Second Baldwin ministry
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
- Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
- Lord Curzon of Kedleston – Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Lords
- Lord Salisbury – Lord Privy Seal
- Winston Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Home Secretary
- Sir Austen Chamberlain – Foreign Secretary and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
- Leo Amery – Colonial Secretary
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Secretary of State for War
- Lord Birkenhead – Secretary of State for India
- Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary for Air
- Sir John Gilmour – Secretary for Scotland
- William Clive Bridgeman – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Lord 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
- Lord Peel – First Commissioner of Works
- Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland – Minister of Labour
- Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
- Sir Douglas Hogg – Attorney-General
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 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
Office | Name | Date |
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons | Stanley Baldwin | 4 November 19244 June 1929 |
Lord Chancellor | The Viscount Cave | 6 November 1924 |
Lord Chancellor | The Lord Hailsham | 28 March 1928 |
Lord President of the Council | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | 6 November 1924 |
Lord President of the Council | The Earl of Balfour | 27 April 1925 |
Lord Privy Seal | The Marquess of Salisbury | 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 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Ronald McNeill | 5 November 1925 |
Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Arthur Samuel | 1 November 1927 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Sir George Hennessy | 13 November 192410 December 1925 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Stanley | 13 November 19249 November 1927 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Frederick Thomson | 13 November 192414 January 1928 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Cope | 13 November 192414 January 1928 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Francis Curzon | 13 November 192415 January 1929 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | David Margesson | 28 August 19264 June 1929 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | George Bowyer | 28 December 19274 June 1929 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | George Penny | 13 January 19284 June 1929 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Marquess of Titchfield | 13 January 19284 June 1929 |
Junior Lords of the Treasury | Euan Wallace | 1 January 19294 June 1929 |
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | Austen Chamberlain | 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 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Douglas Hacking | 8 December 1925 |
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | 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 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | 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 |
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Lord Lovat | 5 May 1927 |
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | 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 | |
Paymaster General | The Duke of Sutherland | 28 January 1925 |
Paymaster General | 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 | 6 November 1924 |
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland | Walter Elliot | 11 November 1924 |
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Walter Elliot | 26 July 1926 |
President of the Board of Trade | Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame | 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 |
Solicitor General for Scotland | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 30 December 1925 |
Solicitor General for Scotland | 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 |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | George Hennessy | 10 December 1925 |
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Frederick Thomson | 13 January 1928 |
Assistant Whips | David Margesson | 13 November 192428 August 1926 |
Assistant Whips | George Bowyer | 15 December 192428 December 1927 |
Assistant Whips | George Penny | 22 February 192713 January 1928 |
Assistant Whips | Marquess of Titchfield | 9 November 192713 January 1928 |
Assistant Whips | Euan Wallace | 13 January 19281 January 1929 |
Assistant Whips | Sir Victor Warrender | 13 January 19284 June 1929 |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Clarendon | 1 December 1924 |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Plymouth | 26 June 1925 |
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | 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 19244 June 1929 |
Lords in Waiting | The Lord Somers | 1 December 192423 March 1926 |
Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Lucan | 1 December 19241 January 1929 |
Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Airlie | 1 April 19264 June 1929 |
Lords in Waiting | The Lord Templemore | 1 January 19294 June 1929 |
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