- Second National Government 1931–1935
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The United Kingdom's National Government was composed of members of the following parties:
The First National Ministry existed from 24 August 1931 until the reconstruction of the government, following the general election in October 1931. From 5 November 1931 until the resignation of the Prime Minister on 7 June 1935 the Second National Ministry was in office. Stanley Baldwin then formed the Third National Ministry.
During the course of the Ministry the ministers from the Liberal Party, led by Sir Herbert Samuel, resigned over the adoption of a protectionist policy caused by the government negotiating the Ottawa Accords in 1932. The other Liberal faction in the Ministry, the Liberal National Party, had accepted the Conservative policy of protectionism before the National government had been formed so its ministers continued in office.
List of Ministers
Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office Name Party Dates Notes Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury
and Leader of the House of CommonsRamsay Macdonald National Labour 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 Lord Chancellor The Lord Sankey National Labour November 1931 created Viscount Sankey 30 January 1932 Lord President of the Council Stanley Baldwin Conservative November 1931 Lord Privy Seal Philip Snowden National Labour 5 November 1931 created Viscount Snowden 24 November 1931 Stanley Baldwin Conservative 29 September 1932 Anthony Eden Conservative 31 December 1933 Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain Conservative 5 November 1931 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury David Margesson Conservative 10 November 1931 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Walter Elliot Conservative November 1931 Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 29 September 1932 Duff Cooper Conservative 29 June 1934 Lords of the Treasury Walter Womersley Conservative 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 knighted 1934 Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932 Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932 Austin Hudson Conservative 12 November 1931 – 12 April 1935 Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 12 November 1931 – 1 May 1935 George Davies Conservative 11 October 1932 – 7 June 1935 James Blindell Liberal National 30 September 1932 – 7 June 1935 Hon. James Stuart Conservative 1 May 1935 – 7 June 1935 Archibald Southby Conservative 23 April 1935 – 7 June 1935 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir John Simon Liberal National 5 November 1931 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden Conservative November 1931 The Earl Stanhope Conservative 18 January 1934 Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Herbert Samuel Liberal November 1931 Sir John Gilmour Conservative 28 September 1932 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Oliver Stanley Conservative November 1931 Douglas Hacking Conservative 22 February 1933 Harry Crookshank Conservative 29 June 1934 First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell Conservative 5 November 1931 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Lord Stanley Conservative 10 November 1931 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Euan Wallace Conservative 10 November 1931 Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir John Gilmour, Bt Conservative November 1931 Walter Elliott Conservative 28 September 1932 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries The Earl De La Warr National Labour 10 November 1931 Secretary of State for Air The Marquess of Londonderry Conservative 5 November 1931 Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt Conservative November 1931 Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister Conservative 5 November 1931 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir Robert William Hamilton Liberal November 1931 The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 29 September 1932 Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs James Henry Thomas National Labour November 1931 Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Malcolm MacDonald National Labour November 1931 President of the Board of Education Sir Donald Maclean Liberal November 1931 The Lord Irwin Conservative 15 June 1932 succeeded as 3rd Viscount Halifax 19 January 1934 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 10 November 1931 Minister of Health Sir Hilton Young Conservative 5 November 1931 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Ernest Brown Liberal National 10 November 1931 Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 30 September 1932 Secretary of State for India Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative November 1931 Under-Secretary of State for India The Marquess of Lothian Liberal 10 November 1931 Rab Butler Conservative 29 September 1932 Minister of Labour Sir Henry Betterton Conservative November 1931 Hon. Oliver Stanley Conservative 29 June 1934 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Robert Hudson Conservative 10 November 1931 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster J. C. C. Davidson Conservative 10 November 1931 Paymaster General The Lord Rochester National Labour 23 November 1931 Minister for Pensions George Tryon Conservative November 1931 Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions Cuthbert Headlam Conservative 10 November 1931 Office vacant from 29 September 1932 Postmaster-General Sir Kingsley Wood Conservative 10 November 1931 Office in Cabinet from 20 December 1933 Assistant Postmaster-General Graham White Liberal November 1931 Sir Ernest Bennett National Labour 21 October 1932 Secretary of State for Scotland Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt Liberal November 1931 Sir Godfrey Collins Liberal National 28 September 1932 Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Noel Skelton Conservative November 1931 President of the Board of Trade Walter Runciman Liberal National 5 November 1931 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 10 November 1931 Leslie Burgin Liberal National 29 September 1932 Secretary for Overseas Trade John Colville Conservative 10 November 1931 Secretary for Mines Isaac Foot Liberal November 1931 Ernest Brown Liberal National 30 September 1932 Minister of Transport James Pybus Liberal National November 1931 Oliver Stanley Conservative 22 February 1933 Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 29 June 1934 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 25 November 1931 Cuthbert Headlam Conservative 29 September 1932 Office vacant 5 July 1934 Secretary of State for War
and Leader of the House of LordsThe Viscount Hailsham Conservative 5 November 1931 Under-Secretary of State for War The Earl Stanhope Conservative 10 November 1931 The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Conservative 24 January 1934 Financial Secretary to the War Office Duff Cooper Conservative November 1931 Douglas Hacking Conservative 29 June 1934 First Commissioner of Works Hon. William Ormsby-Gore Conservative 5 November 1931 Attorney General Sir William Jowitt National Labour November 1931 Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative 26 January 1932 Solicitor General Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative November 1931 Sir Frank Merriman Conservative 26 January 1932 Sir Donald Somervell Conservative 29 September 1933 Lord Advocate Craigie Aitchison National Labour November 1931 Wilfrid Normand Conservative 2 October 1933 Douglas Jamieson Conservative 28 March 1935 Solicitor General for Scotland Wilfrid Guild Normand Conservative 10 November 1931 Douglas Jamieson Conservative 2 October 1933 Thomas Cooper Conservative 15 May 1935 Treasurer of the Household Sir Frederick Thomson, Bt Conservative 12 November 1931 Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 1 May 1935 Comptroller of the Household Walter Rea Liberal 12 November 1931 Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 30 September 1932 Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 1 May 1935 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 12 November 1931 Sir Victor Warrender, Bt Conservative 30 September 1932 Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 1 May 1935 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Lucan Conservative 12 November 1931 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Conservative 12 November 1931 Lords in Waiting The Lord Templemore Conservative 12 November 1931 – 24 January 1934 The Viscount Gage Conservative 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 The Viscount Allendale Liberal 12 November 1931 – 28 September 1932 The Earl of Munster Conservative 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935 The Earl of Feversham Conservative 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935 See also
- UK National Government
References
- D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000
Preceded by
First National Government 1931Government of the United Kingdom
1931–1935Succeeded by
Third National Government 1935-1937Categories:- British ministries
- 1930s in the United Kingdom
- 1931 establishments in the United Kingdom
- 1935 disestablishments
- Coalition governments of the United Kingdom
- Ministries of George V
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