Churchill War Government
The war government Churchill ( English Churchill was ministry ) under the leadership of the Conservative Prime Minister Winston Churchill ruled the United Kingdom in the period of the Second World War from May 10, 1940 to May 23, 1945. It was after the resignation of the previous Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain as a result of Norwegian debate formed and included all political groups represented in Parliament . The government was dissolved as a result of the termination of the coalition by the second largest party, the Labor Party , with the resignation of Churchill. Churchill immediately formed a new interim government to rule the country until the final results of Churchill's scheduled general election in 1945 on July 26th, in which Labor won the day.
History and formation of a government
The fourth National Government , which ruled under Neville Chamberlain from 1937, was followed on the day the United Kingdom entered the Second World War by the predominantly conservative Chamberlain War Government , in which Churchill had again assumed an office (that of Minister of the Navy) for the first time from 1929. In May 1940, as a result of the decision of the Chamberlain government to withdraw troops from Norway , which had previously been attacked by the German Reich in Operation Weser Exercise and had received support from the Allies , there was a debate on Norway in the British House of Commons , in which the government and Chamberlain in particular suffered a clear setback. It became clear that Chamberlain had little chance of successfully leading the country through the trial of a great war. Of the successor candidates , mainly Churchill and Foreign Minister Lord Halifax , Churchill had a better chance from the start of integrating the previous opposition parties (Labor and the Liberal Party ) into a government. In contrast, the Chamberlain supporters still dominating within the Conservative Party - the "honorable current" - had reservations about Churchill and his closest supporters, who were decried as "Glamor Boys". In view of the discrediting of the appeasement politicians who had prevailed until 1939 , to whom he himself had belonged, Halifax let Churchill precede in forming a government.
The formation of the government fell on the day of the German invasion of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg , the beginning of the western campaign . Chamberlain's attempts to broaden his government by including Labor ultimately failed that morning due to the refusal of its party leader Clement Attlee . Chamberlain, who had concerns about resigning at such a point, nevertheless immediately drove to Buckingham Palace to resign and propose Churchill as his successor. The BBC broadcast Chamberlain's resignation speech at 9 p.m., and Churchill went to bed at 3 a.m. the next morning after naming his internal war cabinet and the most important ministers of the new government.
War Cabinet
Like his predecessor, Churchill formed a scaled-down war cabinet that made the most important decisions. In addition to Churchill, who took over the office of Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, this originally included the following ministers:
- Neville Chamberlain ( Lord President of the Council )
- Clement Attlee ( Lord Seal Keeper )
- Edward Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax (Secretary of State)
- Arthur Greenwood (Minister without Portfolio)
The composition of the War Cabinet was subject to major changes in the following five years, which are therefore summarized here:
Surname | Political party | Government offices | Time in the war cabinet | |
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Winston Churchill | Conservative | First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defense |
May 1940 to May 1945 | |
Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | Lord President of the Council | May to October 1940 | |
Clement Attlee | Labor |
Lord Seal Keeper Deputy Prime Minister Lord President of the Council |
May 1940 to February 1942 February 1942 to May 1945 September 1943 to May 1945 |
|
Lord Halifax | Conservative | Foreign minister | May to December 1940 | |
Arthur Greenwood | Labor | Minister with no portfolio | May 1940 to February 1942 | |
Lord Beaverbrook | Conservative | Minister for Aircraft Production Minister of State for Supply Minister Minister for War Production |
August 1940 to May 1941 May to June 1941 June 1941 to February 1942 February 1942 |
|
Sir John Anderson | independently |
Lord President of the Council Chancellor of the Exchequer |
October 1940 to September 1943 September 1943 to May 1945 |
|
Ernest Bevin | Labor | Minister for Labor and Military Service | October 1940 to May 1945 | |
Anthony Eden | Conservative | Foreign minister | December 1940 to May 1945 | |
Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative | Minister-Resident for the Middle East Minister for War Production |
February to March 1942 March 1942 to May 1945 |
|
Stafford Cripps | Labor | Lord Seal Keeper | February to October 1942 | |
Richard Casey | independently | Minister-Resident for the Middle East | March 1942 to January 1944 | |
Herbert Morrison | Labor | Interior minister | October 1942 to May 1945 | |
Lord Woolton | Conservative | Minister for Reconstruction | November 1943 to May 1945 | |
Lord Moyne | Conservative | Minister-Resident for the Middle East | January to November 1944 |
- ↑ resigned due to illness, died on November 9, 1940
- ↑ became ambassador to the USA
- ↑ became opposition leader in the lower house
- ↑ a b left the war cabinet
- ↑ became governor of Bengal
- ↑ was killed in an attack in Cairo
List of public officials
(Cabinet ministers appear in bold .)
