Second National Government 1931–1935

Second National Government 1931–1935
Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom 1924, 1929–1931 and 1931–1935.

The United Kingdom's National Government was composed of members of the following parties:

The First National Ministry existed from 24 August 1931 until the reconstruction of the government, following the general election in October 1931. From 5 November 1931 until the resignation of the Prime Minister on 7 June 1935 the Second National Ministry was in office. Stanley Baldwin then formed the Third National Ministry.

During the course of the Ministry the ministers from the Liberal Party, led by Sir Herbert Samuel, resigned over the adoption of a protectionist policy caused by the government negotiating the Ottawa Accords in 1932. The other Liberal faction in the Ministry, the Liberal National Party, had accepted the Conservative policy of protectionism before the National government had been formed so its ministers continued in office.

List of Ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office Name Party Dates Notes
Prime Minister,
First Lord of the Treasury
and Leader of the House of Commons
Ramsay Macdonald National Labour 5 November 1931 – 7 June 1935  
Lord Chancellor The Lord Sankey National Labour November 1931 created Viscount Sankey 30 January 1932
Lord President of the Council Stanley Baldwin Conservative November 1931  
Lord Privy Seal Philip Snowden National Labour 5 November 1931 created Viscount Snowden 24 November 1931
Stanley Baldwin Conservative 29 September 1932  
Anthony Eden Conservative 31 December 1933
Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain Conservative 5 November 1931
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury David Margesson Conservative 10 November 1931
Financial Secretary to the Treasury Walter Elliot Conservative November 1931  
Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 29 September 1932
Duff Cooper Conservative 29 June 1934
Lords of the Treasury Walter Womersley Conservative 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935 knighted 1934
Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932  
Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 12 November 1931 – 30 September 1932
Austin Hudson Conservative 12 November 1931 – 12 April 1935
Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 12 November 1931 – 1 May 1935
George Davies Conservative 11 October 1932 – 7 June 1935
James Blindell Liberal National 30 September 1932 – 7 June 1935
Hon. James Stuart Conservative 1 May 1935 – 7 June 1935
Archibald Southby Conservative 23 April 1935 – 7 June 1935
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir John Simon Liberal National 5 November 1931
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Anthony Eden Conservative November 1931  
The Earl Stanhope Conservative 18 January 1934
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Herbert Samuel Liberal November 1931  
Sir John Gilmour Conservative 28 September 1932
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Oliver Stanley Conservative November 1931  
Douglas Hacking Conservative 22 February 1933
Harry Crookshank Conservative 29 June 1934
First Lord of the Admiralty Sir Bolton Eyres-Monsell Conservative 5 November 1931
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Lord Stanley Conservative 10 November 1931
Civil Lord of the Admiralty Euan Wallace Conservative 10 November 1931  
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Sir John Gilmour, Bt Conservative November 1931
Walter Elliott Conservative 28 September 1932  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries The Earl De La Warr National Labour 10 November 1931
Secretary of State for Air The Marquess of Londonderry Conservative 5 November 1931
Under-Secretary of State for Air Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt Conservative November 1931  
Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister Conservative 5 November 1931
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies Sir Robert William Hamilton Liberal November 1931  
The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 29 September 1932
Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs James Henry Thomas National Labour November 1931  
Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs Malcolm MacDonald National Labour November 1931  
President of the Board of Education Sir Donald Maclean Liberal November 1931
The Lord Irwin Conservative 15 June 1932 succeeded as 3rd Viscount Halifax 19 January 1934
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education Herwald Ramsbotham Conservative 10 November 1931
Minister of Health Sir Hilton Young Conservative 5 November 1931
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health Ernest Brown Liberal National 10 November 1931
Geoffrey Shakespeare Liberal National 30 September 1932
Secretary of State for India Sir Samuel Hoare Conservative November 1931  
Under-Secretary of State for India The Marquess of Lothian Liberal 10 November 1931
Rab Butler Conservative 29 September 1932
Minister of Labour Sir Henry Betterton Conservative November 1931
Hon. Oliver Stanley Conservative 29 June 1934  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Robert Hudson Conservative 10 November 1931  
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster J. C. C. Davidson Conservative 10 November 1931  
Paymaster General The Lord Rochester National Labour 23 November 1931  
Minister for Pensions George Tryon Conservative November 1931  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions Cuthbert Headlam Conservative 10 November 1931 Office vacant from 29 September 1932
Postmaster-General Sir Kingsley Wood Conservative 10 November 1931 Office in Cabinet from 20 December 1933
Assistant Postmaster-General Graham White Liberal November 1931  
Sir Ernest Bennett National Labour 21 October 1932  
Secretary of State for Scotland Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt Liberal November 1931
Sir Godfrey Collins Liberal National 28 September 1932  
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Noel Skelton Conservative November 1931  
President of the Board of Trade Walter Runciman Liberal National 5 November 1931  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 10 November 1931  
Leslie Burgin Liberal National 29 September 1932  
Secretary for Overseas Trade John Colville Conservative 10 November 1931  
Secretary for Mines Isaac Foot Liberal November 1931  
Ernest Brown Liberal National 30 September 1932  
Minister of Transport James Pybus Liberal National November 1931  
Oliver Stanley Conservative 22 February 1933  
Leslie Hore-Belisha Liberal National 29 June 1934  
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport The Earl of Plymouth Conservative 25 November 1931  
Cuthbert Headlam Conservative 29 September 1932 Office vacant 5 July 1934
Secretary of State for War
and Leader of the House of Lords
The Viscount Hailsham Conservative 5 November 1931
Under-Secretary of State for War The Earl Stanhope Conservative 10 November 1931  
The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Conservative 24 January 1934  
Financial Secretary to the War Office Duff Cooper Conservative November 1931  
Douglas Hacking Conservative 29 June 1934  
First Commissioner of Works Hon. William Ormsby-Gore Conservative 5 November 1931
Attorney General Sir William Jowitt National Labour November 1931  
Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative 26 January 1932  
Solicitor General Sir Thomas Inskip Conservative November 1931  
Sir Frank Merriman Conservative 26 January 1932  
Sir Donald Somervell Conservative 29 September 1933  
Lord Advocate Craigie Aitchison National Labour November 1931  
Wilfrid Normand Conservative 2 October 1933  
Douglas Jamieson Conservative 28 March 1935  
Solicitor General for Scotland Wilfrid Guild Normand Conservative 10 November 1931  
Douglas Jamieson Conservative 2 October 1933  
Thomas Cooper Conservative 15 May 1935  
Treasurer of the Household Sir Frederick Thomson, Bt Conservative 12 November 1931  
Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 1 May 1935  
Comptroller of the Household Walter Rea Liberal 12 November 1931  
Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 30 September 1932  
Sir Victor Warrender Conservative 1 May 1935  
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Sir Frederick Penny Conservative 12 November 1931  
Sir Victor Warrender, Bt Conservative 30 September 1932  
Sir Lambert Ward Conservative 1 May 1935  
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Earl of Lucan Conservative 12 November 1931  
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Conservative 12 November 1931  
Lords in Waiting The Lord Templemore Conservative 12 November 1931 – 24 January 1934  
The Viscount Gage Conservative 12 November 1931 – 7 June 1935  
The Viscount Allendale Liberal 12 November 1931 – 28 September 1932  
The Earl of Munster Conservative 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935  
The Earl of Feversham Conservative 24 January 1934 – 7 June 1935  

See also

  • UK National Government

References

  • D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000
Preceded by
First National Government 1931
Government of the United Kingdom
1931–1935
Succeeded by
Third National Government 1935-1937

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