List of Ministers
List of ministers
The following is a list of Conservative Government ministers who feature in the notebooks covering the period from 1951 - 1957. 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 | Sir W. Churchill | 26 October 1951 - 5 March 1955 |
| Sir A. Eden | 6 March 1955 - 9 January 1957 | |
| Lord President of the Council | Lord Woolton M of Salisbury |
28 October 1951 24 November 1952 |
| Lord Chancellor |
Lord Simonds |
30 October 1951 18 October 1954 |
| Lord Privy Seal | M of Salisbury H. Crookshank R. Butler |
28 October 1951 7 May 1952 20 December 1955 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | R. Butler H. Macmillan |
28 October 1951 20 December 1955 |
| Minister of State for Economic Affairs (office not established) | Sir A. Salter (24.11.1952 - office abolished) | 31 October 1951 |
| Foreign Secretary | Sir A. Eden H. Macmillan S. Lloyd |
28 October 1951 7 March 1955 20 December 1955 |
| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs | S. Lloyd M. of Reading A. Nutting A. Noble |
30 October 1951 - 18 October 1954 11 November 1953 - 9 January 1957 18 October 1954 - 3 November 1956 9 November 1956 - 9 January 1957 |
| Home Secretary & Welsh Affairs | Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe (Viscount Kilmuir) G. Lloyd-George |
28 October 1951 18 October 1954 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | J. Thomas (Viscount Cilcennin) Viscount Hailsham |
31 October 1951 2 September 1956 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Sir T. Dugdale (office in Cabinet) Sir T. Dugdale D. Heatcoat Amory (18.10.1957 - ministry combiend with Ministiry of Food |
31 October 1951 3 September 1953 28 July 1954 |
| Secretary of State for Air | Lord De L'Isle & Dudley N. Birch |
31 October 1951 20 December 1955 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | O. Lyttleton A. Lennox-Boyd |
28 October 1951 28 July 1954 |
| Secretary Of State for Commonwealth | Lord Ismay | 28 October 1951 |
| Relations Office | M. of Salisbury Viscount Swinton Earl of Home |
12 March 1952 24 November 1952 7 March 1955 |
| Minister of Defence | Winston Churchill (P.M.) Earl Alexander of Tunis H. Macmillan S. Lloyd Sir W. Monckton A. Head |
28 October 1951 1 March 1952 18 October 1954 7 March 1955 20 December 1955 18 October 1956 |
| Minister of Education | Florence Horsbrugh (Office in Cabinet) Florence Horsbrugh Sir D. Eccles |
2 November 1951 3 September 1953 18 October 1954 |
| Minister of Food | G. Lloyd-George (office in Cabinet) G. Lloyd-George D. Heathcoat Amory (7 combined with Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries) |
31 October 1951 3 September 1953 18 October 1954 |
| Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations | Viscount Addison P. Noel-Baker P. Gordon-Walker |
07 July 1947 07 October 1947 28 February 1950 |
| Secretary of State for the Co-ordination of Transport, Fuel and Power | Lord Leathers ( 3.09.1953 - office abolished) | 30 October 1951 |
| Minister of Fuel and Power | G. Lloyd A. Jones |
31 October 1951 20 December 1955 |
| Minister of Health |
H. Crookshank (office not in Cabinet) |
30 October 1951 7 May 1952 20 December 1955 |
| Minister of Housing & Local Government | H. Macmillan D. Sandys |
30 October 1951 18 October 1954 |
| Minister of Labour and National Service | Sir W. Monckton I. MacLeod |
28 October 1951 20 December 1955 |
| Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster | Viscount Swinton (also Minister of Materials) (office in Cabinet 24 November 1952) Lord Woolrton (Viscount) (1.09.1953 - 16.08.1954 also Minister of Materials) Earl of Selkirk |
31 October 1951 - 24 November 1952 24 November 1952 20 December 1955 |
| Minister of National Insurance | O. Peake (3.09.1953 combined with Minister of Pensions) | 31 October 1951 |
| Minister without Portfolio | Earl of Munster | 18 October 1954 - 8 January 1957 |
| Paymaster-General | Lord Cherwell (office not in Cabinet) Earl of Selkirk (20.12.1955 office vacant) (office in Cabinet) Sir W. Monckton |
30 October 1951 11 November 1953 18 October 1956 |
| Minister for Pensions (& Nat. Ins.) | D. Heathcoat Amory (01.09.1953 Ministries combined) O. Peake (office not in Cabinet) O. Peake (office not in Cabinet) J. Boyd-Carpenter |
5 November 195 3 September 1953 18 October 1954 20 December 1955 |
| Postmaster-General | Earl De La Warr C. Hill |
5 November 1951 7 April 1955 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | J. Stuart | 30 October 1951 |
| Minister of Supply | D. Sandys S. Lloyd R. Mauding |
31 October 1951 18 October 1954 7 April 1955 |
| President of the Board of Trade | H. Mackeson (03.09.1953 office albolished, Minister of State took over) | 28 May 1952 |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | H. Mackeson (03.09.1953 office abolished, Minister of State took over) | 28 May 1952 |
| Minister of Transport (& Civil Av) | J. MacLay A. Lennox-Boyd (Ministries of Transport & Civil Aviation merged 01.10.1953) |
31 October 1951 7 May 1952 |
| Secretary of State of War | A. Head J. Hare |
31 October 1951 18 October 1956 |
| Minister of Works |
Sir D. Eccles |
1 November 1951 18 October 1954 20 December 1955 |
| Attorney-General | Sir L. Heald Sir R. Manningham-Buller |
3 November 1951 18 October 1954 |
| Solicitor-General | Sir R. Manningham-Buller Sir H. Hylton-Foster |
3 November 1951 18 October 1954 |
| Chief Whip | P. Buchan-Hepburn | 30 October 1951 |
