Coalition Government 1916-1922
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The Coalition Government of David Lloyd George came to power in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in December 1916, replacing the earlier wartime coalition
Coalition Government 1915-1916
Asquith's British coalition government of 1915-1916 was formed in the aftermath of the Gallipoli disaster, by bringing in the Conservatives to shore up the government. The Conservatives were not terribly pleased with the offices they received in this new government and Tory leader Andrew Bonar Law...

 under H.H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for reverses during the Great War. Those Liberals who continued to support Asquith served as the Opposition. The Government continued in power after the end of the war, though Lloyd George was increasingly reliant on the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

s for support. After several scandals including allegations of the sale of honours, the Conservatives withdrew their support after a meeting
Carlton Club meeting, 19 October 1922
The Carlton Club meeting on 19 October 1922 was a formal meeting of Members of Parliament who belonged to the Conservative Party, called to discuss whether the party should remain in government in coalition with a section of the Liberal Party under the leadership of Liberal Prime Minister David...

 at the Carlton Club
Carlton Club
The Carlton Club is a gentlemen's club in London which describes itself as the "oldest, most elite, and most important of all Conservative clubs." Membership of the club is by nomination and election only.-History:...

 in 1922, and Andrew Bonar Law formed a government
Conservative Government 1922-1924
Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face....

.

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face. Members of the War Cabinet, 6 December 1916 to 31 October 1919, are indicated.
OfficeNameDate|PartyNotes
Prime Minister
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and...


and First Lord of the Treasury
First Lord of the Treasury
The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, and is now always also the Prime Minister...

David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor OM, PC was a British Liberal politician and statesman...

6 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Liberal in the War Cabinet 6 December 1916 – 31 October 1919
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer
The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the...

Andrew Bonar Law 10 December 1916 Conservative also Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons
The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...

; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

10 January 1919 Conservative left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Sir Robert Horne
Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Financial Secretaries to the Treasury
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the British Treasury. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and the Paymaster General...

Sir Hardman Lever, Bt 15 December 1916 – 19 May 1919 Liberal  
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

18 June 1917 – 1 April 1921 Conservative  
Hilton Young 21 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury...


and Government Chief Whips in the House of Commons
Lord Edmund Talbot
Edmund FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent
Edmund Bernard FitzAlan-Howard, 1st Viscount FitzAlan of Derwent KG, PC , known as Lord Edmund Talbot between 1876 and 1921, was a British Conservative politician and the last Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.-Background:...

14 December 1916 – 1 April 1921 Conservative  
Neil Primrose 14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917 Liberal  
Frederick Guest 2 March 1917 – 1 April 1921 Liberal  
Charles McCurdy
Charles McCurdy
Charles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....

1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Liberal  
Leslie Orme Wilson
Leslie Orme Wilson
Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Queensland.-Personal life:...

1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
Junior Lords of the Treasury
Lord of the Treasury
In the United Kingdom, there are at least six Lords of the Treasury who serve concurrently. Traditionally, this board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the Treasury, and four or more junior lords .Strictly they are commissioners for exercising the office of Lord...

James Hope 14 December 1916 – 27 January 1919 Conservative  
John Pratt
John Pratt (Liberal politician)
Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

14 December 1916 – 8 August 1919 Liberal  
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

29 January 1917 – 18 June 1917 Conservative  
James Parker
James Parker (Labour politician)
James Parker was a British Labour Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for Halifax at the 1906 general election, and held the seat the town's representation was reduced to one seat at the 1918 general election...

29 January 1917 – 19 October 1922 Labour  
Josiah Towyn Jones
Josiah Towyn Jones
Josiah Towyn Jones was a Welsh clergyman and Liberal Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Carmarthenshire East and later for Llanelly....

29 January 1917 – 4 July 1922 Liberal  
Robert Sanders
Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

5 February 1919 – 1 April 1921 Liberal created a Baronet 28 January 1920
Sir Godfrey Collins
Godfrey Collins
Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins KBE, CMG, PC was a Scottish Liberal Party politician.He entered the Royal Navy in 1888 and was a Midshipman, East Indian Station from 1890-1893...

8 August 1919 – 10 February 1920 Liberal  
William Edge
William Edge (politician)
Sir William Edge, 1st Baronet was a British Liberal, later National Liberal politician and businessman.-Early life:...

18 August 1919 – 1 August 1922 Liberal  
Sir William Sutherland
William Sutherland (Scottish politician)
Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...

15 February 1920 – 7 April 1922 Liberal  
Sir John Gilmour, Bt 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
Thomas Arthur Lewis
Thomas Arthur Lewis
Thomas Arthur Lewis was a Welsh school teacher, barrister and Liberal Party politician.-Family and education:...

4 July 1922 – 26 July 1922 Liberal  
Lord Chancellor
Lord Chancellor
The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign...

The Lord Finlay
Robert Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay
Robert Bannatyne Finlay, 1st Viscount Finlay GCMG, PC, QC,MD was a British lawyer, doctor and politician who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
The Lord Birkenhead
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead GCSI, PC, KC , best known to history as F. E. Smith , was a British Conservative statesman and lawyer of the early 20th century. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living...

10 January 1919 Conservative created Viscount Birkenhead 15 June 1921
Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council
The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...

The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...

10 December 1916 Conservative also Leader of the House of Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...

; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...

23 October 1919 Conservative  
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Privy Seal
The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state...

The Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

15 December 1916 Conservative  
Andrew Bonar Law 10 January 1919 Conservative also Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons
The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...

; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

23 March 1921 Conservative also Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons
The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons...

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Arthur Balfour
Arthur Balfour
Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, KG, OM, PC, DL was a British Conservative politician and statesman...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC , known as The Lord Curzon of Kedleston between 1898 and 1911 and as The Earl Curzon of Kedleston between 1911 and 1921, was a British Conservative statesman who was Viceroy of India and Foreign Secretary...

23 October 1919 Conservative also Leader of the House of Lords
Leader of the House of Lords
The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,...

; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919; created Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 28 June 1921
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
|The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs has been a junior position in the British government since 1782, subordinate to both the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and since 1945 also to the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs...

Lord Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Cecil Harmsworth 10 January 1919 Liberal  
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Lord Newton
Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton
Thomas Wodehouse Legh, 2nd Baron Newton PC, DL , was a British diplomat and Conservative politician who served as Paymaster-General during the First World War.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Conservative post abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir George Cave
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave GCMG, KC, PC was a British lawyer and Conservative politician. He was Home Secretary under David Lloyd George from 1916 to 1919 and served as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain from 1922 to 1924 and again from 1924 to 1928.-Background and education:Cave was born in...

10 December 1916 Conservative created Viscount Cave
Viscount Cave
Viscount Cave, of Richmond in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for the lawyer and Conservative politician Sir George Cave, who later served as Lord Chancellor. On the day of his death in 1928 his resignation as Lord Chancellor had been...

 14 November 1918
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt PC KC was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He served as a member of David Lloyd George's cabinet, notably as Home Secretary from 1919 to 1922.-Background and education:...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
-Non-permanent and parliamentary under-secretaries, 1782-present:*April 1782: Evan Nepean*April 1782: Thomas Orde*July 1782: Henry Strachey*April 1783: George North*February 1784: Hon. John Townshend*June 1789: Scrope Bernard*July 1794: The Hon...

William Brace
William Brace
William Brace was a Welsh trade unionist and Labour politician. Born in Risca, in the coal-mining district of Monmouthshire, he was one of six children of Thomas and Anne Brace. Brace briefly attended school before starting work at the local colliery, aged 12...

10 December 1916 Labour  
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC , known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
John Baird
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...

29 April 1919 Conservative succeeded as 2nd Baronet 21 June 1920
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Edward Carson
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson PC, PC , Kt, QC , often known as Sir Edward Carson or Lord Carson, was a barrister, judge and politician from Ireland...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir Eric Geddes 17 July 1917 Conservative  
Walter Long 10 January 1919 Conservative  
The Lord Lee of Fareham
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, GCB, GBE, GCSI, PC was a British soldier, diplomat, politician and patron of the arts. After military postings and an assignment to the British Embassy in Washington, he entered politics and served as Minster of Agriculture and Fisheries and First...

13 February 1921 Conservative  
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Thomas James Macnamara
Thomas James Macnamara
Thomas James Macnamara PC , was a British teacher, educationalist and Liberal politician.-Education:Macnamara was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of a soldier originally from County Clare in Ireland. His family returned to Britain in 1869 and Macnamara was educated first at the Depot School in...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
Sir James Craig, Bt
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...

2 April 1920 Conservative  
Leo Amery 1 April 1921 Conservative  
Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty The Earl of Lytton
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...

7 February 1917 Conservative post abolished 27 January 1919
Civil Lord of the Admiralty E. G. Pretyman 14 December 1916 Conservative  
The Earl of Lytton
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...

27 January 1919 Conservative  
The Earl of Onslow
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow
Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...

26 October 1920 Conservative  
Bolton Eyres-Monsell
Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Second Civil Lord of the Admiralty Arthur Pease 10 December 1916 Conservative post abolished 10 January 1919
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Rowland Prothero
Rowland Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle
Rowland Edmund Prothero, 1st Baron Ernle MVO, PC was a British agricultural expert, administrator, journalist, author and Conservative politician.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Conservative Board replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries was a junior ministerial office in the British government, serving under the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries...

Sir Richard Winfrey
Richard Winfrey
Sir Richard Winfrey was a British Liberal politician, newspaper publisher and campaigner for agricultural rights.-Birth, Death and Family:...

14 December 1916 – 10 January 1919 Liberal  
The Duke of Marlborough
Charles Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough
Charles Richard John Spencer-Churchill, 9th Duke of Marlborough KG, PC , styled Earl of Sunderland until 1883 and Marquess of Blandford between 1883 and 1892, was a British soldier and Conservative politician...

18 February 1917 – 21 March 1918 Conservative  
The Viscount Goschen
George Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen
George Joachim Goschen, 2nd Viscount Goschen GCSI GCIE CBE VD PC was a British politician who served as Member of Parliament for East Grinstead from 1895 to 1906 and as Governor of Madras from 1924 to 1929....

26 March 1918 – 18 June 1918 Conservative  
The Lord Clinton
Charles Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton
Charles John Robert Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, 21st Baron Clinton, GCVO, PC was a British peer.Trefusis was the eldest son of the 20th Baron Clinton and his wife, Harriet. On 1 June 1886, he married his third cousin Lady Jane McDonnell and they had two daughters:*Hon...

18 June 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative  
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC was a British Conservative Party politician whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections....

10 January 1919 Conservative Board replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries The Lord Lee of Fareham
Arthur Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham
Arthur Hamilton Lee, 1st Viscount Lee of Fareham, GCB, GBE, GCSI, PC was a British soldier, diplomat, politician and patron of the arts. After military postings and an assignment to the British Embassy in Washington, he entered politics and served as Minster of Agriculture and Fisheries and First...

15 August 1919 Conservative  
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC was a British Conservative Party politician whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections....

13 February 1921 Conservative  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC was a British Conservative Party politician whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections....

15 August 1919 Conservative also Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 18 November 1919
vacant 13 February 1921    
The Earl of Onslow
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow
Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...

5 April 1921 Conservative  
The Earl of Ancaster
Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster
Sir Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 7th Baronet, 2nd Earl of Ancaster, 3rd Baron Aveland, 26th Baron Willoughby de Eresby , known as Lord Willoughby de Eresby from 1892 to 1910, was a British Conservative politician....

7 April 1921 Conservative also Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 28 October 1921
President of the Air Board The Viscount Cowdray
Weetman Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray
Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray GCVO, PC , known as Sir Weetman Pearson, Bt, between 1894 and 1910 and as The Lord Cowdray between 1910 and 1917, was a British engineer, oil industrialist, benefactor and Liberal politician...

