Cabinet Secretaries' notebooks (CAB 195/16): List of ministers
The following is a list of Conservative Government ministers who feature in the notebooks covering the period from 1957 - 1964. Please note that there were a number of changes to positions held by Ministers during this Cabinet. Details of these changes are reflected in the dates of office column below.
| Post | Name | Dates of office |
| Prime Minister | H. MacMillan Sir A. Douglas-Home |
10 January 1957-13 October 1963 |
| First Secretary of State | R. Butler | 13 July 1962 |
| Lord President of the Council |
M. of Salisbury |
13 January 1957 29 March 1957 17 September 1957 14 October 1959 27 July 1960 |
| Lord Chancellor | Viscount Kilmuir Lord Dilhorne |
14 January 1957 13 July 1962 |
| Lord Privy Seal | R. Butler (also Home Secretary) Viscount Hailsham E. Heath S. Lloyd |
13 January 1957 14 October 1959 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer |
P. Thorneycroft |
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 June 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 Lord 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 Relations Office | E. of Home D. Sandys |
14 January 1957 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 Lord Carrington Earl Jellicoe (1 April 1964 reorganised under Ministry 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 Ministry of Defence) |
16 January 1957 28 October 1960 16 July 1962 |
| Minister of Agriculture, Fish And Food |
D. Heathcoat Amory J. Hare C. Soames |
14 January 1957 6 January 1958 27 July 1960 |
| Minister of Education | Viscount Hailsham G. Lloyd Sir D. Eccles Sir E. Boyle (Education and Science 1 April 1964) Q. Hogg (Viscount Hailsham) |
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 |
13 January 1957 9 October 1961 13 July 1962 |
| Minister of Labour and National Service | I. MacLeod E. Heath (12 November 1959 Minister of Labour) J. Hare J. Godber |
14 January 1957 14 October 1959 27 July 1960 20 October 1963 |
| Minister of Pensions and National Insurance | J. Boyd-Carpenter N. McPherson R. Wood |
16 January 1957 16 January 1962 21 October 1963 |
| Minister without Portfolio | E. of Munster Lord Mancroft E. of Dundee Lord Mills W. Deedes Lord 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 E. Heath |
13 January 1957 14 January 1957 14 October 1959 |
| Paymaster General | R. Maudling Lord Mills (after 9 October 1961 Chief Secretary to Treasury and Paymaster General) |
17 September 1957 14 October 1959 |
| Postmaster General | E. Marples R. Bevins |
16 January 1957 22 October 1959 |
| Minister for Power | Lord Mills (office not in Cabinet) R. Wood F. Erroll |
13 January 1957 20 October 1963 20 October 1963 |
| Minister for Science | Viscount Hailsham | 14 October 1959 |
| Secretary of State for Scotland | J. Maclay M. Noble |
13 January 1957 13 July 1962 |
| Minister of State for Scotland | Lord Strathclyde Lord Forbes J. Browne |
17 January 1957 23 October 1958 22 October 1959 |
| Minister of Supply | A. Jones | 16 January 1957 (office wound up 22 October 1959) |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir D. Eccles R. Maudlin 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 Lord Derwent Lord 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 (and Civil Aviation) |
H. Watkinson (14 October 1959 Minister of Transport only) |
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 Ministry of Defence) |
16 January 1957 6 January 1958 27 July 1960 27 June 1963 21 October 1963 |
| Minister of Works | H. Molson Lord 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 19 July 1962 |
| Chief Whip |
E. Heath M. Redmayne |
17 January 1957 14 October 1959 |
