Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education

Junior ministerial office

Christopher Addison held his first ministerial position as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1914 to 1915.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the Committee of the Privy Council which had been responsible for education matters and instituted a new Board of Education from 1 April 1900. The Board was headed by a President. From the appointment of the Marquess of Londonderry as President in the Balfour government in August 1902 the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was established.

Under the provisions of the Education Act 1944, which was promoted by James Chuter Ede as Parliamentary Secretary (with Rab Butler as President) during the Churchill war ministry, the Board was in turn replaced by the Ministry of Education in August 1944. The post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was accordingly replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Chuter Ede remained in that position until the War coalition was dissolved in May 1945.[1]

## Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Education, 1902-1944

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Name | Entered office | Left office

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Sir William Anson, Bt | 11 August 1902 | 1905
Thomas Lough | 1905 | 1908
Thomas McKinnon Wood | 1908 | 1908
Charles Trevelyan | 1908 | 1914
Christopher Addison | 1914 | 1915
Herbert Lewis | 1915 | 1923
Lord Eustace Percy | 1923 | 1923
The Earl of Onslow | 1923 | 1924
Morgan Jones | 1924 | 1924
The Duchess of Atholl | 1924 | 1929
Morgan Jones | 1929 | 1931
Sir Kingsley Wood | 1931 | 1931
Herwald Ramsbotham | 1931 | 1935
The Earl De La Warr | 1935 | 1936
Geoffrey Shakespeare | 1936 | 1937
Kenneth Lindsay | 1937 | 1940
James Chuter Ede | 1940 | 3 August 1944

## References

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1. ^ Hart, Stephen (2021). James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician. Pen & Sword. ISBN 9781526783721. pp. 153-9