3 January 1917 Liberal Air Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board John Baird
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...

14 December 1916 Conservative Air Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
President of the Air Council The Lord Rothermere 26 November 1917 Liberal  
The Lord Weir 26 April 1918 Liberal post abolished 10 January 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council John Baird
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...

26 November 1917 Conservative post abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for Air
Secretary of State for Air
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...

Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
Frederick Guest
Frederick Edward Guest
Frederick Edward Guest CBE DSO PC , often known as Freddie Guest, was a British politician best known for being Chief Whip of Prime Minister David Lloyd George's Coalition Liberal Party between 1917 and 1921. He was also Secretary of State for Air between 1921 and 1922...

1 April 1921 Liberal  
Under-Secretary of State for Air
Under-Secretary of State for Air
The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force....

J. E. B. Seely
J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone CB, CMG, DSO, PC, TD was a British soldier and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
George Tryon
George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon
Major George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, PC was a British Conservative politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years....

22 December 1919 Conservative  
The Marquess of Londonderry
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics...

2 April 1920 Conservative  
The Lord Gorell 18 July 1921 Liberal  
Minister of Blockade Lord Robert Cecil
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood CH, PC, QC , known as Lord Robert Cecil from 1868 to 1923, was a lawyer, politician and diplomat in the United Kingdom...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 18 July 1918 Conservative office abolished 10 July 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Blockade Frederick Leverton Harris 22 December 1916 Conservative office abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Secretary of State for the Colonies or Colonial Secretary was the British Cabinet minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various colonial dependencies....

Walter Long 10 December 1916 Conservative  
The Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played an influential leadership role in the formulation of foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

13 February 1921 Liberal  
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
The Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies was a junior Ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, subordinate to the Secretary of State for the Colonies and, from 1948, also to a Minister of State....

Arthur Steel-Maitland 10 December 1916 Conservative created a Baronet 13 July 1917
William Hewins
William Hewins
William Alfred Samuel Hewins was a British economist and Conservative politician.Hewins was the son of Samuel Hewins, an iron merchant, and was educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School and Pembroke College, Oxford. He graduated with a degree in mathematics and later worked as a university...

26 September 1917 Conservative  
Leo Amery 10 January 1919 Conservative  
E. F. L. Wood
E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, , known as The Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and as The Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s, during which he held several senior ministerial posts, most notably as...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
President of the Board of Education Herbert Fisher
Herbert Fisher
Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher OM, FRS, PC was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician. He served as President of the Board of Education in David Lloyd George's 1916 to 1922 coalition government....

10 December 1916 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. In 1899 the Board of Education Act abolished the Committee of the Privy Council which had been responsible for education matters and instituted a new Board from 1 April 1900. The...

Herbert Lewis
Herbert Lewis
Sir John Herbert Lewis GBE, PC was a British Liberal politician.-Background and education:Born at Mostyn Quay, Flintshire, Lewis was one of five sons of Enoch Lewis and Elizabeth Roberts. He was educated at McGill University and Exeter College, Oxford.-Political career:Lewis was the first Chairman...

10 December 1916 Liberal knighted in 1922
Minister of Food Control The Lord Devonport
Hudson Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport
Hudson Ewbanke Kearley, 1st Viscount Devonport, PC, DL was a British grocer and politician. He founded the International Tea Company's Stores, became the first chairman of the Port of London Authority, and served as Minister of Food Control during World War I.-Early life and business...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
The Lord Rhondda 19 June 1917 Liberal created Viscount Rhondda
Viscount Rhondda
Viscount Rhondda, of Llanwern in the County of Monmouthshire, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1918 for the Welsh businessman and Liberal politician David Alfred Thomas, 1st Baron Rhondda, with special remainder to his daughter Margaret and her heirs male...

 19 June 1918
J. R. Clynes 9 July 1918 Labour  
George Roberts
George Henry Roberts
George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...

10 January 1919 Labour  
Charles McCurdy
Charles McCurdy
Charles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....

19 March 1920 Liberal office abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control Charles Bathurst
Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe
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12 December 1916 Conservative knighted in 1917
J. R. Clynes 2 July 1917 Labour  
Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

18 July 1918 Conservative  
Charles McCurdy
Charles McCurdy
Charles Albert McCurdy was a British Liberal Member of Parliament and minister in the Lloyd George Coalition Government. He was made a member of the Privy Council in 1920....

27 January 1919 Liberal  
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt
William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon
William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon KBE PC , known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a British politician....

19 April 1920 Conservative office abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Local Government Board
President of the Local Government Board
The President of the Local Government Board was a ministerial post, frequently a Cabinet position, in the United Kingdom, established in 1871. The Local Government Board itself was established in 1871 and took over supervisory functions from the Board of Trade and the Home Office, including the...

The Lord Rhondda 10 December 1916 Liberal  
William Fisher 28 June 1917 Conservative  
Sir Auckland Geddes
Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
Auckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat...

4 November 1918 Conservative  
Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...

10 January 1919 Liberal Board became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board was, from 1871 – 1919, a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom subordinate to the President of the Local Government Board...

William Hayes Fisher
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Stephen Walsh 28 June 1917 Labour  
Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

27 January 1919 Conservative Board became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Minister of Health
Secretary of State for Health
Secretary of State for Health is a UK cabinet position responsible for the Department of Health.The first Boards of Health were created by Orders in Council dated 21 June, 14 November, and 21 November 1831. In 1848 a General Board of Health was created with the First Commissioner of Woods and...

Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...

24 June 1919 Liberal  
Sir Alfred Mond, Bt
Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, FRS , known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician...

1 April 1921 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government.The Ministry of Health was created in 1919 as a reconstruction of the Local Government Board...

Waldorf Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor was an American-born British politician and newspaper proprietor.-Early life:...

