Second Baldwin ministry

Second Baldwin ministry
Second Baldwin ministry
1924–1929
	Stanley Baldwin (1920)
Date formed	4 November 1924
Date dissolved	4 June 1929
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Total no. of members	114 appointments
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 412 / 615 (67%)
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leaders	Ramsay MacDonald; in the House of Commons; Lord Haldane (1924–1928); Lord Parmoor (1928–1929); in the House of Lords;
History
Election	1924 general election
Outgoing election	1929 general election
Legislature terms	34th UK Parliament
Predecessor	First MacDonald ministry
Successor	Second MacDonald ministry

Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party formed the second Baldwin ministry upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the 1924 general election. His second ministry ended following the so-called "Flapper Election" of May 1929.

Cabinet

November 1924 – June 1929

Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
Winston Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Secretary of State for the Home Department
Sir Austen Chamberlain – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
Leo Amery – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Secretary of State for War
The Earl of Birkenhead – Secretary of State for India
Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
Sir John Gilmour – Secretary for Scotland
William Clive Bridgeman – First Lord of the Admiralty
The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – President of the Board of Trade
Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – Minister of Agriculture
Lord Eustace Percy – President of the Board of Education
The Viscount Peel – First Commissioner of Works
Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland – Minister of Labour
Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
Sir Douglas Hogg – Attorney-General for England and Wales

Changes

April 1925 – On Curzon's death, Lord Balfour succeeded him as Lord President. Lord Salisbury became the new Leader of the House of Lords, remaining also Lord Privy Seal.
June 1925 – The post of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was created, held by Leo Amery in tandem with Secretary of State for the Colonies.
November 1925 – Walter Guinness succeeded E.F.L. Wood as Minister of Agriculture.
July 1926 – The post of Secretary of Scotland was upgraded to Secretary of State for Scotland.
October 1927 – Lord Cushendun succeeded Lord Cecil of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
March 1928 – Lord Hailsham (former Sir D. Hogg) succeeded Lord Cave as Lord Chancellor. Hailsham's successor as Attorney-General was not in the Cabinet.
October 1928 – Lord Peel succeeded Lord Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India. Lord Londonderry succeeded Peel as First Commissioner of Public Works