Office | Surname | Political party | Duration, if different | Remarks | ||
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Prime Minister , First Lord of the Treasury , Secretary of Defense |
Winston Churchill | Conservative | ||||
Lord Chancellor | John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon | Liberal National | ||||
Lord President of the Council | Neville Chamberlain | Conservative | until October 3, 1940 | Resignation due to illness | ||
Sir John Anderson | independently | October 3, 1940 - September 24, 1943 | became Chancellor of the Exchequer | |||
Clement Attlee | Labor | from September 24, 1943 | ||||
Lord Seal Keeper | Clement Attlee | Labor | until February 19, 1942 | became Minister for the Dominions | ||
Stafford Cripps | Labor | February 19, 1942 - November 22, 1942 | became Minister for Aircraft Production | |||
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | November 22, 1942 - September 24, 1943 | became (again) Minister for the Dominions | |||
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Conservative | from September 24, 1943 | ||||
Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sir Kingsley Wood | Conservative | until September 21, 1943 | died in office | ||
Sir John Anderson | independently | from September 24, 1943 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary for the Treasury | David Margesson | Conservative | May 17, 1940 - December 22, 1940 | |||
Sir Charles Edwards | Labor | May 17, 1940 - March 12, 1942 | ||||
James Stuart | Conservative | January 14, 1941 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
William Whiteley | Labor | March 12, 1942 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Treasury Secretary of State for the Treasury | Harry Crookshank | Conservative | until February 7, 1943 | |||
Ralph Assheton | Conservative | from February 7, 1943 | ||||
Osbert Peake | Conservative | from October 29, 1944 | ||||
Lords of the Treasury | Stephen Furness | Liberal National | May 12, 1940 - May 18, 1940 | |||
James Stuart | Conservative | May 12, 1940 - January 14, 1941 | ||||
Patrick Munro | Conservative | May 12, 1940 - March 13, 1942 | ||||
Patrick Buchan-Hepburn | Conservative | May 12, 1940 - June 26, 1940 December 6, 1944 - May 23, 1945 |
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William Boulton | Conservative | May 12, 1940 - March 13, 1942 | ||||
Wilfred Paling | Labor | May 18, 1940 - February 8, 1941 | ||||
James Thomas | Conservative | June 26, 1940 - September 25, 1943 | ||||
Thomas Dugdale | Conservative | February 8, 1941 - February 23, 1942 | ||||
William Murdoch Adamson | Labor | March 1, 1941 - October 2, 1944 | ||||
Arthur Young | Conservative | February 23, 1942 - July 3, 1944 | ||||
John McEwen | Conservative | March 13, 1942 - December 6, 1944 | ||||
Leslie Pym | Conservative | March 13, 1942 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Alec Beechman | Liberal National | September 25, 1943 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Cedric Drewe | Conservative | July 3, 1944 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
William John | Labor | October 2, 1944 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Foreign minister | Edward Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax | Conservative | until December 22, 1940 | also from October 3, 1940 Leader of the House of Lords; became ambassador to the USA | ||
Anthony Eden | Conservative | from December 22, 1940 | also from 1942 to 1945 Leader of the House of Commons | |||
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | Rab butler | Conservative | until July 20, 1941 | |||
Richard Law | Conservative | July 20, 1941 - September 25, 1943 | ||||
George Hall | Labor | from September 25, 1943 | ||||
Minister of the Interior and Minister of Homeland Security | Sir John Anderson | National Independent | until October 2, 1940 | became Lord President of the Council | ||
Herbert Morrison | Labor | from October 2, 1940 | ||||
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of the Interior | Osbert Peake | Conservative | until October 31, 1944 | |||
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster | Conservative | from October 31, 1944 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of the Interior | William Mabane | Liberal National | until June 3, 1942 | |||
Ellen Wilkinson | Labor | from June 3, 1942 | ||||