24 June 1919 Conservative succeeded as 2nd Viscount Astor
Viscount Astor
Viscount Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1917 for the financier and statesman William Waldorf Astor, 1st Baron Astor. He had already been created Baron Astor, of Hever Castle in the County of Kent, in 1916, also in the...

 18 October 1919
The Earl of Onslow
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow
Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...

7 April 1921 Conservative  
Secretary of State for India
Secretary of State for India
The Secretary of State for India, or India Secretary, was the British Cabinet minister responsible for the government of India and the political head of the India Office...

Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Edwin Samuel Montagu PC was a British Liberal politician. He notably served as Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922.-Background and education:...

17 July 1917 Liberal  
The Viscount Peel
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...

19 March 1922 Conservative  
Under-Secretary of State for India
Under-Secretary of State for India
This is a list of Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State and Permanent Under-Secretaries of State at the India Office during the period of British rule between 1866 and 1948, and for Burma from 1858-1948....

The Lord Islington 10 December 1916 Liberal  
The Lord Sinha
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha
Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha of Raipur KCSI PC KC was a prominent lawyer and statesman in British India.-Background and education:...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
The Earl of Lytton
Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton
Victor Alexander George Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton KG, GCSI, GCIE, PC, DL , styled Viscount Knebworth until 1891, was a British politician and colonial administrator...

22 September 1920 Conservative  
The Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton PC , known as Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician in the first half of the twentieth century who achieved the rare distinction of serving as both Baby of the House and Father of the House at the opposite ends of his career in the...

20 March 1922 Conservative  
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland was the British King's representative and head of the Irish executive during the Lordship of Ireland , the Kingdom of Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...

The Viscount French of Ypres
John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
Field Marshal John Denton Pinkstone French, 1st Earl of Ypres, KP, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCMG, ADC, PC , known as The Viscount French between 1916 and 1922, was a British and Anglo-Irish officer...

6 May 1918 – 2 May 1921   entered the Cabinet 28 October 1918; left the Cabinet 2 April 1921
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Chief Secretary for Ireland
The Chief Secretary for Ireland was a key political office in the British administration in Ireland. Nominally subordinate to the Lord Lieutenant, from the late 18th century until the end of British rule he was effectively the government minister with responsibility for governing Ireland; usually...

Henry Duke
Henry Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale
Henry Edward Duke, 1st Baron Merrivale PC, QC , was a British judge and Conservative politician. He served as Chief Secretary for Ireland between 1916 and 1918.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Conservative knighted in 1918
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt PC KC was a British lawyer and Liberal Party politician. He served as a member of David Lloyd George's cabinet, notably as Home Secretary from 1919 to 1922.-Background and education:...

5 May 1918 Liberal  
Ian Macpherson 10 January 1919 Liberal  
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC , known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician...

2 April 1920 Liberal  
Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland Thomas Wallace Russell 10 December 1916 Liberal created a Baronet 20 June 1917
Hugh T. Barrie
Hugh T. Barrie
Hugh Thom Barrie PC was a Scottish-born Irish politician. He was Irish Unionist Member of Parliament for North Londonderry from 1906 to 1918 and Ulster Unionist MP from 1919 until his death in 1922....

15 January 1919 Conservative  
Minister of Labour
Secretary of State for Employment
The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment...

John Hodge 10 December 1916 Labour  
George Roberts
George Henry Roberts
George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...

17 August 1917 Labour  
Sir Robert Horne
Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
Thomas James Macnamara
Thomas James Macnamara
Thomas James Macnamara PC , was a British teacher, educationalist and Liberal politician.-Education:Macnamara was born in Montreal, Canada, the son of a soldier originally from County Clare in Ireland. His family returned to Britain in 1869 and Macnamara was educated first at the Depot School in...

19 March 1920 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour was a junior position within the British government, subordinate to the Minister of Labour. It was established in December 1916, at the same time as the Ministry of Labour...

William Bridgeman 22 December 1916 Conservative  
George James Wardle 10 January 1919 Labour  
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, Bt
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, 1st Baronet KBE was an English barrister and Conservative Party politician....

2 April 1920 Conservative  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster...

Sir Frederick Cawley, Bt
Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley
Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley PC, JP , known as Sir Frederick Cawley, Bt, between 1906 and 1918, was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician. A wealthy cotton merchant, he represented Prestwich in parliament between 1895 and 1918 and served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
The Lord Beaverbrook
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...

10 February 1918 Conservative  
William Hayes Fisher
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...

4 November 1918 Conservative created Baron Downham 16 November 1918
The Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

10 January 1919 Conservative  
The Viscount Peel
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Sir William Sutherland
William Sutherland (Scottish politician)
Sir William Sutherland, KCB PC was a Scottish civil servant, Liberal Party politician and colliery owner. He was closely associated with Prime Minister David Lloyd George serving as his private and press secretary and later as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. He was one of Lloyd George’s...

7 April 1922 Liberal  
Minister of Information
Minister of Information
The Ministry of Information , headed by the Minister of Information, was a United Kingdom government department created briefly at the end of World War I and again during World War II...

The Lord Beaverbrook
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Bt, PC, was a Canadian-British business tycoon, politician, and writer.-Early career in Canada:...

10 February 1918 Conservative  
William Hayes Fisher
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham
William Hayes Fisher, 1st Baron Downham PC, KStJ , was a British Conservative Party politician. He held office as President of the Local Government Board and Minister of Information in David Lloyd George's First World War coalition government.-Background and education:Born at Downham, Norfolk,...

4 November 1918 Conservative created Baron Downham 16 November 1918; office abolished 10 January 1919
Minister of Munitions
Minister of Munitions
The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort...

Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

17 July 1917 Liberal  
The Lord Inverforth
Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth
Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth PC created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow...

10 January 1919 Conservative office abolished 21 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions Sir Laming Worthington-Evans 14 December 1916 – 30 January 1918 Conservative  
F. G. Kellaway
Frederick Kellaway
Frederick George Kellaway PC , often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922....

