Conservative government, 1922–1924

First Baldwin ministry
First Baldwin ministry
1923-1924
	Stanley Baldwin
Date formed	22 May 1923
Date dissolved	22 January 1924
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leaders	Ramsay MacDonald
History
Election	1922 general election
Outgoing election	1923 general election
Legislature terms	32nd UK Parliament; 33rd UK Parliament
Predecessor	Law ministry
Successor	First MacDonald ministry

Law ministry
Law ministry
1922-1923
	Bonar Law
Date formed	23 October 1922
Date dissolved	20 May 1923
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leaders	Ramsay MacDonald
History
Election	1922 general election
Legislature terms	31st UK Parliament; 32nd UK Parliament
Predecessor	Lloyd George ministry
Successor	First Baldwin ministry

Bonar Law led the British Government from 1922–1923 and was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin.

Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons.

The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards).

The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V.

Cabinets

Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923

Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Stanley Baldwin – Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Edward Wood – President of the Board of Education
Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen – Minister of Health

Changes

April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigned as Minister of Health after losing his seat and was succeeded by Neville Chamberlain.

Baldwin's Cabinet, May 1923 – January 1924

Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from 28 December 1923^[1])
William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture
Edward Wood – President of the Board of Education
Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, 1st Baronet – Postmaster-General

Changes

August 1923 – Neville Chamberlain took over from Baldwin as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir William Joynson-Hicks succeeded Chamberlain as Minister of Health. Joynson-Hicks' successor as Financial Secretary to the Treasury was not in the Cabinet.

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face.

Office	Name	Dates
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Bonar Law	23 October 1922 – 20 May 1923
	Stanley Baldwin	22 May 1923 – 22 January 1924
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Stanley Baldwin	27 October 1922
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Neville Chamberlain	27 August 1923
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	John Waller Hills	6 November 1922
	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	12 March 1923
	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	25 May 1923
	Walter Guinness	5 October 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Leslie Orme Wilson	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	25 July 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Douglas King	31 October 1922 – 22 January 1924
	Albert Buckley	31 October 1922 – 12 March 1923
	George Hennessy	11 December 1922 – 22 January 1924
	Frederick Thomson	7 February 1923 – 10 April 1923
	William Cope	20 March 1923 – 22 January 1924
	Patrick Ford	10 April 1923 – 20 December 1923
	Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet	20 December 1923 – 22 January 1924
Lord Chancellor	George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave	24 October 1922
Lord President of the Council	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922
Lord Privy Seal	vacant
Lord Privy Seal	Lord Robert Cecil	28 May 1923^[2]^[3]
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords	George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Ronald McNeill	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Bridgeman	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	George Frederick Stanley	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	12 March 1923
First Lord of the Admiralty	Leo Amery	24 October 1922
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	31 October 1922
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	25 May 1923
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow	31 October 1922
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Robert Sanders	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster^[a]	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for Air	Sir Samuel Hoare^[b]	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Air	George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	William Ormsby-Gore	31 October 1922
President of the Board of Education	E. F. L. Wood	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Lord Eustace Percy	21 March 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow	25 May 1923
Minister of Health	Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	24 October 1922
	Neville Chamberlain	7 March 1923
	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	27 August 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Lord Eustace Percy	25 May 1923
Secretary of State for India	William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for India	Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton	31 October 1922
Minister of Labour	Anderson Barlow	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	6 November 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Henry Betterton	12 March 1923
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	J. C. C. Davidson	25 May 1923
Paymaster General	vacant
	Neville Chamberlain	5 February 1923
	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	15 March 1923
	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	25 May 1923
Minister of Pensions	George Tryon	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions	Charles Curtis Craig	13 February 1923
Postmaster General	Neville Chamberlain	31 October 1922
	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	7 March 1923
	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, 1st Baronet	28 May 1923
Secretary for Scotland	Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	James Kidd	31 October 1922
	Walter Elliot	15 January 1923
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Roundell Palmer, Viscount Wolmer	31 October 1922
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	31 October 1922
	Albert Buckley	12 March 1923
	none	18 November 1923
Secretary for Mines	George Lane-Fox	6 November 1922
Minister of Transport	Sir John Baird	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	John Moore-Brabazon	8 October 1923
Secretary of State for War	Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for War	Walter Guinness	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for War	Wilfrid Ashley	8 October 1923
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Stanley Jackson	31 October 1922
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Rupert Gwynne	15 March 1923
First Commissioner of Works	Sir John Baird	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	none	8 October 1923
Attorney General	Sir Douglas Hogg	24 October 1922
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Inskip	31 October 1922
Lord Advocate	William Watson	24 November 1922
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Fleming	6 November 1922
Solicitor General for Scotland	Frederick Thomson	5 April 1923
Lord Steward of the Household	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury	20 November 1922
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer	20 November 1922
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Douglas Hacking	20 November 1922
Treasurer of the Household	George Gibbs	6 November 1922
Comptroller of the Household	Harry Barnston	31 October 1922
Assistant Whips^[4]	Richard Roundell	27 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
Assistant Whips^[4]	Philip Colfox	27 November 1922 – 10 December 1923
Master of the Horse	The Marquess of Bath	20 November 1922
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon	20 November 1922
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton	20 November 1922
Lords in Waiting	Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
	Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
	Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
	George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
	James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924
	Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle	20 November 1922 – 22 January 1924

Notes

^ Also Deputy Minister of Fisheries.
^ Entered the Cabinet 25 May 1923

References

D. Butler and G. Butler (ed.). Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000.

^ "No. 32892". The London Gazette. 28 December 1923. p. 9107.
^ "No. 32828". The London Gazette. 29 May 1923. p. 3741.
^ "No. 32835". The London Gazette. 19 June 1923. p. 4275.
^ J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04

Preceded by Second Lloyd George ministry	Government of the United Kingdom 1922–1924	Succeeded by First MacDonald ministry

[4] Also Deputy Minister of Fisheries.

[5] Entered the Cabinet 25 May 1923

[Viscount-1] "No. 32892". The London Gazette. 28 December 1923. p. 9107.

[CecilLPS1-2] "No. 32828". The London Gazette. 29 May 1923. p. 3741.

[CecilLPS2-3] "No. 32835". The London Gazette. 19 June 1923. p. 4275.

[6] J C Sainty 'Assistant Whips 1922-1964' in Parliamentary History Vol 4 (1985) pp 201-04

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Premierships	1923–1924 1924–1929 1935–1937
General elections	1923 1924 1929 1931 1935
Constituency	Bewdley
Family	Alfred Baldwin (father) Lucy Baldwin (wife) Oliver Baldwin, 2nd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son) Arthur Baldwin, 3rd Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (son)
Career	Carlton Club meeting Power without responsibility speech National Government British Empire Economic Conference Appeasement Hoare–Laval Pact Abdication of Edward VIII Honours
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