First Lord of the Admiralty | Albert Alexander | Labor | ||||
Parliamentary and Finance Secretary of State of the Admiralty | Sir Victor Warrender , Bt | Labor | ennobled as a peer during his tenure | |||
Admiralty Civil Lord | Sir Austin Hudson , Bt | Conservative | until March 4, 1942 | |||
Richard Pilkington | Conservative | from March 4, 1942 | ||||
Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries | Robert Hudson | Conservative | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture | Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne | Conservative | May 15, 1940 - February 8, 1941 | |||
Tom Williams | Labor | May 15, 1940 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk | Conservative | February 8, 1941 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Aviation Minister | Sir Archibald Sinclair , Bt | Liberal | ||||
Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Aviation | Harold Balfour | Conservative | May 15, 1940 - November 21, 1944 | |||
Hugh Seely, 1st Baron Sherwood | Liberal | July 20, 1941 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Rupert Brabner | Conservative | November 21, 1944 - March 27, 1945 | ||||
Quintin Hogg | Conservative | April 12, 1945 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Minister for Aircraft Production | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Conservative | until May 1, 1941 | became Minister of State | ||
John Moore-Brabazon | Conservative | May 1, 1941 - February 22, 1942 | ||||
John Llewellin | Conservative | February 22, 1942 - November 22, 1942 | became Minister-Resident in Washington | |||
Sir Stafford Cripps | Labor | from November 22, 1942 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Aircraft Production | John Llewellin | Conservative | until May 1, 1941 | became Minister for Aircraft Production | ||
Frederick Montague | Labor | May 1, 1941 - March 4, 1942 | ||||
Ben Smith | Labor | March 4, 1942 - November 11, 1943 | ||||
Alan Lennox-Boyd | Conservative | from November 11, 1943 | ||||
Minister for Civil Aviation | Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton | Conservative | from October 8, 1944 | new office | ||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation | Walter Perkins | Conservative | from March 22, 1945 | |||
Secretary of State for the Colonies | George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd | Conservative | until February 4, 1941 | also from December 22, 1940 Leader of the House of Lords; died in office | ||
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne | Conservative | February 8, 1941 - February 22, 1942 | at the same time Leader of the House of Lords | |||
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | February 22, 1942 - November 22, 1942 | also Leader of the House of Lords; became Lord Seal Keeper | |||
Oliver Stanley | Conservative | from November 22, 1942 | ||||
State Secretary in the Colonial Ministry | George Hall | Labor | until February 4, 1942 | |||
Harold Macmillan | Conservative | February 4, 1942 - January 1, 1943 | ||||
Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire | Conservative | from January 1, 1943 | ||||
Minister for the Dominions | Thomas Inskip, 1st Viscount Caldecote | Conservative | until October 3, 1940 | also Leader of the House of Lords; became Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales | ||
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | October 3, 1940 - February 19, 1942 | became Secretary of State for the Colonies | |||
Clement Attlee | Labor | February 19, 1942 - September 24, 1943 | became Lord President of the Council | |||
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | from September 24, 1943 | at the same time Leader of the House of Lords | |||
State Secretary in the Dominion Ministry | Geoffrey Shakespeare | Liberal National | until March 4, 1942 | |||
Paul Emrys-Evans | Conservative | from March 4, 1942 | ||||
Minister for Economic Warfare | Hugh Dalton | Labor | until February 22, 1942 | became Minister for Trade and Industry | ||
Roundell Palmer, Viscount Wolmer | Conservative | from February 22, 1942 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Warfare | Dingle Foot | Liberal | ||||
Minister of Education | Herwald Ramsbotham | Conservative | until July 20, 1941 | |||
Rab butler | Conservative | from July 20, 1941 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Education | James Chuter-Ede | Labor | ||||