14 December 1916 – 1 April 1920 Liberal  
J. E. B. Seely
J. E. B. Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone
John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone CB, CMG, DSO, PC, TD was a British soldier and politician. He was a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1900 to 1904 and a Liberal MP from 1904 to 1922 and from 1923 to 1924...

10 July 1918 – 10 January 1919 Liberal  
John Baird
John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, GCMG, DSO, PC, JP, DL , known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a Member of Parliament, government minister, and was later the eighth...

10 January 1919 – 29 April 1919 Liberal  
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 30 January 1918 – 18 July 1918 Conservative  
James Hope 27 January 1919 – 31 March 1921 Conservative  
Minister of National Service Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain
Arthur Neville Chamberlain FRS was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the...

15 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir Auckland Geddes
Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
Auckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat...

17 August 1917 Conservative post abolished 19 December 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National Service Stephen Walsh 17 March 1917 – 28 June 1917 Labour  
Cecil Beck
Cecil Beck
Sir Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck was a British Liberal Party politician.Beck was educated at Haileybury and the University of Cambridge....

28 June 1917 – 19 December 1919 Liberal  
The Viscount Peel
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...

15 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative  
Paymaster-General
Paymaster-General
HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom. The Paymaster General is in charge of the Office of HM Paymaster General , which held accounts at the Bank of England on behalf of Government departments and selected other public bodies...

Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett
Joseph Compton-Rickett
Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett was a Liberal Party politician in England. He was Member of Parliament for Scarborough from 1895 to 1906, for Osgoldcross from 1906 to 1918, and for the Pontefract constituency that largely replaced it from 1918 until his death the following year...

15 December 1916 Liberal  
Sir Tudor Walters 26 October 1919 Liberal  
Minister of Pensions George Nicoll Barnes
George Nicoll Barnes
George Nicoll Barnes CH PC was a Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party.Barnes was born in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands...

10 December 1916 Labour in the War Cabinet 29 May 1917 – 3 August 1917
John Hodge 17 August 1917 Labour  
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 10 January 1919 Conservative  
Ian Macpherson 2 April 1920 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Arthur Sackville Trevor Griffith-Boscawen PC was a British Conservative Party politician whose career was cut short by losing a string of Parliamentary elections....

22 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir James Craig, Bt
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
George Tryon
George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon
Major George Clement Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon, PC was a British Conservative politician who served in a number of ministerial positions in the inter-war years....

2 April 1920 Conservative  
Postmaster General
United Kingdom Postmaster General
The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs...

Albert Illingworth
Albert Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth
Albert Holden Illingworth, 1st Baron Illingworth PC , was a British businessman and Liberal politician. He served as Postmaster General between 1916 and 1921 in David Lloyd George's coalition government.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
F. G. Kellaway
Frederick Kellaway
Frederick George Kellaway PC , often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922....

1 April 1921 Liberal  
Assistant Postmaster General Herbert Pease 10 December 1916 Conservative  
Minister without Portfolio
Minister without Portfolio
A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry...

Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson was a British iron moulder and Labour politician. He was the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and he served three short terms as the Leader of the Labour Party from 1908–1910, 1914–1917 and 1931-1932....

10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917 Labour in the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917
The Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played an influential leadership role in the formulation of foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s...

10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918 Conservative in the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918
Jan Smuts
Jan Smuts
Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM, CH, ED, KC, FRS, PC was a prominent South African and British Commonwealth statesman, military leader and philosopher. In addition to holding various cabinet posts, he served as Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa from 1919 until 1924 and from 1939 until 1948...

22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919   in the War Cabinet 22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919
Sir Edward Carson
Edward Carson, Baron Carson
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson PC, PC , Kt, QC , often known as Sir Edward Carson or Lord Carson, was a barrister, judge and politician from Ireland...

17 July 1917 – 21 January 1918 Conservative  
George Nicoll Barnes
George Nicoll Barnes
George Nicoll Barnes CH PC was a Scottish politician and a leader of the Labour Party.Barnes was born in Lochee, Dundee, the second of five sons of James Barnes, a skilled engineer and mill manager from Yorkshire, and his wife, Catherine Adam Langlands...

13 August 1917 – 27 January 1920 Labour in the War Cabinet 13 August 1917 – 10 January 1919
Austen Chamberlain
Austen Chamberlain
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, KG was a British statesman, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and half-brother of Neville Chamberlain.- Early life and career :...

18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative entered the War Cabinet 18 April 1918
Sir Eric Geddes 10 January 1919 – 19 May 1919 Conservative in the War Cabinet 10 January 1919 – 31 October 1919
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 Conservative  
Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...

1 April 1921 – 14 July 1921 Liberal  
Minister of Reconstruction
Minister of Reconstruction
The Minister of Reconstruction was a British government post that briefly existed during the latter stages of the Second World War, charged with planning for the post-war period...

Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison
Sir Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison KG, PC was a British medical doctor and politician. By turns a liberal and a socialist, he served as Minister of Munitions during the first World War, and was later Minister of Health under David Lloyd George and Leader of the House of Lords under...

17 July 1917 Liberal  
Sir Auckland Geddes
Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
Auckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat...

10 January 1919 Conservative office abolished 19 December 1919
Secretary for Scotland Robert Munro
Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness
Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness GBE, PC, KC, DL was a Scottish lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He served as Secretary for Scotland between 1916 and 1922 in David Lloyd George's coalition government and as Lord Justice Clerk between 1922 and 1933.-Background and education:Munro was born in...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland John Pratt
John Pratt (Liberal politician)
Sir John William Pratt , was a Scottish Liberal politician.Pratt entered Parliament for Linlithgowshire in 1913 by-election, a seat he held until 1918, and then represented Glasgow Cathcart until 1922...

8 August 1919 Liberal knighted 1922
Minister of Shipping
Minister of Shipping
The Minister of Shipping was a British government post created during the First World War and again during the Second World War. In 1941 it was merged into the position of Minister of Transport which was then renamed Minister of War Transport....

