List of Ministers
List of Ministers
The following is a list of Labour Government ministers who feature in the notebooks covering the period from 1945–1951. Please note that there were a number of changes to various posts at this time that led to the creation of some new ones and the closure of others. The office and the time of its establishment or closure are shown. In addition, posts that were not in Cabinet are also indicated.
| Prime Minister | C.R. Attlee | 26 July 1945 |
| Lord President of the Council | H. Morrison Viscount Addison |
27 July 1945 09 March1951 |
| Lord Chancellor | Lord Jowitt | 27 July 1945 |
| Lord Privy Seal | A. Greenwood Lord Inman Viscount Addison E. Bevin R. Stokes |
27 July 1945 17 April 1947 07 April 1947 09 March1951 26 April 1951 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | H. Dalton Sir S. Cripps H. Gaitskell |
27 July 1945 13 November 1947 19 October 1950 |
| Minister of State for Economic Affairs (office not established) | Sir S. Cripps (office combined with Exchequer 13 November 1947) H. Gaitskell |
29 September 1947 28 February 1950 – 19 October 1950 |
| Foreign Secretary | E. Bevin H. Morrison |
27 July 1945 09 March 1951 |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | P. Noel-Baker H. McNeil K. Younger | 03 August 1945 04 October 1946 28 February 1950 |
| Home Secretary | C. Ede | 03 August 1945 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | A. Alexander Viscount Hall Lord Pakenham |
03 August 1945 04 October 1946 24 May 1951 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | T. Williams | 03 August 1945 |
| Secretary of State for Air | Viscount Stansgate P. Noel-Baker Henderson |
03 August 1945 04 October 1946 07 October 1947 |
| Minister of Aircraft Production (Office abolished 01.04.46) | J. Wilmot | 04 August 1945 |
| Minister of Civil Aviation | Lord Winster Lord Nathan Lord Pakenham(office not in Cabinet) Lord Pakenham Lord Ogmore |
04 August 1945 04 October1946 31 May 1948 28 February 1950 01 June1951 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | G. Hall A. Creech-Jones J. Griffiths |
03 August 1945 04 October1946 28 February1950 |
| Minister of State for Colonial Affairs | E of Listowel J. Dugdale |
04 January 1948 28 February1950 |
| Minister of Defence | C.R. Attlee (P.M.) A. Alexander E. Shinwell |
27 July 1945 20 December 1946 28 February 1950 |
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs (Became Commonwealth Relations Office - C.R.O. 07 July 1947) | Viscount Addison | 03 August 1945 |
| Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Viscount Addison P. Noel-Baker P. Gordon-Walker |
07 July 1947 07 October 1947 28 February 1950 |
| Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations | Henderson | 14 August 1947- 07 October 1947 |
| Minister of Education | Ellen Wilkinson G. Tomlinson |
03 August 1945 10 February1947 |
| Minister of Food | Sir B. Smith J. Strachey M. Webb |
03 August 1945 27 May 1946 28 February 1950 |
| Minister of Fuel and Power | E. Shinwell H. Gaitskell P. Noel-Baker |
03 August 1945 07 October 1947 28 February 1950 |
| Minister of Health | A. Bevan (office not in Cabinet) H. Marquand |
03 August 1945 17 January 1951 |
| Secretary of State for India and Burma (14.08.47 and 04.01.48 offices abolished) | Lord Pethick-Lawrence E of Listowel |
03 August 1945 17 April 1947 |
| Minister of Information (office wound up 31March 1946) | E. Williams E of Listowel |
04 August 1945 26 February 1946 |
| Minister of Labour and National Service | G. Isaacs A. Bevan Robens |
03 August 1945 17 January 1951 24 April 1951 |
| Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster | J. Hynd Lord Pakenham (office in Cabinet) H. Dalton Viscount Alexander |
04 August 1945 17 April1947 31 May 1948 28 February1950 |
| Minister of National Insurance | J. Griffiths Edith Summerskill 04.08.45 |
28 February 1950 |
| Minister without Portfolio | A. Alexander A. Greenwood |
04 October 1946 – 20 December 1946 17 April 1947 – 29 September 1947 |
| Paymaster-General (office vacant) | A. Greenwood (office not in Cabinet) H. Marquand (office in Cabinet) Viscount Addison (office not in Cabinet) Lord Macdonald of Gwaenysgor |
09 July1946 05 March1947 02 July1948 01 April1949 |
| Secretary of State for War | J. Lawson (office not in Cabinet) F. Bellenger E. Shinwell J. Strachey |
03 August 1945 04 October 1946 07 October 1947 28 February1950 |
| Minister for Pensions | W. Paling J. Hynd G. Buchanan H. Marquand G. Isaacs |
03 August 1945 17 April 1947 07 October 1947 02 July 1948 17 January 1951 |
| Postmaster-General | E of Listowel W. Paling N. Edwards |
04 August 1945 17 April 1947 28 February 1950 |
| Minster of Transport | A. Barnes | 03 August 1945 |
| Minister of Supply | J. Wilmot G. Strauss |
03 August 1945 07 October 1947 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir S. Cripps H. Wilson Sir H. Shawcross |
27 July 1945 29 September 1947 24 April 1951 |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | H. Marquand H. Wilson A. Bottomley |
04 August 1945 05 March 1947 07 October1947 |
| Minister of Works | G. Tomlinson C. Key R. Stokes G. Brown |
04 August 1945 10 February1947 28 February 1950 26 April 1951 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | J. Westwood A. Woodburn H. Mcneil |
03 August 1945 07 October 1947 28 February 1950 |
| Minister of Town and Country Planning | L. Silkin (office in Cabinet) H. Dalton |
(recast as Local Government and Planning 31 January 1951) 04 August 1945 |
| Attorney-General | Sir H. Shawcross Sir F. Soskice |
04 August 1945 24 April 1951 |
| Solicitor-General | Sir F. Soskice Sir L. Ungoed-Thomas |
04 August 1945 24 April 1951 |
| Chief Whip | W. Whiteley | 03 August 1945 |
