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Conservative government, 1922–1924

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).

Bonar Law led the British Government from 1922–1923 and was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin.
Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons.

The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V.

Cabinets edit

Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923 edit

Law ministry
 
1922-1923
 
Bonar Law
Date formed23 October 1922 (1922-10-23)
Date dissolved20 May 1923 (1923-05-20)
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterBonar Law
Member partyConservative Party
Status in legislatureMajority
344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition partyLabour Party
Opposition leadersRamsay MacDonald
History
Election(s)1922 general election
Legislature term(s)31st UK Parliament
32nd UK Parliament
PredecessorLloyd George ministry
SuccessorFirst Baldwin ministry

Changes edit

  • 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 edit

First Baldwin ministry
 
1923-1924
 
Stanley Baldwin
Date formed22 May 1923 (1923-05-22)
Date dissolved22 January 1924 (1924-01-22)
People and organisations
MonarchGeorge V
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Member partyConservative Party
Status in legislatureMajority
344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition partyLabour Party
Opposition leadersRamsay MacDonald
History
Election(s)1922 general election
Outgoing election1923 general election
Legislature term(s)32nd UK Parliament
33rd UK Parliament
PredecessorLaw ministry
SuccessorFirst MacDonald ministry

Changes edit

  • 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 edit

Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face.

Office Name Dates
Prime Minister
First Lord of the Treasury
Leader of the House of Commons
Bonar Law 23 October 1922 –
20 May 1923
Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 –
22 January 1924
Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin 27 October 1922
Neville Chamberlain 27 August 1923
Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Waller Hills 6 November 1922
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 12 March 1923
Sir William Joynson-Hicks 25 May 1923
Hon. Walter Guinness 5 October 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Leslie Orme Wilson 31 October 1922
Bolton Eyres-Monsell 25 July 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury Douglas King 31 October 1922 –
22 January 1924
Albert Buckley 31 October 1922 –
12 March 1923
George Hennessy 11 December 1922 –
22 January 1924
Frederick Thomson 7 February 1923 –
10 April 1923
William Cope 20 March 1923 –
22 January 1924
Patrick Ford 10 April 1923 –
20 December 1923
Sir John Gilmour 20 December 1923 –
22 January 1924
Lord Chancellor The Viscount Cave 24 October 1922
Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Salisbury 24 October 1922
Lord Privy Seal vacant
Lord Robert Cecil 28 May 1923[2][3]
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
and Leader of the House of Lords
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ronald McNeill 31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Home Department William Bridgeman 24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Hon. George Frederick Stanley 31 October 1922
Godfrey Locker-Lampson 12 March 1923
First Lord of the Admiralty Leo Amery 24 October 1922
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Bolton Eyres-Monsell 31 October 1922
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 25 May 1923
Civil Lord of the Admiralty The Marquess of Linlithgow 31 October 1922
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir Robert Sanders 24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries The Earl of Ancaster[a] 31 October 1922
Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare[b] 31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Air The Duke of Sutherland 31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Colonies The Duke of Devonshire 24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Hon. William Ormsby-Gore 31 October 1922
President of the Board of Education Hon. E. F. L. Wood 24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Lord Eustace Percy 21 March 1923
The Earl of Onslow 25 May 1923
Minister of Health Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen 24 October 1922
Neville Chamberlain 7 March 1923
Sir William Joynson-Hicks 27 August 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health The Earl of Onslow 31 October 1922
Lord Eustace Percy 25 May 1923
Secretary of State for India The Viscount Peel 24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for India The Earl Winterton 31 October 1922
Minister of Labour Anderson Barlow 31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 6 November 1922
Henry Betterton 12 March 1923
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Marquess of Salisbury 24 October 1922
J. C. C. Davidson 25 May 1923
Paymaster General vacant
Neville Chamberlain 5 February 1923
Sir William Joynson-Hicks 15 March 1923
Archibald Boyd-Carpenter 25 May 1923
Minister of Pensions George Tryon 31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions Charles Curtis Craig 13 February 1923
Postmaster General Neville Chamberlain 31 October 1922
Sir William Joynson-Hicks 7 March 1923
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans 28 May 1923
Secretary for Scotland The Viscount Novar 24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland James Kidd 31 October 1922
Walter Elliot 15 January 1923
President of the Board of Trade Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame 24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Viscount Wolmer 31 October 1922
Secretary for Overseas Trade Sir William Joynson-Hicks 31 October 1922
Albert Buckley 12 March 1923
none 18 November 1923
Secretary for Mines George Lane-Fox 6 November 1922
Minister of Transport Sir John Baird 31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Wilfrid Ashley 31 October 1922
John Moore-Brabazon 8 October 1923
Secretary of State for War The Earl of Derby 24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for War Hon. Walter Guinness 31 October 1922
Wilfrid Ashley 8 October 1923
Financial Secretary to the War Office Stanley Jackson 31 October 1922
Rupert Gwynne 15 March 1923
First Commissioner of Works Sir John Baird 31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works Wilfrid Ashley 31 October 1922
none 8 October 1923
Attorney General Sir Douglas Hogg 24 October 1922
Solicitor General Sir Thomas Inskip 31 October 1922
Lord Advocate William Watson 24 November 1922
Solicitor General for Scotland David Fleming 6 November 1922
Frederick Thomson 5 April 1923
Lord Steward of the Household The Earl of Shaftesbury 20 November 1922
Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Cromer 20 November 1922
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Douglas Hacking 20 November 1922
Treasurer of the Household George Gibbs 6 November 1922
Comptroller of the Household Harry Barnston 31 October 1922
Assistant Whips[4] Richard Foulis Roundell 27 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
Philip Colfox 27 November 1922 –
10 December 1923
Master of the Horse The Marquess of Bath 20 November 1922
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Clarendon 20 November 1922
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Hylton 20 November 1922
Lords in Waiting The Viscount Valentia 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
The Lord Somerleyton 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
The Earl of Bradford 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
The Earl of Lucan 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
The Earl of Malmesbury 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
The Earl of Albemarle 20 November 1922 –
22 January 1924
Notes
  1. ^ Also Deputy Minister of Fisheries.
  2. ^ Entered the Cabinet 25 May 1923