Sir James Maclay, Bt
James Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay
Joseph Paton Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay PC , known as Sir Joseph Maclay, 1st Baronet, from 1914 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and public servant....

10 December 1916 Liberal office abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping Sir Leo Chiozza Money
Leo Chiozza Money
Sir Leo George Chiozza Money , born Leone Giorgio Chiozza, was an Italian-born economic theorist who moved to Britain in the 1890s, where he made his name as a politician, journalist and author. In the early years of the 20th century his views attracted the interest of two future Prime Ministers,...

22 December 1916 Liberal  
Leslie Orme Wilson
Leslie Orme Wilson
Sir Leslie Orme Wilson, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, DSO, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and Governor of Queensland.-Personal life:...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
Minister of Supply
Minister of Supply
The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces...

The Lord Inverforth
Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth
Andrew Weir, 1st Baron Inverforth PC created and headed the firm of Andrew Weir and Co. shipowners of Glasgow...

10 January 1919 Conservative office abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Board of Trade Sir Albert Stanley
Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield
Albert Henry Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, PC, TD , born Albert Henry Knattriess, was a British-American who was managing director, then chairman of the Underground Electric Railways Company of London from 1910 to 1933 and chairman of the London Passenger Transport Board from 1933 to 1947.Although...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir Auckland Geddes
Auckland Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes
Auckland Campbell-Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes GCMG, KCB, PC was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat...

26 May 1919 Conservative  
Sir Robert Horne
Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE, PC, KC was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the...

19 March 1920 Conservative  
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC was a British Conservative politician, who dominated the government in his country between the two world wars...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom was a member of Parliament assigned to assist the Board of Trade and its President with administration and liaison with Parliament. It replaced the Vice-President of the Board of Trade....

George Roberts
George Henry Roberts
George Henry Roberts PC was a Labour Party politician who switched parties twice.At the 1906 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Norwich...

14 December 1916 Labour  
George Wardle 17 August 1917 Labour  
William Bridgeman 10 January 1919 Conservative  
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...

22 August 1920 Conservative  
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt
William Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon
William Lowson Mitchell-Thomson, 1st Baron Selsdon KBE PC , known as Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, 2nd Baronet, from 1918 to 1932, was a British politician....

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Secretary for Overseas Trade
Secretary for Overseas Trade
The Secretary for Overseas Trade was a junior Ministerial position in the United Kingdom government from 1917 until 1953, subordinate to the President of the Board of Trade. The office was replaced by the Minister of State for Trade on 3 September 1953....

Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt 14 September 1917 Conservative  
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood
Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood PC, KC , known as Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt, between 1915 and 1929 and as The Lord Greenwood between 1929 and 1937, was a Canadian-born British lawyer and politician...

29 April 1919 Liberal  
F. G. Kellaway
Frederick Kellaway
Frederick George Kellaway PC , often called F. G. Kellaway, was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom, and Member of Parliament for Bedford from December 1910 to 1922....

2 April 1920 Liberal  
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton
Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton GBE, CH, MC, PC , known as Philip Lloyd-Greame until 1924 and as The Viscount Swinton from 1935 until 1955, was a prominent British Conservative politician from the 1920s until the 1950s.-Background and early life:Born as Philip Lloyd-Graeme, he was the...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Parliamentary Secretary for Mines William Bridgeman 22 August 1920 Conservative  
Minister of Transport
Secretary of State for Transport
The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors...

Sir Eric Geddes 19 May 1919 Conservative  
The Viscount Peel
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...

7 November 1921 Conservative  
The Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

12 April 1922 Conservative  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport was a junior position at the British Ministry of Transport. The office was renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, but resumed its former name at the end of the Second World War.-Parliamentary Secretaries to the...

Sir Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams
Rhys Williams may refer to:*Rhys Williams , Welsh actor*Rhys Williams , Welsh athlete*Rhys H. Williams , Welsh rugby union player...

23 September 1919 Liberal  
Arthur Neal
Arthur Neal
Arthur Neal was a British politician.Born in Sheffield, Neal attended Wesley College before becoming a solicitor. He was elected to Sheffield City Council as a Liberal in 1903, holding a seat until 1921....

28 November 1919 Liberal  
Secretary of State for War
Secretary of State for War
The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a British cabinet-level position, first held by Henry Dundas . In 1801 the post became that of Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The position was re-instated in 1854...

The Earl of Derby
Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby KG, GCB, GCVO, TD, PC, KGStJ, JP , known as Lord Stanley from 1893 to 1908, was a British soldier, Conservative politician, diplomat and racehorse owner. He was twice Secretary of State for War and also served as British Ambassador to...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
The Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner
Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner KG, GCB, GCMG, PC was a British statesman and colonial administrator who played an influential leadership role in the formulation of foreign and domestic policy between the mid-1890s and early 1920s...

18 April 1918 Conservative  
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, was a predominantly Conservative British politician and statesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest wartime leaders of the century and served as Prime Minister twice...

10 January 1919 Liberal  
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt 13 February 1921 Conservative  
Under-Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War
The position of Under-Secretary of State for War was a British government position, first applied to Evan Nepean . In 1801 the offices for War and the Colonies were merged and the post became that of Under-Secretary of State for War and the Colonies...

Ian Macpherson 14 December 1916 Liberal  
Viscount Peel
William Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel
William Robert Wellesley Peel, 1st Earl Peel GCSI, GBE, PC, TD was a British politician.-Background and education:...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
Sir Robert Sanders
Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Financial Secretary to the War Office
Financial Secretary to the War Office
Financial Secretary to the War Office was an office of the British government, the financial secretary of the War Office department.The post was combined with that of Under-Secretary of State for War from 17 April 1947....

Henry Forster
Henry Forster, 1st Baron Forster
Henry William Forster, 1st Baron Forster, GCMG, PC, DL , was a British Conservative Party politician who became the seventh Governor-General of Australia-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Conservative created Baron Forster 12 December 1919
Sir Archibald Williamson
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres
Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres PC , known as Sir Archibald Williamson, 1st Baronet, from 1909 to 1922, was a Scottish businessman and politician....

