List of ministers
List of ministers
The following is a list of the principal Ministers who feature in the early Notebooks. It is not comprehensive. Some Ministers were almost always referred to by their names, e.g. ´Simon´, ´Cranborne´. Others were referred to by their initials, for instance ´A.E.´ for Anthony Eden. In some cases the departmental designation, such as ´L.P.S.´ for Lord Privy Seal, was usually employed. Unfortunately, none of these conventions is universal, so that in the end it may be necessary to consider context to determine who was speaking.
| Prime Minister | W.S. Churchill | 10 May 1940 |
| C.R. Attlee |
26 July 1945
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| Deputy Prime Minister | C.R. Attlee |
19 February - 23 May 1945 |
| H. Morrison |
26 July 1945
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| Lord President of the Council | Sir J. Anderson |
3 October 1940 |
| C.R. Attlee |
24 September 1943 |
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| Lord Woolton | 25 May 1945 | |
| H. Morrison |
27 July 1945
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| Lord Chancellor | Viscount Simon | 11 May 1940 |
| Lord Jowitt |
27 July 1945
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| Lord Privy Seal | C.R. Attlee | 11 May 1940 |
| Sir S. Cripps | 19 February 1942 | |
| Viscount Cranborne | 22 November 1942 | |
| Lord Beaverbrook | 24 September 1943 | |
| A. Greenwood |
27 July 1945
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Sir Kingsley Wood | 12 May 1940 |
| Sir J. Anderson | 24 September 1943 | |
| H. Dalton |
27 July 1945
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| Foreign Secretary | A. Eden | 22 December 1940 |
| E. Bevin |
27 July 1945
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| Home Secretary | H. Morrison |
3 October 1940 |
| Sir D. Somervell | 25 May 1945 | |
| C. Ede |
3 August 1945
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| First Lord of the Admiralty | A.V. Alexander | 11 May 1940 |
| B. Bracken |
25 May 1945
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| Minister of Agriculture & | R. Hudson | 14 May 1940 |
| Fisheries | T. Williams |
3 August 1945
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| Secretary of State for Air | Sir A. Sinclair | 11 May 1940 |
| H. Macmillan | 25 May 1945 | |
| Viscount Stansgate |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Aircraft Production | J. Llewellin | 22 February 1942 |
| Sir S. Cripps | 22 November 1942 | |
| E. Brown | 25 May 1945 | |
| J. Wilmot |
4 August 1945
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| Attorney General | Sir D. Somervell | 18 March 1936 |
| Sir D. Maxwell-Fyfe | 25 May 1945 | |
| Sir H. Shawcross |
4 August 1945
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| Minister of Civil Aviation | Viscount Swinton | 8 October 1944 |
| Lord Winster |
4 August 1945
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| Secretary of State for | Viscount Cranborne | 22 February 1942 |
| the Colonies | O. Stanley |
22 November 1942 |
| G. Hall |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Defence | W.S. Churchill | 10 May 1940 |
| C.R. Attlee |
27 July 1945
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Secretary of State for |
C.R. Attlee | 19 February 1942 |
| Dominion Affairs | Viscount Cranborne | 24 September 1943 |
| Viscount Addison |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Economic Warfare | H. Dalton | 15 May 1940 |
| Lord Selborne |
22 February 1942
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| Minister of Education | R. Butler | 20 July 1941 |
| R. Law | 25 May 1945 | |
| Ellen Wilkinson |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Food | Lord Woolton | 3 April 1940 |
| J. LLewellin | 11 November 1943 | |
| Sir B. Smith |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Fuel, Light & Power | G. Lloyd-George |
3 June 1942
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| Minister of Health | E. Brown | 8 February 1941 |
| H. Willink | 11 November 1943 | |
| A. Bevan |
3 August 1945
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| Secretary of State for India | L.S. Amery | 13 May 1940 |
| & Burma | Lord Pethwick-Lawrence |
3 August 1945
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| Minister of Information | B. Bracken | 20 July 1941 |
| G. Lloyd |
25 May 1945
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| Minister of Labour & National | E. Bevin | 13 May 1940 |
| Service | R. Butler | 25 May 1945 |
| G. Isaacs |
3 August 1945
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| Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster | A. Duff Cooper | 20 July 1941 |
| E. Brown |
11 November 1943 |
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| Sir A. Salter | 25 May 1945 | |
| J. Hynd |
4 August 1945
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Minister without Portfolio |
A. Greenwood | 11 May 1940 - 22 February 1942 |
| Sir W. Jowitt |
30 December 1942 - 8 October 1944
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| Paymaster General | Sir W. Jowitt | 4 March 1942 |
| Lord Cherwell |
30 December 1942 - 3 August 1945
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| Minister for Pensions | Sir W. Womersley | 7 June 1939 |
| W. Paling |
3 August 1945
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| Postmaster-General | W. Morrison | 3 April 1940 |
| H. Crookshank | 30 December 1942 | |
| Earl of Listowel |
4 August 1945
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| Minister for Reconstruction | Lord Woolton |
11 November 1943 - 23 May 1945
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Minister of War Transport |
Lord Leathers | 1 May 1941 |
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(formed from Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Transport)
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A. Barnes | 3 August 1945 |
| Minister of Supply | Sir A. Duncan |
4 February 1942 |
| J. Wilmot |
3 August 1945
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| President of the Board of Trade | J. Llewellin | 4 February 1942 |
| H. Dalton | 22 February 1942 | |
| O. Lyttelton | 25 May 1945 | |
| Sir S. Cripps |
27 July 1945
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| Secretary of State for War | Sir J. Grigg | 22 February 1942 |
| J. Lawson |
3 August 1945
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| Secretary for Overseas Trade | H. Johnstone | 15 May 1940 |
| S. Summers |
22 March 1945
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Minister of War Production |
Lord Beaverbrook | 4 February 1942 - 19 February 1942 |
| Oliver Lyttelton |
12 March 1942
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| Minister of Works & Planning | Lord Portal | 22 February 1942 |
| D. Sandys | 21 November 1944 | |
| G. Tomlinson |
4 August 1945
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| Solicitor General | Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe | 4 March 1942 |
| Sir W. Monckton | 25 May 1945 | |
| Sir F. Soskice |
4 August 1945
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| Minister Resident/Minister | O. Lyttelton | 19 February 1942 |
| of State in Middle East | R. Casey | 19 March 1942 |
| Lord Moyne | 28 January 1944 | |
| Sir E. Grigg |
21 November 1944
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Minister Resident at AHQ North Africa |
H. Macmillan |
30 December 1942 - 23 May 1945
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| Minister Resident in West Africa | Viscount Swinton | 8 June 1942 |
| H. Balfour |
21 November 1944 - 27 July 1945
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| Minister Resident in Washington | J. Llewellin | 22 November 1942 |
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for Supply |
B. Smith |
11 November 1943 - 23 May 1945
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