References edit

  • D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000.
  1. ^ "No. 32892". The London Gazette. 28 December 1923. p. 9107.
  2. ^ "No. 32828". The London Gazette. 29 May 1923. p. 3741.
  3. ^ "No. 32835". The London Gazette. 19 June 1923. p. 4275.
  4. ^ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04

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Law ministry United Kingdom redirects here Not to be confused with the Ministry of Justice United Kingdom 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 Bonar Law led the British Government from 1922 1923 and was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin Baldwin led the Government through 1924 He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V Contents 1 Cabinets 1 1 Law s Cabinet October 1922 May 1923 1 1 1 Changes 1 2 Baldwin s Cabinet May 1923 January 1924 1 2 1 Changes 2 List of ministers 3 ReferencesCabinets editLaw s Cabinet October 1922 May 1923 edit Law ministry nbsp 1922 1923 nbsp Bonar LawDate formed23 October 1922 1922 10 23 Date dissolved20 May 1923 1923 05 20 People and organisationsMonarchGeorge VPrime MinisterBonar LawMember partyConservative PartyStatus in legislatureMajority 344 616 56 Opposition partyLabour PartyOpposition leadersRamsay MacDonaldHistoryElection s 1922 general electionLegislature term s 31st UK Parliament32nd UK ParliamentPredecessorLloyd George ministrySuccessorFirst 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 edit 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 edit First Baldwin ministry nbsp 1923 1924 nbsp Stanley BaldwinDate formed22 May 1923 1923 05 22 Date dissolved22 January 1924 1924 01 22 People and organisationsMonarchGeorge VPrime MinisterStanley BaldwinMember partyConservative PartyStatus in legislatureMajority 344 616 56 Opposition partyLabour PartyOpposition leadersRamsay MacDonaldHistoryElection s 1922 general electionOutgoing election1923 general electionLegislature term s 32nd UK Parliament33rd UK ParliamentPredecessorLaw ministrySuccessorFirst 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 edit 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 editMembers of the Cabinet are shown in bold face Office Name Dates Prime MinisterFirst Lord of the TreasuryLeader of the House of Commons Bonar Law 23 October 1922 20 May 1923 Stanley Baldwin 22 May 1923 22 January 1924 Chancellor of the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin 27 October 1922 Neville Chamberlain 27 August 1923 Financial Secretary to the Treasury John Waller Hills 6 November 1922 Archibald Boyd Carpenter 12 March 1923 Sir William Joynson Hicks 25 May 1923 Hon Walter Guinness 5 October 1923 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Leslie Orme Wilson 31 October 1922 Bolton Eyres Monsell 25 July 1923 Junior Lords of the Treasury Douglas King 31 October 1922 22 January 1924 Albert Buckley 31 October 1922 12 March 1923 George Hennessy 11 December 1922 22 January 1924 Frederick Thomson 7 February 1923 10 April 1923 William Cope 20 March 1923 22 January 1924 Patrick Ford 10 April 1923 20 December 1923 Sir John Gilmour 20 December 1923 22 January 1924 Lord Chancellor The Viscount Cave 24 October 1922 Lord President of the Council The Marquess of Salisbury 24 October 1922 Lord Privy Seal vacant Lord Robert Cecil 28 May 1923 2 3 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 24 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ronald McNeill 31 October 1922 Secretary of State for the Home Department William Bridgeman 24 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for the Home Department Hon George Frederick Stanley 31 October 1922 Godfrey Locker Lampson 12 March 1923 First Lord of the Admiralty Leo Amery 24 October 1922 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Bolton Eyres Monsell 31 October 1922 Archibald Boyd Carpenter 25 May 1923 Civil Lord of the Admiralty The Marquess of Linlithgow 31 October 1922 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir Robert Sanders 24 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries The Earl of Ancaster a 31 October 1922 Secretary of State for Air Sir Samuel Hoare b 31 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for Air The Duke of Sutherland 31 October 1922 Secretary of State for the