Second Baldwin ministry

Government of the United Kingdom

Second Baldwin ministry

1924–1929

Stanley Baldwin (1920)

Date formed| 4 November 1924 (1924-11-04)
Date dissolved| 4 June 1929 (1929-06-04)
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(s)| 1924 general election
Outgoing election| 1929 general election
Legislature term(s)| 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[edit]

### November 1924 – June 1929[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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[edit]

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office  | Name  | Date

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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
The Lord Hailsham[a] | 28 March 1928
Lord President of the Council | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston[b] | 6 November 1924
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
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
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
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
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
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
Herbert Williams | 13 January 1928
Secretary for Overseas Trade | Arthur Samuel | 11 November 1924
Douglas Hacking | 9 November 1927
Secretary for Mines | George Lane-Fox | 11 November 1924
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
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
The Duke of Sutherland | 2 December 1928
Financial Secretary to the War Office | Douglas King | 11 November 1924
Duff Cooper | 13 January 1928
First Commissioner of Works | The Viscount Peel | 10 November 1924
The Marquess of Londonderry | 18 October 1928
Attorney General | Sir Douglas Hogg | 6 November 1924
Sir Thomas Inskip | 28 March 1928
Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Inskip | 11 November 1924
Sir Frank Merriman | 28 March 1928
Lord Advocate | William Watson | 11 November 1924
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
Sir George Hennessy | 13 January 1928
Comptroller of the Household | Sir Harry Barnston | 13 November 1924
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

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.

## References[edit]

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

1. ^ 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

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Premierships|

* 1923–1924
* 1924–1929
* 1935–1937

General elections|

* 1923
* 1924
* 1929
* 1931
* 1935

Constituency|

* Bewdley

Family|

* Alfred Baldwin (father)
* Louisa Baldwin (mother)
* Lucy Baldwin (wife)
* Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son)
* Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son)
* Rudyard Kipling (cousin)
* Aurelian Ridsdale (brother-in-law)
* Julian Ridsdale (nephew)

Career|

* Carlton Club meeting
* Power without responsibility speech
* National Government
* British Empire Economic Conference
* Appeasement
* Hoare–Laval Pact
* Abdication of Edward VIII
* Honours

Cultural depictions|

* The Gathering Storm (TV, 1974)
* Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV, 1978)
* Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV, 1981)
* The Woman He Loved (TV, 1988)
* The Gathering Storm (TV, 2002)
* Wallis & Edward (TV, 2005)
* The King's Speech (Film, 2010)
* W.E. (Film, 2011)

See also|

* Astley Hall
* Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
* Wilden Ironworks
* 1921 Bewdley by-election
* 1924 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours

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