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Formationedit
In April 1955, Sir Anthony Eden succeeded Winston Churchill as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and finally reached the post he had coveted for so long. The original composition of Eden's cabinet was remarkable for the fact that ten out of the original eighteen members were Old Etonians: Eden, Salisbury, Crookshank, Macmillan, Home, Stuart, Thorneycroft, Heathcoat Amory, Sandys and Peake were all educated at Eton College.
Eden's decision to take military action over the Suez Crisis of 1956 caused major embarrassment for Britain and their French allies. Eden, then already in declining health, resigned as prime minister and Leader of the Conservative Party in January 1957. Harold Macmillan was chosen over Rab Butler to succeed as party leader and prime minister.
Osbert Peake retired and his successor as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance was not in the cabinet.
19 October 1956edit
In October 1956, Sir Walter Monckton became Paymaster General, a post which had been vacant since Lord Selkirk's promotion to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
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The Eden ministry was formed following the resignation of Winston Churchill in April 1955 Anthony Eden then Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary took over as Leader of the Conservative Party and thus became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Upon assuming office Eden asked Queen Elizabeth II to dissolve parliament and called a general election for May 1955 1 After winning the general election with a majority of 60 seats in the House of Commons Eden governed until his resignation on 10 January 1957 2 Eden ministryCabinet of the United Kingdom1955 1957Date formed6 April 1955 1955 04 06 Date dissolved9 January 1957 1957 01 09 People and organisationsMonarchElizabeth IIPrime MinisterSir Anthony EdenDeputy Prime Minister note 1 Total no of members132 appointmentsMember party Conservative PartyStatus in legislatureMajority 345 630 55 Opposition party Labour PartyOpposition leaderClement Attlee 1955 Hugh Gaitskell 1955 1957 HistoryElection s 1955 general electionLegislature term s 40th UK Parliament41st UK ParliamentPredecessorThird Churchill ministrySuccessorFirst Macmillan ministry Contents 1 History 1 1 Formation 1 2 Fate 2 Cabinet 2 1 Changes 2 1 1 20 December 1955 reshuffle 2 1 2 19 October 1956 3 List of ministers 4 ReferencesHistory editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it June 2017 Formation edit In April 1955 Sir Anthony Eden succeeded Winston Churchill as Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and finally reached the post he had coveted for so long The original composition of Eden s cabinet was remarkable for the fact that ten out of the original eighteen members were Old Etonians Eden Salisbury Crookshank Macmillan Home Stuart Thorneycroft Heathcoat Amory Sandys and Peake were all educated at Eton College He initially retained Rab Butler with whom he did not get along as Chancellor of the Exchequer At the first cabinet reshuffle in December 1955 Eden demoted him to Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons Eden was succeeded as foreign secretary by future prime minister Harold Macmillan who however only held this post until December of the same year when he replaced Butler as Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd gained his first cabinet post when he succeeded Macmillan as minister of defence in April 1955 and again replaced Macmillan as foreign secretary in December of that year Another future prime minister the Earl of Home entered the cabinet as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in 1955 Gwilym Lloyd George younger son of former Liberal leader David Lloyd George remained as home secretary Fate edit Eden s decision to take military action over the Suez Crisis of 1956 caused major embarrassment for Britain and their French allies Eden then already in declining health resigned as prime minister and Leader of the Conservative Party in January 1957 Harold Macmillan was chosen over Rab Butler to succeed as party leader and prime minister Cabinet editEden Cabinet 3 Portfolio Minister Term Cabinet ministers Prime MinisterFirst Lord of the Treasury The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Eden KG MC MP 1955 57 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The Rt Hon The Viscount Kilmuir GCVO PC QC 1955 57 Leader of the House of LordsLord President of the Council The Rt Hon The Marquess of Salisbury CH PC 1955 57 Leader of the House of CommonsLord Keeper of the Privy Seal The Rt Hon Harry Crookshank MP Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon R A Butler CH MP Dec 1955 57 Chancellor of the ExchequerSecond Lord of the Treasury The Rt Hon R A Butler CH MP Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon Harold Macmillan MP Dec 1955 57 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Rt Hon Harold Macmillan MP Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon Selwyn Lloyd CBE QC MP Dec 1955 57 Secretary of State for the Home Department The Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd George TD MP 1955 57 Secretary of State for the Colonies The Rt Hon Alan Lennox Boyd DL MP 