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Stanley Baldwin	4 November 1924 – 4 June 1929
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Viscount Cave	6 November 1924
Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Lord Hailsham^[a]	28 March 1928
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston^[b]	6 November 1924
Lord President of the Council	The Earl of Balfour	27 April 1925
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Marquess of Salisbury^[c]	6 November 1924
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Winston Churchill	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	7 November 1924
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Walter Guinness	11 November 1924
	Ronald McNeill	5 November 1925
	Arthur Samuel	1 November 1927
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sir George Hennessy	13 November 1924 – 10 December 1925
	Lord Stanley	13 November 1924 – 9 November 1927
	Frederick Thomson	13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928
	William Cope^[d]	13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928
	Francis Curzon	13 November 1924 – 15 January 1929
	David Margesson	28 August 1926 – 4 June 1929
	George Bowyer	28 December 1927 – 4 June 1929
	George Penny	13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929
	Marquess of Titchfield	13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929
	Euan Wallace	1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	Austen Chamberlain^[e]	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Ronald McNeill	11 November 1924
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	7 December 1925
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	6 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	11 November 1924
	Douglas Hacking	8 December 1925
	Sir Vivian Henderson	9 November 1927
First Lord of the Admiralty	William Bridgeman	6 November 1924
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	J. C. C. Davidson	11 November 1924
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Cuthbert Headlam	16 December 1926
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl Stanhope	11 November 1924
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	E. F. L. Wood	6 November 1924
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Walter Guinness	4 November 1925
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Lord Bledisloe	11 November 1924
	The Earl of Stradbroke	5 February 1928
Secretary of State for Air	Sir Samuel Hoare	6 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for Air	Sir Philip Sassoon	11 November 1924
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Leo Amery	6 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	William Ormsby-Gore	12 November 1924
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Leo Amery	11 June 1925
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	The Earl of Clarendon	5 August 1925
	The Lord Lovat	5 May 1927
	The Earl of Plymouth	1 January 1929
President of the Board of Education	Lord Eustace Percy	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	The Duchess of Atholl	11 November 1924
Minister of Health	Neville Chamberlain	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Sir Kingsley Wood	11 November 1924
Secretary of State for India	The Earl of Birkenhead	6 November 1924
Secretary of State for India	The Viscount Peel	18 October 1928
Under-Secretary of State for India	The Earl Winterton	11 November 1924
Minister of Labour	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Henry Betterton	11 November 1924
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood	10 November 1924
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Cushendun	19 October 1927
Paymaster General	vacant
	The Duke of Sutherland	28 January 1925
	The Earl of Onslow	2 December 1928
Minister of Pensions	George Tryon	11 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions	George Frederick Stanley	11 November 1924
Postmaster General	Sir William Mitchell-Thomson	11 November 1924
Assistant Postmaster General	Viscount Wolmer	11 November 1924
Secretary for Scotland	Sir John Gilmour^[f]	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	Walter Elliot^[g]	11 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Walter Elliot	26 July 1926
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame^[h]	6 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick	11 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Herbert Williams	13 January 1928
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Arthur Samuel	11 November 1924
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Douglas Hacking	9 November 1927
Secretary for Mines	George Lane-Fox	11 November 1924
Secretary for Mines	Douglas King	13 January 1928
Minister of Transport	Wilfrid Ashley	11 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	John Moore-Brabazon	11 November 1924
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	vacant	14 January 1927
Secretary of State for War	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	6 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl of Onslow	11 November 1924
Under-Secretary of State for War	The Duke of Sutherland	2 December 1928
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Douglas King	11 November 1924
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Duff Cooper	13 January 1928
First Commissioner of Works	The Viscount Peel	10 November 1924
First Commissioner of Works	The Marquess of Londonderry	18 October 1928
Attorney General	Sir Douglas Hogg	6 November 1924
Attorney General	Sir Thomas Inskip	28 March 1928
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Inskip	11 November 1924
Solicitor General	Sir Frank Merriman	28 March 1928
Lord Advocate	William Watson	11 November 1924
Lord Advocate	Alexander Munro MacRobert	23 April 1929
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Pinkerton Fleming	11 November 1924
	Alexander Munro MacRobert	30 December 1925
	Wilfrid Normand	23 April 1929
Treasurer of the Household	George Gibbs	13 November 1924
Treasurer of the Household	Sir George Hennessy	13 January 1928
Comptroller of the Household	Sir Harry Barnston	13 November 1924
Comptroller of the Household	Sir William Cope	13 January 1928
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Douglas Hacking	13 November 1924
	George Hennessy^[i]	10 December 1925
	Frederick Thomson^[j]	13 January 1928
Assistant Whips^[1]	David Margesson	13 November 1924 – 28 August 1926
	George Bowyer	15 December 1924 – 28 December 1927
	George Penny	22 February 1927 – 13 January 1928
	Marquess of Titchfield	9 November 1927 – 13 January 1928
	Euan Wallace	13 January 1928 – 1 January 1929
	Sir Victor Warrender	13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl of Clarendon	1 December 1924
	The Earl of Plymouth	26 June 1925
	The Earl of Lucan	1 January 1929
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Lord Desborough	1 December 1924
Lords in Waiting	The Viscount Gage	1 December 1924 – 4 June 1929
	The Lord Somers	1 December 1924 – 23 March 1926
	The Earl of Lucan	1 December 1924 – 1 January 1929
	The Earl of Airlie	1 April 1926 – 4 June 1929
	The Lord Templemore	1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929

Notes

^ Created Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
^ Also Leader of the House of Lords 27 April 1925 – 4 June 1929.
^ Created a Baronet 28 June 1928.
^ Knighted 1 December 1925.
^ Became Secretary of State for Scotland 15 July 1926.
^ Office abolished 26 July 1926.
^ Changed surname to Cunliffe-Lister 17 November 1924.
^ Created a Baronet 24 January 1927.
^ Created a Baronet 28 March 1929.

References

D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000.

^ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922–1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201–04

Preceded by First MacDonald ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 1924–1929	Succeeded by Second MacDonald ministry

[1] Created Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929.

[2] Also Leader of the House of Lords.

[3] Also Leader of the House of Lords 27 April 1925 – 4 June 1929.

[4] Created a Baronet 28 June 1928.

[5] Knighted 1 December 1925.

[6] Became Secretary of State for Scotland 15 July 1926.

[7] Office abolished 26 July 1926.

[8] Changed surname to Cunliffe-Lister 17 November 1924.

[9] Created a Baronet 24 January 1927.

[10] Created a Baronet 28 March 1929.

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

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