Minister of Food | Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton | Conservative | until November 11, 1943 | became Minister for Reconstruction | ||
John Llewellin | Conservative | from November 11, 1943 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Food | Robert Boothby | Conservative | until October 22, 1940 | |||
Gwilym Lloyd George | Liberal | October 22, 1940 - June 3, 1942 | ||||
William Mabane | Liberal National | from June 3, 1942 | ||||
Energy minister | Gwilym Lloyd George | Liberal | from June 3, 1942 | new office | ||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Energy | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative | from June 3, 1942 | |||
Tom Smith | Labor | from June 3, 1942 | ||||
Minister of Health | Malcolm MacDonald | National Labor | until February 8, 1941 | became High Commissioner in Canada | ||
Ernest Brown | Liberal National | February 8, 1941 - November 11, 1943 | became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | |||
Henry Willink | Conservative | from November 11, 1943 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Health | Florence Horsbrugh | Conservative | ||||
Secretary of State for India and Burma | Leopold Amery | Conservative | ||||
State Secretary in the Ministry of India | Edward Cavendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire | Conservative | until January 1, 1943 | |||
Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster | Conservative | January 1, 1943 - October 31, 1944 | ||||
William Hare, 5th Earl of Listowel | Labor | from October 31, 1944 | ||||
Information minister | Duff Cooper | Conservative | until July 20, 1941 | became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | ||
Brendan Bracken | Conservative | from July 20, 1941 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Information | Harold Nicolson | National Labor | until July 20, 1941 | |||
Ernest Thurtle | Labor | from July 20, 1941 | ||||
Minister of Labor | Ernest Bevin | Labor | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Labor | Ralph Assheton | Conservative | until February 4, 1942 | |||
Malcolm McCorquodale | Conservative | from February 4, 1942 | ||||
George Tomlinson | Labor | from February 8, 1942 | ||||
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey | independent | until July 20, 1941 | became Paymaster General | ||
Duff Cooper | Conservative | July 20, 1941 - November 11, 1943 | became a contact for the French government in exile | |||
Ernest Brown | Liberal National | from November 11, 1943 | ||||
Minister-Resident for North West Africa | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | from December 30, 1942 | |||
Minister-Resident for the Middle East | Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative | February 19, 1942 - March 19, 1942 | |||
Richard Casey | independent | March 19, 1942 - January 28, 1944 | ||||
Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne | Conservative | January 28, 1944 - November 6, 1944 | ||||
Sir Edward Grigg | Conservative | from November 21, 1944 | ||||
Deputy Minister of State | Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne | Conservative | August 27, 1942 - January 28, 1944 | |||
Minister-Resident in Washington | John Llewellin | Conservative | November 22, 1942 - November 11, 1943 | became Minister of Food | ||
Ben Smith | Labor | from November 11, 1943 | ||||
Minister-Resident for West Africa | Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Earl of Swinton | Conservative | June 8, 1942 - November 21, 1944 | |||
Harold Balfour | Conservative | from November 21, 1944 | ||||
Minister with no portfolio | Arthur Greenwood | Labor | until February 22, 1942 | became Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons | ||
Sir William Jowitt | Labor | from February 22, 1942 | ||||
Paymaster General | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, Viscount Cranborne | Conservative | until October 3, 1940 | became Minister for the Dominions; Office vacant in the meantime | ||
Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey | independent | July 20, 1941 - March 4, 1942 | ||||
Sir William Jowitt | Labor | March 4, 1942 - December 30, 1942 | ||||
Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell | Conservative | from December 30, 1942 | ||||
Pension Minister | Sir Walter Womersley | Conservative | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Pensions | Ellen Wilkinson | Labor | until October 8, 1940 | |||