1955 57 Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Rt Hon The Earl of Home PC 1955 57 President of the Board of Trade The Rt Hon Peter Thorneycroft MP 1955 57 Secretary of State for Air The Rt Hon The Lord de L Isle and Dudley PC Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon Nigel Birch PC Dec 1955 57 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Rt Hon The Viscount Woolton CH PC Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon The Earl of Selkirk AFC AE PC Dec 1955 57 Minister of Education The Rt Hon Sir David Eccles KCVO MP 1955 57 Secretary of State for Scotland The Rt Hon James Stuart MP 1955 57 Minister of Agriculture The Rt Hon Derick Heathcoat Amory MP 1955 57 Minister of Labour and National Service The Rt Hon Sir Walter Turner Monckton GCVO KCMG MC MP Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon Ian Macleod MP Dec 1955 57 Minister of Defence The Rt Hon Selwyn Lloyd CBE QC MP Apr Dec 1955 The Rt Hon Sir Walter Turner Monckton GCVO KCMG MC MP Dec 1955 56 The Rt Hon Antony Henry Head MC MP Oct 1956 57 Minister of Housing and Local Government The Rt Hon Duncan Sandys MP 1955 57 Minister of Pensions and National Insurance The Rt Hon Osbert Peake MP Apr Dec 1955 Minister of Public Works The Rt Hon Patrick Buchan Hepburn MP Dec 1955 57 HM Paymaster General The Rt Hon Sir Walter Turner Monckton GCVO KCMG MC MP Oct 1956 57 Changes edit 20 December 1955 reshuffle edit Rab Butler succeeded Harry Crookshank as Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons Harold Macmillan succeeded Butler as Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd succeeded Macmillan as Foreign Secretary Sir Walter Monckton succeeded Lloyd as Minister of Defence Iain Macleod succeeded Monckton as Minister of Labour and National Service Lord Selkirk succeeds Lord Woolton as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Minister of Public Works Patrick Buchan Hepburn entered the cabinet Osbert Peake retired and his successor as Minister of Pensions and National Insurance was not in the cabinet 19 October 1956 edit In October 1956 Sir Walter Monckton became Paymaster General a post which had been vacant since Lord Selkirk s promotion to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Antony Henry Head succeeded Monckton as Minister of Defence List of ministers editMembers of the Cabinet are in bold face Office Name Dates 3 Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Sir Anthony Eden 6 April 1955 9 January 1957 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain The Viscount Kilmuir April 1955 Leader of the House of LordsLord President of the Council The Marquess of Salisbury April 1955 Leader of the House of Commons Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Harry Crookshank April 1955 R A Butler 20 December 1955 Chancellor of the Exchequer R A Butler April 1955 Harold Macmillan 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Patrick Buchan Hepburn April 1955 Edward Heath 30 December 1955 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Henry Brooke April 1955 Economic Secretary to the Treasury Sir Edward Boyle 7 April 1955 Derek Walker Smith 11 November 1956 Lords of the Treasury Edward Heath April 1955 20 December 1955 Hendrie Oakshott April 1955 13 June 1955 Martin Redmayne April 1955 9 January 1957 Richard Thompson April 1955 8 April 1956 Gerard Wills April 1955 9 January 1957 Hon Peter Legh 13 June 1955 9 January 1957 Edward Wakefield 24 January 1956 9 January 1957 Harwood Harrison 8 April 1956 9 January 1957 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Harold Macmillan 7 April 1955 Selwyn Lloyd 20 December 1955 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Marquess of Reading April 1955 9 January 1957 Anthony Nutting April 1955 3 November 1956 Allan Noble 9 November 1956 9 January 1957 Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Robin Turton April 1955 20 December 1955 Douglas Dodds Parker 20 December 1955 9 January 1957 Lord John Hope April 1955 9 November 1956 Hon David Ormsby Gore 9 November 1956 9 January 1957 Secretary of State for the Home Department and Welsh Affairs Hon Gwilym Lloyd George April 1955 Under Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Hugh Lucas Tooth April 1955 20 December 1955 The Lord Mancroft April 1955 9 January 1957 First Lord of the Admiralty James Thomas a April 1955 The Viscount Hailsham 2 September 1956 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Allan Noble April 1955 Hon George Ward 20 December 1955 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Simon Wingfield Digby April 1955 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Derick Heathcoat Amory b April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Richard Nugent April 1955 9 January 1957 The Earl St Aldwyn April 1955 9 January 1957 Harmar Nicholls 7 April 1955 9 January 1957 William Deedes 20 December 1955 9 January 1957 Secretary of State for Air The Lord de L Isle and Dudley April 1955 Nigel Birch 20 December 1955 Under Secretary of State for Air Hon George Ward April 1955 Christopher Soames 20 December 1955 Secretary of State for the Colonies Alan Lennox Boyd April 1955 Minister of State for the Colonies Henry Hopkinson April 1955 John Hare 20 December 1955 John Maclay 18 October 1956 Under Secretary of State for the Colonies The