- Secretary of State for Air
The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the
Air Ministry . It was created onJanuary 10 ,1919 to manage theRoyal Air Force . OnApril 1 ,1964 the Air Ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence and the position of Secretary of State for Air was abolished.Chairman of the Joint War Air Committee
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Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby (February 1916) (resigned)President of the Air Board
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George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (15 May 1916 –January 3 ,1917 )
*Weetman Dickinson Pearson, 1st Viscount Cowdray (January 3 ,1917 -November 26 ,1917 )President of the Air Council
*Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Baron Rothermere (
November 26 ,1917 -April 26 ,1918 )
*William Douglas Weir, 1st Baron Weir (April 26 ,1918 -January 10 ,1919 )
*John Edward Bernard Seely, 1st Baron Mottistone (January 1919 - November 1919) (resigned)ecretaries of State for Air
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Winston Churchill (January 10 ,1919 -April 1 ,1921 ) (alsoSecretary of State for War )
*Frederick Edward Guest (April 1 ,1921 -October 19 ,1922 )
*Sir Samuel Hoare (October 31 ,1922 -January 22 ,1924 )
*Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson (January 22 ,1924 -November 3 ,1924 )
*Sir Samuel Hoare (November 6 ,1924 -June 4 ,1929 )
*Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson (June 7 ,1929 -October 5 ,1930 ) (killed in theAirship R101 disaster)
*William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree (October 14 ,1930 -November 5 ,1931 )
*Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (November 5 ,1931 -June 7 ,1935 )
*Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton (June 7 ,1935 -May 16 ,1938 ) (resigned)
*SirKingsley Wood (May 16 ,1938 -April 3 ,1940 )
*Sir Samuel Hoare (April 3 ,1940 -May 11 ,1940 )
*Sir Archibald Sinclair (May 11 ,1940 -May 23 ,1945 )
*Harold Macmillan (May 25 ,1945 -July 26 ,1945 )
*William Wedgwood Benn, 1st Viscount Stansgate (August 3 ,1945 -October 4 ,1946 )
*Philip Noel-Baker (October 4 ,1946 -October 7 ,1947 )
*Arthur Henderson (October 7 ,1947 -October 26 ,1951 )
*William Sidney, Lord De L'Isle and Dudley (October 31 ,1951 -December 20 ,1955 )
*Nigel Birch (December 20 ,1955 -January 16 ,1957 )
*George Ward (January 16 ,1957 -October 28 ,1960 )
*Julian Amery (October 28 ,1960 -July 16 ,1962 )
*Hugh Fraser (July 16 ,1962 -April 1 ,1964 )
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