Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons.
The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards).
The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V.
Cabinets
Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923
Law ministry | |
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1922-1923 | |
![]() Bonar Law | |
Date formed | 23 October 1922 |
Date dissolved | 20 May 1923 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Bonar Law |
Member party | Conservative Party |
Status in legislature | Majority 344 / 616 (56%) |
Opposition party | Labour Party |
Opposition leaders | Ramsay MacDonald |
History | |
Election | 1922 general election |
Legislature terms | 31st UK Parliament 32nd UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Lloyd George ministry |
Successor | First Baldwin ministry |
- Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
- The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Stanley Baldwin – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
- The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
- The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
- The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
- The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
- Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
- Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
- Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
- Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen – Minister of Health
Changes
- April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigned as Minister of Health after losing his seat and was succeeded by Neville Chamberlain.
Baldwin's Cabinet, May 1923 – January 1924
First Baldwin ministry | |
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1923-1924 | |
![]() Stanley Baldwin | |
Date formed | 22 May 1923 |
Date dissolved | 22 January 1924 |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Member party | Conservative Party |
Status in legislature | Majority 344 / 616 (56%) |
Opposition party | Labour Party |
Opposition leaders | Ramsay MacDonald |
History | |
Election | 1922 general election |
Outgoing election | 1923 general election |
Legislature terms | 32nd UK Parliament 33rd UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Law ministry |
Successor | First MacDonald ministry |
- Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
- The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
- The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from 28 December 1923[1])
- William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
- The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
- The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
- The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
- Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
- The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
- Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
- Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
- Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
- Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Postmaster-General
Changes
- August 1923 – Neville Chamberlain took over from Baldwin as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir William Joynson-Hicks succeeded Chamberlain as Minister of Health. Joynson-Hicks' successor as Financial Secretary to the Treasury was not in the Cabinet.
List of ministers
Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face.
- Notes
References
- D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000.
- ^ "No. 32892". The London Gazette. 28 December 1923. p. 9107.
- ^ "No. 32828". The London Gazette. 29 May 1923. p. 3741.
- ^ "No. 32835". The London Gazette. 19 June 1923. p. 4275.
- ^ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04