18 December 1919 Liberal  
George Frederick Stanley
George Frederick Stanley
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office The Earl Stanhope
James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope
James Richard Stanhope, 13th Earl of Chesterfield and 7th Earl Stanhope KG, DSO, MC, PC , styled Viscount Mahon until 1905, and known as The Earl Stanhope from 1905 until 1967, was a British Conservative politician.-Background:Stanhope was the eldest son of Arthur Stanhope, 6th Earl Stanhope, and...

14 December 1916 Conservative post abolished 10 January 1919
First Commissioner of Works
First Commissioner of Works
The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It took over some of the functions of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851 when the portfolio of Crown holdings was divided into the public...

Sir Alfred Mond, Bt
Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, FRS , known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
The Earl of Crawford
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres KT, PC, DL, FRS, FSA , styled Lord Balniel between 1880 and 1913, was a British Conservative politician and art connoisseur....

1 April 1921 Conservative entered the Cabinet 7 April 1922
Attorney General
Attorney General for England and Wales
Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in...

Sir F. E. Smith
F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead
Frederick Edwin Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead GCSI, PC, KC , best known to history as F. E. Smith , was a British Conservative statesman and lawyer of the early 20th century. He was a skilled orator, noted for his staunch opposition to Irish nationalism, his wit, pugnacious views, and hard living...

10 December 1916 Conservative  
Sir Gordon Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...

10 January 1919 Liberal entered the Cabinet 7 November 1921
Sir Ernest Pollock
Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth
Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth KBE PC KC was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Master of the Rolls.He was the MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1910 to 1923...

6 March 1922 Conservative  
Solicitor General
Solicitor General for England and Wales
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law...

Sir Gordon Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart
Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart, PC was a politician and judge in the United Kingdom.-Background and education:...

10 December 1916 Liberal  
Sir Ernest Pollock
Ernest Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth
Ernest Murray Pollock, 1st Viscount Hanworth KBE PC KC was a British Conservative Member of Parliament and Master of the Rolls.He was the MP for Warwick and Leamington from 1910 to 1923...

10 January 1919 Conservative  
Leslie Scott 6 March 1922 Conservative knighted in 1922
Lord Advocate
Lord Advocate
Her Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament...

James Clyde 10 December 1916 Conservative  
Thomas Morison 25 March 1920 Liberal  
Charles David Murray
Charles David Murray
Charles David Murray was a Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge.Born in London, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University and was admitted as an advocate in 1889 and appointed a King's Counsel in 1907.He was a Major in the Fourth Division of the Royal Engineers ,...

5 March 1922 Conservative  
Solicitor General for Scotland
Solicitor General for Scotland
Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law...

Thomas Morison 10 December 1916 Liberal  
Charles David Murray
Charles David Murray
Charles David Murray was a Scottish Tory politician, lawyer and judge.Born in London, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy and Edinburgh University and was admitted as an advocate in 1889 and appointed a King's Counsel in 1907.He was a Major in the Fourth Division of the Royal Engineers ,...

25 March 1920 Conservative  
Andrew Briggs Constable 16 March 1922 Conservative  
William Watson
William Watson, Baron Thankerton
William Watson, Baron Thankerton was a Scottish politician and judge.Watson was the son of William Watson, Baron Watson, and was educated at Winchester and Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating with a third class degree in law in 1895. He was admitted as an advocate in 1899, taking silk in 1914...

24 July 1922 Conservative  
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
Lord Chancellor of Ireland
The office of Lord Chancellor of Ireland was the highest judicial office in Ireland until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. From 1721 to 1801 it was also the highest political office of the Irish Parliament.-13th century:...

Sir John O'Brien, Bt 10 December 1916 Liberal  
Sir James Campbell, Bt
James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy
James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy PC was an Irish lawyer, politician in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State...

4 June 1918 Conservative  
Sir John Ross, Bt 27 June 1921 Conservative  
Attorney General for Ireland James O'Connor 8 January 1917 Irish Nationalist  
Arthur Samuels
Arthur Warren Samuels
Arthur Warren Samuels was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party....

7 April 1918 Conservative  
Denis Henry 6 July 1919 Conservative  
Thomas Brown
Thomas Watters Brown
Thomas Watters Brown PC was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland. He was the last holder of both offices...

5 August 1921 Conservative  
vacant 16 August 1921  
Solicitor General for Ireland James Chambers 19 March 1917 Conservative  
Arthur Samuels
Arthur Warren Samuels
Arthur Warren Samuels was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party....

12 September 1917 Conservative  
John Powell
John Blake Powell
John Blake Powell, PC , KC was an Irish solicitor, barrister and judge.Originally qualifying as a solicitor, he was called to the Bar in 1894. From 1904 to 1914 he was Senior Crown Prosecutor for County Leitrim and from 1914 to 1918 held the same position in County Sligo. He took silk in 1905 and...

7 April 1918 Conservative  
Denis Henry 27 November 1918 Conservative  
David Wilson 6 July 1919 Conservative  
Thomas Brown
Thomas Watters Brown
Thomas Watters Brown PC was an Irish lawyer and politician. He was elected Member of Parliament for North Down in 1918 and was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland in June 1921. On 5 August of the same year he was promoted to Attorney-General for Ireland. He was the last holder of both offices...

12 June 1921 Conservative  
vacant 5 August 1921    
Lord Steward of the Household The Lord Farquhar
Horace Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar
Horace Brand Farquhar, 1st Earl Farquhar GCB, GCVO, PC , was a British financier, courtier and Conservative politician.-Background:...

14 December 1916 Conservative created Viscount Farquhar 21 June 1917
Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Lord Sandhurst
William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst
William Mansfield, 1st Viscount Sandhurst GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, PC was a British Liberal politician and colonial governor...

