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Second Baldwin ministry

Stanley Baldwin, a member of the Conservative Party, formed the Second Baldwin ministry as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after the 1924 general election. His second ministry ended after the so-called "Flapper Election" of 1929.

Contents

November 1924 – June 1929

  • Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
  • Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
  • Lord Curzon of Kedleston – Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords
  • Lord Salisbury – Lord Privy Seal
  • Winston Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Home Secretary
  • Sir Austen Chamberlain – Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
  • Leo Amery – Colonial Secretary
  • Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Secretary of State for War
  • Lord Birkenhead – Secretary of State for India
  • Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary for Air
  • Sir John Gilmour – Secretary for Scotland
  • William Clive Bridgeman – First Lord of the Admiralty
  • Lord Cecil of Chelwood – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – President of the Board of Trade
  • Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – Minister of Agriculture
  • Lord Eustace Percy – President of the Board of Education
  • Lord Peel – First Commissioner of Works
  • Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland – Minister of Labour
  • Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
  • Sir Douglas Hogg – Attorney-General

    • Changes

  • April 1925 – On Curzon's death, Lord Balfour succeeded him as Lord President. Lord Salisbury became the new Leader of the House of Lords, remaining also Lord Privy Seal.
  • June 1925 – The post of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was created, held by Leo Amery in tandem with Secretary of State for the Colonies.
  • November 1925 – Walter Guinness succeeded E.F.L. Wood as Minister of Agriculture.
  • July 1926 – The post of Secretary of Scotland was upgraded to Secretary of State for Scotland.
  • October 1927 – Lord Cushendun succeeded Lord Cecil of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
  • March 1928 – Lord Hailsham (former Sir D. Hogg) succeeded Lord Cave as Lord Chancellor. Hailsham's successor as Attorney-General was not in the Cabinet.
  • October 1928 – Lord Peel succeeded Lord Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India. Lord Londonderry succeeded Peel as First Commissioner of Public Works

    • List of Ministers

    Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

    References

    Second Baldwin ministry Wikipedia
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