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 Post  Name  Dates of office
Prime Minister

H MacMillan
Sir A Douglas-Home

10 January 1957-13 October 1963
18 October 1963-16 October 1964
First Secretary of State R Butler

13 July 1962
Lord President of the Council

M of Salisbury
E of Home
Vt Hailsham
E of Home
Vt Hailsham

13 January 1957
29 March 1957
17 September 1957
14 October 1959
27 July 1960
Lord Chancellor

Vt Kilmuir
Ld Dilhorne

 14 January 1957
13 July 1962
Lord Privy Seal R Butler
(also Home Sec)
Vt Hailsham
E Heath
S Lloyd

13 January 1957

14 October 1959
27 July 1960
20 October 1963
Chancellor of the Exchequer P Thorneycroft
D Heathcoat Amory
S Lloyd
R Maudling

13 January 1957
6 January 1958
27 July 1960
13 July 1962
Foreign Secretary S Lloyd
E of Home
R Butler		 14 January 1957
27 July 1960
20 October 1963
Minister of State, Foreign Office

A Noble

D Ormsby-Gore

J Profumo

J Godber

E of Dundee

P Thomas

 16 January 1957-16 January 1961
16 January 1957-27 June 1961
16 January 1959-27 July 1960
27 June 1961-27 June 1963
9 October 1961-16 October 1964
27 June 1963-16 October 1964
Home Secretary R Butler
H Brooke		 13 January 1957
13 July 1962
Minister of State, Home Affairs D Vosper
D Renton
Earl Jellicoe
Ld Derwent		 28 October 1960
27 June 1961
17 July 1962
21 October 1963
Secretary of State for the Colonies A Lennox-Boyd
I Macleod
R Maudling
(joint Minister with CRO 13 July 1962)
D Sandys
 14 January 1957
14 October 1959
9 October 1961


13 July 1962
Secretary of State for Commonwealth E of Home
 14 January 1957
Relations Office D Sandys

27 July 1960
Minister of Defence

D Sandys
H Watkinson
P Thorneycroft

 

 13 January 1957
14 October 1959
13 July 1962
Minister of State for Air H Fraser
 1 April 1964
Minister of State for Army J Ramsden
 1 April 1964
Minister of State for Navy Earl Jellicoe
 1 April 1964
First Lord of the Admiralty E of Selkirk
Ld Carrington
Earl Jellicoe
(1 April 1964, reorganised under
Min of Defence)
 16 January 1957
16 October 1959
22 October 1963
Minister of Air

G Ward
J Amery
H Fraser
(1 April 1964, reorganised under
Min of Defence)

 16 January 1957
28 October 1960
16 July 1962

Minister of Agriculture, Fish And Food

Minister of Education

D Heathcoat Amory
J Hare
C Soames

Vt Hailsham
G Lloyd
Sir D Eccles
Sir E Boyle
(Education and Science 1 April 1964)
Q Hogg (Vt Hailsham)

 

 

 14 January 1957
6 January 1958
27 July 1960

13 January 1957
17 September 1957
14 October 1959
13 July 1962


1 April 1964
Minister of Health

D Vosper
D Walker-Smith
E Powell
A Barber

 

 

 16 January 1957
17 September 1957
27 July 1960
20 October 1963
Minister of Housing, Local
Government, Welsh Affairs

H Brooke
C Hill
Sir K Joseph

13 January 1957
9 October 1961
13 July 1962

 

Minister of Labour and
Service

 

Minister of Pensions and National Insurance

I MacLeod
E Heath
(12 November 1959 Minister of Labour)
J Hare
J Godber
J Boyd-Carpenter
N McPherson
R Wood

 

14 January 1957
14 October 1959


27 July 1960
20 October 1963
16 January 1957
16 January 1962
21 October 1963

 
Minister without PortfolioService

E of Munster
Ld Mancroft
E of Dundee
Ld Mills
W Deedes
Ld Carrington

 

16 January 1957
11 June 1957
23 October 1958
9 October 1961
13 July 1962
20 October 1963
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster C Hill
I MacLeod
Ld Blakenham		 13 January 1957
9 October 1961
20 October 1963
Paymaster General R Maudling
Ld Mills
(after 9 October 1961 Chief Sec to
Treasury and Paymaster General)
H Brooke
J Boyd-Carpenter

 17 September 1957
14 October 1959




9 October 1961
13 July 1962
Postmaster General

E Marples
R Bevins

 

 

 16 January 1957
22 October 1959
Minister for Power Ld Mills (office not in Cabinet)
R Wood
F Erroll		 13 January 1957
20 October 1963
20 October 1963
Minister for Science Vt Hailsham
 14 October 1959
Secretary of State for Scotland J Maclay
M Noble

13 January 1957
13 July 1962

 
Minister of State for Scotland

Ld Strathclyde
Ld Forbes
J Browne

 

 17 January 1957
23 October 1958
22 October 1959
Minister of Supply

A Jones
(office wound up 22 October 1959)

 

 16 January 1957
President of the Board of Trade

Sir D Eccles
R Maudling
F Erroll
E Heath

 

 

 13 January 1957
14 October 1959
9 October 1961
20 October 1963
Minister of State for Trade

D Walker-Smith
J Vaughan- Morgan
F Erroll
Sir K Joseph
A Green
Ld Derwent
Ld Drumalbyn
E Du Cann

 

 

16 January 1957
17 September 1957
22 October 1959
9 October 1961
16 July 1962
6 September 1962
23 October 1963
21 October 1963

 
Minister for Aviation

D Sandys
P Thorneycroft
J Amery

 

 14 October 1959
27 July 1960
16 July 1962

Minister of Transport
(& Civil Aviation)

 

 H Watkinson
(14 October 1959 Minister of Transport only)
E Marples		 13 January 1957

14 October 1959
Minister of State for War

J Hare
C Soames
J Profumo
J Godber
J Ramsden
(1 April 1964, reorganised under
Min of Defence)

 16 January 1957
6 January 1958
27 July 1960
27 June 1963
21 October 1963
Minister of Works

H Molson
Ld J Hope
G Rippon

 

 16 January 1957
22 October 1959
20 October 1963
Attorney-General Sir R. Manningham-Buller
Sir J Hobson

 17 January 1957
16 July 1962
Solicitor-General Sir H Hylton-Foster
Sir J Simon
Sir J Hobson
Sir P Rawlinson
 17 January 1957
22 October 1959
8 February 1962
8 February 1962
Chief Whip E Heath
M Redmayne		 17 January 1957
14 October 1959