Colonies The Duke of Devonshire 24 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for the Colonies Hon William Ormsby Gore 31 October 1922 President of the Board of Education Hon E F L Wood 24 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Lord Eustace Percy 21 March 1923 The Earl of Onslow 25 May 1923 Minister of Health Sir Arthur Griffith Boscawen 24 October 1922 Neville Chamberlain 7 March 1923 Sir William Joynson Hicks 27 August 1923 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health The Earl of Onslow 31 October 1922 Lord Eustace Percy 25 May 1923 Secretary of State for India The Viscount Peel 24 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for India The Earl Winterton 31 October 1922 Minister of Labour Anderson Barlow 31 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Archibald Boyd Carpenter 6 November 1922 Henry Betterton 12 March 1923 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Marquess of Salisbury 24 October 1922 J C C Davidson 25 May 1923 Paymaster General vacant Neville Chamberlain 5 February 1923 Sir William Joynson Hicks 15 March 1923 Archibald Boyd Carpenter 25 May 1923 Minister of Pensions George Tryon 31 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions Charles Curtis Craig 13 February 1923 Postmaster General Neville Chamberlain 31 October 1922 Sir William Joynson Hicks 7 March 1923 Sir Laming Worthington Evans 28 May 1923 Secretary for Scotland The Viscount Novar 24 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland James Kidd 31 October 1922 Walter Elliot 15 January 1923 President of the Board of Trade Sir Philip Lloyd Greame 24 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Viscount Wolmer 31 October 1922 Secretary for Overseas Trade Sir William Joynson Hicks 31 October 1922 Albert Buckley 12 March 1923 none 18 November 1923 Secretary for Mines George Lane Fox 6 November 1922 Minister of Transport Sir John Baird 31 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Wilfrid Ashley 31 October 1922 John Moore Brabazon 8 October 1923 Secretary of State for War The Earl of Derby 24 October 1922 Under Secretary of State for War Hon Walter Guinness 31 October 1922 Wilfrid Ashley 8 October 1923 Financial Secretary to the War Office Stanley Jackson 31 October 1922 Rupert Gwynne 15 March 1923 First Commissioner of Works Sir John Baird 31 October 1922 Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works Wilfrid Ashley 31 October 1922 none 8 October 1923 Attorney General Sir Douglas Hogg 24 October 1922 Solicitor General Sir Thomas Inskip 31 October 1922 Lord Advocate William Watson 24 November 1922 Solicitor General for Scotland David Fleming 6 November 1922 Frederick Thomson 5 April 1923 Lord Steward of the Household The Earl of Shaftesbury 20 November 1922 Lord Chamberlain of the Household The Earl of Cromer 20 November 1922 Vice Chamberlain of the Household Douglas Hacking 20 November 1922 Treasurer of the Household George Gibbs 6 November 1922 Comptroller of the Household Harry Barnston 31 October 1922 Assistant Whips 4 Richard Foulis Roundell 27 November 1922 22 January 1924 Philip Colfox 27 November 1922 10 December 1923 Master of the Horse The Marquess of Bath 20 November 1922 Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms The Earl of Clarendon 20 November 1922 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Hylton 20 November 1922 Lords in Waiting The Viscount Valentia 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 The Lord Somerleyton 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 The Earl of Bradford 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 The Earl of Lucan 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 The Earl of Malmesbury 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 The Earl of Albemarle 20 November 1922 22 January 1924 Notes Also Deputy Minister of Fisheries Entered the Cabinet 25 May 1923References editD 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 Preceded bySecond Lloyd George ministry Government of the United Kingdom1922 1924 Succeeded byFirst MacDonald ministry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Conservative government 1922 1924 amp oldid 1172253448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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