George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon | Conservative | October 8, 1940 - February 8, 1941 | ||||
Wilfred Paling | Labor | from February 8, 1941 | ||||
Post Minister | William Morrison | Conservative | until February 7, 1943 | |||
Harry Crookshank | Conservative | from February 7, 1943 | ||||
Deputy Minister of Post | Charles Waterhouse | Conservative | until March 1, 1941 | |||
Allan Chapman | Conservative | March 1, 1941 - March 4, 1942 | ||||
Robert Grimston | Conservative | from March 4, 1942 | ||||
Minister for Reconstruction | Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton | Conservative | from November 11, 1943 | |||
Scotland Minister | Ernest Brown | Liberal National | until February 8, 1941 | |||
Thomas Johnston | Labor | from February 8, 1941 | ||||
Secretary of State in the Ministry of Scotland | Joseph Westwood | Labor | May 17, 1940 - May 23, 1945 | |||
Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn | Conservative | February 8, 1941 - March 4, 1942 | ||||
Allan Chapman | Conservative | March 4, 1942 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Minister of Shipping | Ronald Cross | Conservative | May 14, 1940 - May 1, 1941 | went on in the Ministry of War Transportation | ||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping | Sir Arthur Salter | independently | ||||
Minister for Social Security | Sir William Jowitt | Labor | from October 8, 1944 | new office | ||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Social Insurance | Charles Peat | Conservative | from March 22, 1945 | |||
Minister of State | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Conservative | May 1, 1941 - June 29, 1941 | |||
Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative | from June 29, 1941 | Office vacant from March 12, 1942 | |||
Minister of Supply | Herbert Morrison | Labor | until October 3, 1940 | |||
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Conservative | October 3, 1940 - June 29, 1941 | ||||
Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Conservative | June 29, 1941 - February 4, 1942 | ||||
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Conservative | from February 4, 1942 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Supply | Harold Macmillan | Conservative | May 15, 1940 - February 4, 1942 | |||
Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal | Conservative | September 4, 1940 - February 22, 1942 | ||||
Ralph Assheton | Conservative | February 4, 1942 - February 7, 1943 | ||||
Charles Peat | Conservative | March 4, 1942 - March 22, 1945 | ||||
Duncan Sandys | Conservative | February 7, 1943 - November 21, 1944 | ||||
John Wilmot | Labor | November 21, 1944 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
James de Rothschild | Liberal | March 22, 1945 - May 23, 1945 | ||||
Minister for Urban and Spatial Planning | William Morrison | Conservative | from December 30, 1942 | Minister-designate until February 7, 1943 | ||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Planning | Henry Strauss | Conservative | December 30, 1942 - March 22, 1945 | |||
Arthur Jenkins | Labor | from March 22, 1945 | ||||
Minister for Trade and Industry | Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Conservative | until October 3, 1940 | |||
Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative | October 3, 1940 - June 29, 1941 | ||||
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan | Conservative | June 29, 1941 - February 4, 1942 | ||||
John Llewellin | Conservative | February 4, 1942 - February 22, 1942 | ||||
Hugh Dalton | Labor | from February 22, 1942 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary Ministry of Trade and Industry | Gwilym Lloyd George | Liberal | until February 8, 1941 | |||
Charles Waterhouse | Conservative | from February 8, 1941 | ||||
State Secretary for Foreign Trade | Harcourt Johnstone | Liberal | ||||
State Secretary for Mining | David Grenfell | Labor | ||||
State Secretary for the Oil Industry | Geoffrey Lloyd | Conservative | until June 3, 1942 | Office taken up in the Ministry of Energy, where Lloyd moved | ||
Transport Minister | Sir John Reith | independently | until October 3, 1940 | became Minister for Buildings and Public Works | ||
John Moore-Brabazon | Conservative | October 3, 1940 - May 1, 1941 | became Minister for Aircraft Production | |||
