Second Baldwin ministry explained

Incumbent:	1924–1929
Government Head Title:	Prime Minister
Government Head:	Stanley Baldwin
State Head Title:	Monarch
State Head:	George V
Total Number:	114 appointments
Political Party:	Conservative Party
Legislature Term:	34th UK Parliament
Election:	1924 general election
Last Election:	1929 general election
Opposition Party:	Labour Party
Previous:	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

November 1924 – June 1929

• 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

• 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

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Date
scope=row	Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Stanley Baldwin	4 November 19244 June 1929
scope=row rowspan=2	Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain	The Viscount Cave	6 November 1924
The Lord Hailsham	28 March 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Lord President of the Council	The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	6 November 1924
The Earl of Balfour	27 April 1925
scope=row	Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal	The Marquess of Salisbury	6 November 1924
scope=row	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Winston Churchill	6 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	7 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=3	Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Walter Guinness	11 November 1924
Ronald McNeill	5 November 1925
Arthur Samuel	1 November 1927
scope=row rowspan=10	Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sir George Hennessy	13 November 192410 December 1925
Lord Stanley	13 November 19249 November 1927
Frederick Thomson	13 November 192414 January 1928
William Cope	13 November 192414 January 1928
Francis Curzon	13 November 192415 January 1929
David Margesson	28 August 19264 June 1929
George Bowyer	28 December 19274 June 1929
George Penny	13 January 19284 June 1929
Marquess of Titchfield	13 January 19284 June 1929
Euan Wallace	1 January 19294 June 1929
scope=row	Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Deputy Leader of the House of Commons	Austen Chamberlain	6 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Ronald McNeill	11 November 1924
Godfrey Locker-Lampson	7 December 1925
scope=row	Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	6 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=3	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
scope=row	First Lord of the Admiralty	William Bridgeman	6 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	J. C. C. Davidson	11 November 1924
Cuthbert Headlam	16 December 1926
scope=row	Civil Lord of the Admiralty	The Earl Stanhope	11 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	E. F. L. Wood	6 November 1924
Walter Guinness	4 November 1925
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Lord Bledisloe	11 November 1924
The Earl of Stradbroke	5 February 1928
scope=row	Secretary of State for Air	Sir Samuel Hoare	6 November 1924
scope=row	Under-Secretary of State for Air	Sir Philip Sassoon	11 November 1924
scope=row	Secretary of State for the Colonies	Leo Amery	6 November 1924
scope=row	Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	William Ormsby-Gore	12 November 1924
scope=row	Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs	Leo Amery	11 June 1925
scope=row rowspan=3	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
scope=row	President of the Board of Education	Lord Eustace Percy	6 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	The Duchess of Atholl	11 November 1924
scope=row	Minister of Health	Neville Chamberlain	6 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Sir Kingsley Wood	11 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Secretary of State for India	The Earl of Birkenhead	6 November 1924
The Viscount Peel	18 October 1928
scope=row	Under-Secretary of State for India	The Earl Winterton	11 November 1924
scope=row	Minister of Labour	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	6 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Henry Betterton	11 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood	10 November 1924
The Lord Cushendun	19 October 1927
scope=row rowspan=3	Paymaster General	vacant
The Duke of Sutherland	28 January 1925
The Earl of Onslow	2 December 1928
scope=row	Minister of Pensions	George Tryon	11 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions	George Frederick Stanley	11 November 1924
scope=row	Postmaster General	Sir William Mitchell-Thomson	11 November 1924
scope=row	Assistant Postmaster General	Viscount Wolmer	11 November 1924
scope=row	Secretary for Scotland	Sir John Gilmour	6 November 1924
scope=row	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	Walter Elliot	11 November 1924
scope=row	Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Walter Elliot	26 July 1926
scope=row	President of the Board of Trade	Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame	6 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick	11 November 1924
Herbert Williams	13 January 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Secretary for Overseas Trade	Arthur Samuel	11 November 1924
Douglas Hacking	9 November 1927
scope=row rowspan=2	Secretary for Mines	George Lane-Fox	11 November 1924
Douglas King	13 January 1928
scope=row	Minister of Transport	Wilfrid Ashley	11 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	John Moore-Brabazon	11 November 1924
vacant	14 January 1927
scope=row	Secretary of State for War	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	6 November 1924
scope=row rowspan=2	Under-Secretary of State for War	The Earl of Onslow	11 November 1924
The Duke of Sutherland	2 December 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Financial Secretary to the War Office	Douglas King	11 November 1924
Duff Cooper	13 January 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	First Commissioner of Works	The Viscount Peel	10 November 1924
The Marquess of Londonderry	18 October 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Attorney General	Sir Douglas Hogg	6 November 1924
Sir Thomas Inskip	28 March 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Inskip	11 November 1924
Sir Frank Merriman	28 March 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Lord Advocate	William Watson	11 November 1924
Alexander Munro MacRobert	23 April 1929
scope=row rowspan=3	Solicitor General for Scotland	David Pinkerton Fleming	11 November 1924
Alexander Munro MacRobert	30 December 1925
Wilfrid Normand	23 April 1929
scope=row rowspan=2	Treasurer of the Household	George Gibbs	13 November 1924
Sir George Hennessy	13 January 1928
scope=row rowspan=2	Comptroller of the Household	Sir Harry Barnston	13 November 1924
Sir William Cope	13 January 1928
scope=row rowspan=3	Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Douglas Hacking	13 November 1924
George Hennessy	10 December 1925
Frederick Thomson	13 January 1928
scope=row rowspan=6	Assistant Whips^[1]	David Margesson	13 November 192428 August 1926
George Bowyer	15 December 192428 December 1927
George Penny	22 February 192713 January 1928
Marquess of Titchfield	9 November 192713 January 1928
Euan Wallace	13 January 19281 January 1929
Sir Victor Warrender	13 January 19284 June 1929
scope=row rowspan=3	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
scope=row	Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Lord Desborough	1 December 1924
scope=row rowspan=5	Lords in Waiting	The Viscount Gage	1 December 19244 June 1929
The Lord Somers	1 December 192423 March 1926
The Earl of Lucan	1 December 19241 January 1929
The Earl of Airlie	1 April 19264 June 1929
The Lord Templemore	1 January 19294 June 1929

Notes

References

• Book: Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000 . D. Butler and G. Butler.

Notes and References

1. J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922–1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201–04