14 December 1916 Liberal created Viscount Sandhurst 1 January 1917
The Duke of Atholl
John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
Colonel John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl KT GCVO CB DSO PC ADC , styled Marquess of Tullibardine until 1917, was a Scottish soldier and Conservative politician.-Early life:...

20 November 1921 Conservative  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He or she is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain's main role is to compile...

Cecil Beck
Cecil Beck
Sir Arthur Cecil Tyrrell Beck was a British Liberal Party politician.Beck was educated at Haileybury and the University of Cambridge....

14 December 1916 Liberal  
William Dudley Ward
William Dudley Ward
William Dudley Ward PC , was a British sportsman and Liberal politician.-Early life:Dudley Ward was born in London, the son of William Humble Dudley Ward and the great-grandson of William Humble Ward, 10th Baron Ward His mother was the Honourable Eugenie Violet Adele Brett,...

9 December 1917 Liberal  
Master of the Horse
Master of the Horse
The Master of the Horse was a position of varying importance in several European nations.-Magister Equitum :...

The Earl of Chesterfield
Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield
Edwyn Francis Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield KG, GCVO, PC , styled Lord Stanhope between 1883 and 1887, was a British peer and courtier.-Background and education:...

14 December 1916 Liberal  
Treasurer of the Household
Treasurer of the Household
The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Steward's Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the government's Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons...

James Craig
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, PC, PC , was a prominent Irish unionist politician, leader of the Ulster Unionist Party and the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland...

14 December 1916 Conservative created a Baronet 5 February 1918
vacant 22 January 1918  
Robert Sanders
Robert Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford
Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Arthur Sanders, 1st Baron Bayford PC, JP was an English politician.-Background and education:...

11 June 1918 Conservative  
Bolton Eyres-Monsell
Bolton Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell
Bolton Meredith Eyres-Monsell, 1st Viscount Monsell, GBE, PC was a British Conservative Party politician who served as Chief Whip until 1931 and then as First Lord of the Admiralty.His parents were Lt.Col...

5 February 1919 Conservative  
George Gibbs
George Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall
George Abraham Gibbs, 1st Baron Wraxall, PC , was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford Gibbs was the eldest of the seven sons of Major Antony Gibbs and Janet Louisa Merivale, daughter of John Louis Merivale...

1 April 1921 Conservative  
Comptroller of the Household
Comptroller of the Household
The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local...

Sir Edwin Cornwall, Bt 14 December 1916 Liberal  
George Frederick Stanley
George Frederick Stanley
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Frederick Stanley GCSI GCIE CMG was a British soldier and Conservative Party politician who served as a member of the UK Parliament for Preston and later, Willesdon East...

28 February 1919 Conservative  
Harry Barnston
Harry Barnston
Sir Harry Barnston, 1st Baronet MA JP DL was a British Conservative politician.The son of Major William Barnston of Crewe Hill, and Mary Emma King, he was educated privately and at Christ Church, Oxford....

7 April 1921 Conservative  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms
The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post since 1945 held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners....

The Lord Colebrooke
Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke
Edward Arthur Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke PC, GCVO , known as Sir Edward Colebrooke, 5th Baronet, from 1890 to 1906, was a British Liberal politician and courtier....

14 December 1916 Liberal also Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords...

The Lord Suffield
Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield
Lt. Col Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield CB MVO , was a British Army officer and British Conservative politician....

14 December 1916 Conservative  
The Lord Hylton
Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton
Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton was a British peer and Conservative politician.Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey was his maternal great-grandfather...

21 May 1918 Conservative also Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

Lords in Waiting The Lord Herschell
Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell
Richard Farrer Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell GCVO , was a British Liberal politician.Herschell was the only son of Lord Chancellor Farrer Herschell, 1st Baron Herschell, and his wife Agnes Adela , and succeeded in the barony in 1899...

14 December 1916 – 11 February 1919 Liberal  
The Lord Stanmore
George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore
George Arthur Maurice Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore PC, KCVO, KJStJ , was a British Liberal politician.Stanmore was the only son of Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore, youngest son of Prime Minister George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. His mother was Rachel Emily, daughter of...

14 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Liberal  
The Lord Ranksborough
John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough
Major-General John Fielden Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough CB, CVO , was a British soldier, courtier and Liberal politician.-Background and education:...

14 December 1916 – 4 April 1921 Liberal  
The Viscount Valentia
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia
Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia CB, KCVO, JP was a British soldier, courtier and Conservative politician...

14 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
The Lord Hylton
Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton
Hylton George Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton was a British peer and Conservative politician.Hylton was the eldest son of Hedworth Jolliffe, 2nd Baron Hylton, and Lady Agnes Mary Byng. Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey was his maternal great-grandfather...

14 December 1916 – 18 May 1918 Conservative also Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
House of Lords
The House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....

The Lord Somerleyton
Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton
Savile Brinton Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton GCVO, PC , known as Sir Savile Crossley, Bt, from 1872 to 1916, was a British Liberal Unionist politician who served as Paymaster General from 1902 to 1905.-Background:...

18 May 1918 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
The Earl of Jersey 11 January 1919 – 17 August 1919 Conservative  
The Earl of Bradford
Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford
Lieutenant-Colonel Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford DL, JP , styled Viscount Newport from 1898 to 1915, was a British peer, Conservative politician and soldier...

11 February 1919 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
The Earl of Onslow
Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow
Richard William Alan Onslow, 5th Earl Onslow GBE, PC , styled Viscount Cranley until 1911, was a British peer, diplomat, parliamentary secretary and government minister.-Background and education:...

17 August 1919 – 21 November 1920 Conservative  
The Earl of Lucan
George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan
Colonel George Charles Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan GCVO, KBE, CB, PC, TD, DL , known as Lord Bingham from 1888 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician....

12 November 1920 – 19 October 1922 Conservative  
The Earl of Clarendon
George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon
George Herbert Hyde Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon KG, PC , known as Lord Hyde from 1877 to 1914, was a British Conservative politician...

4 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative

Source: D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts (Macmillan, 2000)
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