Frederick Leathers, 1st Viscount Leathers | Conservative | from May 1, 1941 | renamed the Ministry of War Transport on taking office | |||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Transport | Frederick Montague | Labor | May 18, 1940 - May 1, 1941 | |||
John Llewellin | Conservative | May 1, 1941 - February 4, 1942 | ||||
Sir Arthur Salter | independently | June 29, 1941 - February 4, 1942 | ||||
Minister for War Production | Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook | Conservative | February 4, 1942 - February 19, 1942 | The position was temporarily vacant afterwards | ||
Oliver Lyttelton | Conservative | from March 12, 1942 | renamed Ministry of Production | |||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Production | George Garro-Jones | Labor | from September 10, 1942 | |||
Minister of War | Anthony Eden | Conservative | until December 22, 1940 | became foreign minister | ||
David Margesson | Conservative | December 22, 1940 - February 22, 1942 | ||||
Sir Percy James Grigg | independently | from February 22, 1942 | ||||
State Secretary in the War Ministry | Sir Henry Page Croft | Conservative | May 17, 1940 - May 23, 1945 | ennobled as a peer during his tenure | ||
Sir Edward Grigg | Conservative | May 17, 1940 - March 4, 1942 | ||||
Arthur Henderson | Labor | March 4, 1942 - February 7, 1943 | ||||
Finance Secretary in the War Department | Richard Law | Conservative | May 17, 1940 - July 20, 1941 | |||
Duncan Sandys | Conservative | July 20, 1941-1944 | ||||
Arthur Henderson | Labor | from February 7, 1943 | ||||
Minister for Buildings and Public Works | George Tryon, 1st Baron Tryon | Conservative | until October 3, 1940 | became Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Pensions | ||
Sir John Reith | independently | October 3, 1940 - February 22, 1942 | ennobled as a peer during his tenure | |||
Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal | Conservative | February 22, 1942 - November 21, 1944 | ||||
Duncan Sandys | Conservative | from November 21, 1944 | ||||
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Ministry of Construction | George Hicks | Labor | November 19, 1940 - May 23, 1945 | |||
Henry Strauss | Conservative | March 4, 1942 - December 30, 1942 | ||||
Attorney General for England and Wales | Sir Donald Somervell | Conservative | ||||
Solicitor General for England and Wales | Sir William Jowitt | Labor | until March 4, 1942 | |||
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe | Conservative | from March 4, 1942 | ||||
Lord Advocate | Thomas Cooper | Conservative | until June 5, 1941 | |||
James Reid | Conservative | from June 5, 1941 | ||||
Solicitor General for Scotland | James Reid | Conservative | until June 5, 1941 | |||
David King Murray | Conservative | from June 5, 1941 | Knighted during his tenure | |||
Treasurer of the Household | Robert Grimston | Conservative | until March 12, 1942 | |||
Sir James Edmondson | Conservative | from March 12, 1942 | ||||
Comptroller of the Household | William Whiteley | Labor | until March 12, 1942 | |||
William John | Labor | March 12, 1942 - October 2, 1944 | ||||
George Mathers | Labor | from October 2, 1944 | ||||
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Sir James Edmondson | Conservative | until March 12, 1942 | |||
Sir William Boulton | Conservative | March 12, 1942 - July 13, 1944 | ||||
Arthur Young | Conservative | from July 13, 1944 | ||||
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | Harry Snell, 1st Baron Snell | Labor | May 31, 1940 - April 21, 1944 | |||
Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue | Conservative | from March 22, 1945 | ||||
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore | Conservative | from May 31, 1940 | |||
Lords-in-Waiting | Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue | Conservative | May 31, 1940 - March 22, 1945 | |||
Francis Agar-Robartes, 7th Viscount Clifden | Liberal | from May 31, 1940 | ||||
Robert Munro, 1st Baron Alness | Liberal National | from May 31, 1940 | ||||
Oswald Phipps, 4th Marquess of Normanby | Conservative | from March 22, 1945 |
literature
- David Butler: Twentieth-Century British Political Facts, 1900-2000. Palgrave Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 978-1-349-62733-2 .
- Roger Hermiston: All Behind You, Winston - Churchill's Great Coalition 1940–45. Aurum Press, 2016.