Conservative Government 1922–24

Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1922–1923

Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1923–1924

The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Bonar Law Ministry and then the First Baldwin Ministry.

Cabinets

Bonar Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923

Andrew Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
Lord 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
Lord 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
Lord Derby – Secretary of State for War
Lord Peel – Secretary of State for India
Lord 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 Montague Barlow – Minister of Labour
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen – Minister of Health

Changes

April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigns as Minister of Health after losing his seat and is succeeded by Neville Chamberlain.

Baldwin’s Cabinet, May 1923 – January 1924

Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
Lord Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
Lord Robert Cecil – Lord Privy Seal (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from 28 December 1923^[1])
William Clive Bridgeman – Home Secretary
Lord 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
Lord Derby – Secretary of State for War
Lord Peel – Secretary of State for India
Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
Lord 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 Montague-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.

Name	Office	Dates	Notes
Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the House of Commons	Andrew 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
Chancellor of the Exchequer	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, Bt	25 May 1923
	Hon. Walter Guinness	5 October 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Leslie Orme Wilson	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	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, Bt	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 Privy Seal	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
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	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
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	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	31 October 1922	also Deputy Minister of Fisheries
Secretary of State for Air	Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt	31 October 1922	entered the Cabinet 25 May 1923
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
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	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, Bt	27 August 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	The Earl of Onslow	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	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	Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, Bt	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	6 November 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Henry Betterton	12 March 1923
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	J. C. C. Davidson	25 May 1923
Paymaster-General	vacant
	Neville Chamberlain	5 February 1923
	Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Bt	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, Bt	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, Bt	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, Bt	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	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
Under-Secretary of State for War	Wilfrid Ashley	8 October 1923
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Stanley Jackson	31 October 1922
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Rupert Gwynne	15 March 1923
First Commissioner of Works	Sir John Baird, Bt	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	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
Solicitor General for Scotland	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
Assistant Whips^[4]	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

Preceded by Lloyd George Ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 1922–1924	Succeeded by First MacDonald Ministry

References

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↑ The London Gazette: no. 32892. p. 9107. 28 December 1923. Retrieved 20 August 2008.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 32828. p. 3741. 29 May 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 32835. p. 4275. 19 June 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
↑ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04

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[Viscount-1] The London Gazette: no. 32892. p. 9107. 28 December 1923. Retrieved 20 August 2008.

[CecilLPS1-2] The London Gazette: no. 32828. p. 3741. 29 May 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

[CecilLPS2-3] The London Gazette: no. 32835. p. 4275. 19 June 1923. Retrieved 2008-08-20.

[4] J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04

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