Lord Lloyd April 1955 Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations The Earl of Home 7 April 1955 Under Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Douglas Dodds Parker April 1955 Allan Noble 20 December 1955 Lord John Hope 9 November 1956 Minister of Defence Selwyn Lloyd 7 April 1955 Sir Walter Monckton 20 December 1955 Anthony Head 18 October 1956 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence The Lord Carrington April 1955 The Earl of Gosford 26 May 1956 Minister of Education Sir David Eccles April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education Dennis Vosper April 1955 Minister of Food Derick Heathcoat Amory c April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Charles Hill April 1955 Minister of Fuel and Power Geoffrey Lloyd April 1955 Aubrey Jones 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Fuel and Power Hon Lancelot Joynson Hicks April 1955 David Lockhart Mure Renton 20 December 1955 Minister of Health Iain Macleod April 1955 Robin Turton 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Patricia Hornsby Smith April 1955 Minister of Housing and Local Government Duncan Sandys April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government William Deedes April 1955 Enoch Powell 20 December 1955 Minister of Labour and National Service Sir Walter Monckton April 1955 Iain Macleod 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Harold Watkinson April 1955 Robert Carr 20 December 1955 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Viscount Woolton April 1955 The Earl of Selkirk 20 December 1955 Minister without Portfolio The Earl of Munster April 1955 8 January 1957 Paymaster General Earl of Selkirk April 1955 Vacant 20 December 1955 Sir Walter Monckton 18 October 1956 Minister of Pensions Osbert Peake April 1955 John Boyd Carpenter 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions John George Smyth April 1955 20 December 1955 Ernest Marples April 1955 20 December 1955 Edith Pitt 20 December 1955 9 January 1957 Hon Richard Wood 20 December 1955 9 January 1957 Postmaster General Charles Hill 7 April 1955 Assistant Postmaster General David Gammans April 1955 Cuthbert Alport 20 December 1955 Secretary of State for Scotland Hon James Stuart April 1955 Minister of State for Scotland Tom Galbraith d 7 April 1955 Under Secretary of State for Scotland William McNair Snadden April 1955 3 June 1955 James Henderson Stewart April 1955 9 January 1957 Jack Nixon Browne 7 April 1955 9 January 1957 Niall Macpherson 13 June 1955 9 January 1957 Minister of Supply Reginald Maudling 7 April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply Frederick Erroll 7 April 1955 Ian Harvey 11 November 1956 President of the Board of Trade Peter Thorneycroft April 1955 Minister of State for Trade Derick Heathcoat Amory April 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Donald Kaberry 7 April 1955 Derek Walker Smith 19 October 1955 Frederick Erroll 11 November 1956 Minister of Transport John Boyd Carpenter April 1955 Harold Watkinson 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport John Profumo April 1955 9 January 1957 Hugh Molson April 1955 9 January 1957 Secretary of State for War Anthony Head April 1955 Hon John Hare 18 October 1956 Under Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War Fitzroy Maclean April 1955 Minister of Works Nigel Birch April 1955 Patrick Buchan Hepburn 20 December 1955 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works Reginald Bevins April 1955 Attorney General Sir Reginald Manningham Buller April 1955 Solicitor General Sir Harry Hylton Foster April 1955 Lord Advocate William Rankine Milligan April 1955 Solicitor General for Scotland William Grant April 1955 Treasurer of the Household Cedric Drewe e April 1955 Tam Galbraith 13 June 1955 Comptroller of the Household Tam Galbraith April 1955 Hendrie Oakshott 13 June 1955 Vice Chamberlain of the Household Henry Studholme April 1955 Richard Thompson 8 April 1956 Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms The Earl Fortescue April 1955 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Earl of Onslow April 1955 Lords in Waiting The Lord Hawke April 1955 9 January 1957 The Lord Fairfax of Cameron April 1955 9 January 1957 The Lord Chesham April 1955 9 January 1957 Notes Viscount Cilcennin Combined with Minister of Food Combined with Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Created Baron Strathclyde in 1955 Knighted References editNotes Rab Butler did not acquire the title of Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under Eden He did however serve as Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party Sources Rothwell Victor 1992 Anthony Eden A Political Biography 1931 57 Manchester University Press pp 165 66 ISBN 9780719032424 Johnston Robert Lowell 1963 The Prime Ministership of Sir Anthony Eden A Study of the Man and the Office University of California p 431 a b David Butler Gareth Butler 2016 Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900 2000 Springer p 24 ISBN 978 1349627332 Preceded byThird Churchill ministry Government of the United Kingdom1955 1957 Succeeded byFirst Macmillan ministry Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eden ministry amp oldid 1218993501, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,