Conservative government, 1922–1924
Government of the United Kingdom
Law ministry
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1922-1923 | |
Bonar Law
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Date formed | 23 October 1922 ( 1922-10-23 ) |
Date dissolved | 20 May 1923 ( 1923-05-20 ) |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Bonar Law |
Member party | Conservative Party |
Status in legislature |
Majority
344 / 616
(56%)
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Opposition party | Labour Party |
Opposition leaders | Ramsay MacDonald |
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Election(s) | 1922 general election |
Legislature term(s) |
31st UK Parliament
32nd UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Lloyd George ministry |
Successor | First Baldwin ministry |
"Law ministry (United Kingdom)" redirects here. Not to be confused with the
Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)
.
Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after
losing the confidence of the House of Commons
.
The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards).
The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin , appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V .
Cabinets
Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923
- Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
- The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- Stanley Baldwin – Chancellor of the Exchequer
- William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
- The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
- The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
- The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
- The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
- Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
- Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
- Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
- Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen – Minister of Health
Changes
- April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigned as Minister of Health after losing his seat and was succeeded by Neville Chamberlain .
Baldwin's Cabinet, May 1923 – January 1924
First Baldwin ministry
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1923-1924 | |
Stanley Baldwin
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Date formed | 22 May 1923 ( 1923-05-22 ) |
Date dissolved | 22 January 1924 ( 1924-01-22 ) |
People and organisations | |
Monarch | George V |
Prime Minister | Stanley Baldwin |
Member party | Conservative Party |
Status in legislature |
Majority
344 / 616
(56%)
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Opposition party | Labour Party |
Opposition leaders | Ramsay MacDonald |
History | |
Election(s) | 1922 general election |
Outgoing election | 1923 general election |
Legislature term(s) |
32nd UK Parliament
33rd UK Parliament |
Predecessor | Law ministry |
Successor | First MacDonald ministry |
- Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister , Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
- The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
- The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
- The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from 28 December 1923 [1] )
- William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
- The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
- The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
- The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
- The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
- Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
- The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
- Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
- Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
- Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture
- Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
- Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
- Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
- Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Postmaster-General
Changes
- August 1923 – Neville Chamberlain took over from Baldwin as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir William Joynson-Hicks succeeded Chamberlain as Minister of Health. Joynson-Hicks' successor as Financial Secretary to the Treasury was not in the Cabinet.
List of ministers
Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face.
- Notes
References
- D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000 .
- ↑ "No. 32892" . The London Gazette . 28 December 1923. p. 9107.
- ↑ "No. 32828" . The London Gazette . 29 May 1923. p. 3741.
- ↑ "No. 32835" . The London Gazette . 19 June 1923. p. 4275.
- ↑ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04
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Government of the United Kingdom
1922–1924 |
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