November 1919[2] |
Secretaries of State for Air, 1919-1964
| Name | Entered office | Left office |
|---|---|---|
| Winston Churchill[3] | 10 January 1919 | 1 April 1921 |
| Hon. Frederick Guest | 1 April 1921 | 19 October 1922 |
| Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt | 31 October 1922 | 22 January 1924 |
| The Lord Thomson | 22 January 1924 | 3 November 1924 |
| Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt. | 6 November 1924 | 4 June 1929 |
| The Lord Thomson | 7 June 1929 | 5 October 1930[4] |
| The Lord Amulree | 14 October 1930 | 5 November 1931 |
| The Marquess of Londonderry | 5 November 1931 | 7 June 1935 |
| The Viscount Swinton | 7 June 1935 | 16 May 1938 |
| Sir Kingsley Wood | 16 May 1938 | 3 April 1940 |
| Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt | 3 April 1940 | 11 May 1940 |
| Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt | 11 May 1940 | 23 May 1945 |
| Harold Macmillan | 25 May 1945 | 26 July 1945 |
| The Viscount Stansgate | 3 August 1945 | 4 October 1946 |
| Philip Noel-Baker | 4 October 1946 | 7 October 1947 |
| Arthur Henderson | 7 October 1947 | 26 October 1951 |
| The Lord De L'Isle and Dudley | 31 October 1951 | 20 December 1955 |
| Nigel Birch | 20 December 1955 | 16 January 1957 |
| Hon. George Ward | 16 January 1957 | 28 October 1960 |
| Julian Amery | 28 October 1960 | 16 July 1962 |
| Hon. Hugh Fraser | 16 July 1962 | 1 April 1964 |
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