Third Churchill ministry

Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 1955

Winston Churchill formed the Third Churchill Ministry in the United Kingdom in 1951, after the UK general election held on October 25, 1951.

Formation

The Conservative Party came to power in the United Kingdom after victory in the 1951 general election. This was the first purely Conservative government since Stanley Baldwin's 1924–1929 ministry. Winston Churchill became Prime Minister for a second time. Churchill's government had several prominent figures and up-and-coming stars. Rab Butler was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer while Sir Anthony Eden returned as Foreign Secretary. The noted Scottish lawyer Sir David Maxwell Fyfe, who had gained fame as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials, became Home Secretary. He remained in this post until 1954, when he was ennobled as Viscount Kilmuir and appointed Lord Chancellor. Future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan achieved his first major post when he was made Minister of Defence in 1954.

Gwilym Lloyd George, younger son of former Liberal leader David Lloyd George, replaced Sir David Maxwell Fyfe as Home Secretary in 1954. Florence Horsbrugh became the first woman to hold a cabinet post in a Conservative government when she was appointed Minister of Education in 1951. Several figures who were later to achieve high offices held their first governmental posts. These included future Prime Minister Edward Heath, future Chancellors Reginald Maudling, Peter Thorneycroft and Iain Macleod and future Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington. Other notable figures in the government were John Profumo, Bill Deedes, David Ormsby-Gore and the Marquess of Salisbury.

The Churchill ministry was mainly concerned with international affairs, the widening Cold War and decolonialisation (especially the Mau Mau Uprising and the Malayan Emergency).

Fate

Despite suffering a stroke in 1953, Churchill remained as prime minister until April 1955, when, aged 80, he resigned. He was succeeded by his ambitious protégé, Sir Anthony Eden, who finally reached the post he had coveted for so long, although his government was to last for less than two years.

List of Ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.

Office	Name	Dates	Notes
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	Winston Churchill	26 October 1951 – 5 April 1955	Knighted 1953
Lord Chancellor	The Lord Simonds	30 October 1951
Lord Chancellor	The Viscount Kilmuir	18 October 1954
Lord President of the Council	The Lord Woolton	28 October 1951
Lord President of the Council	The Marquess of Salisbury	24 November 1952	also Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal	The Marquess of Salisbury	28 October 1951	also Leader of the House of Lords
Lord Privy Seal	Harry Crookshank	7 May 1952	also Leader of the House of Commons
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Rab Butler	28 October 1951
Minister of Economic Affairs	Sir James Salter	31 October 1951	Office abolished 24 November 1952
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Patrick Buchan-Hepburn	30 October 1951
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	John Boyd-Carpenter	31 October 1951
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Henry Brooke	28 July 1954
Economic Secretary to the Treasury	Reginald Maudling	24 November 1952
Lords of the Treasury	Harry Mackeson	7 November 1951 – 28 May 1952
	Herbert Butcher	7 November 1951 – 3 July 1953	Knighted
	Edward Heath	7 November 1951 – April 1955
	Tam Galbraith	7 November 1951 – 4 June 1954
	Dennis Vosper	7 November 1951 – 4 June 1954
	Hendrie Oakshott	28 May 1952 – April 1955
	Martin Redmayne	3 July 1953 – April 1955
	Richard Thompson	28 July 1954 – April 1955
	Gerard Wills	26 October 1954 – April 1955
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Anthony Eden	28 October 1951	Knighted 1954
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Selwyn Lloyd	30 October 1951 – 18 October 1954
	Marquess of Reading	11 November 1953 – April 1955
	Anthony Nutting	18 October 1954 – April 1955
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	The Marquess of Reading	31 October 1951 – 11 November 1953
	Anthony Nutting	31 October 1951 – 18 October 1954
	Douglas Dodds-Parker	11 November 1953 – 18 October 1954
	Robin Turton	18 October 1954 – April 1955
Secretary of State for the Home Department and Welsh Affairs	Sir David Maxwell Fyfe	28 October 1951
	Hon. Gwilym Lloyd-George	18 October 1954
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	David Llewellyn	5 November 1951 – 14 October 1952
	Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth	3 February 1952 – April 1955
	The Lord Lloyd	24 November 1952 – 18 October 1954
	The Lord Mancroft	18 October 1954 – April 1955
First Lord of the Admiralty	James Thomas	31 October 1951	Viscount Cilcennin
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Allan Noble	5 November 1951
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Simon Wingfield Digby	5 November 1951
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Thomas Dugdale	31 October 1951	Post in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Derick Heathcoat-Amory	28 July 1954	Combined with Minister of Food 18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	The Lord Carrington	5 November 1951 – 18 October 1954
	Richard Nugent	5 November 1951 – April 1955
	The Earl St Aldwyn	18 October 1954 – April 1955
Secretary of State for Air	The Lord de L'Isle and Dudley	31 October 1951
Under-Secretary of State for Air	Nigel Birch	3 November 1951
Under-Secretary of State for Air	Hon. George Ward	29 February 1952
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Oliver Lyttelton	28 October 1951
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Alan Lennox-Boyd	28 July 1954
Minister of State for the Colonies	Alan Lennox-Boyd	2 November 1951
Minister of State for the Colonies	Henry Hopkinson	7 May 1952
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Earl of Munster	5 November 1951
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	The Lord Lloyd	18 October 1954
Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations	The Lord Ismay	28 October 1951
	The Marquess of Salisbury	12 March 1952	also Leader of the House of Lords
	The Viscount Swinton	24 November 1952
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations	John Foster	3 November 1951
Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations	Douglas Dodds-Parker	18 October 1954
Minister for Coordination of Transport, Fuel and Power	The Lord Leathers	30 October 1951	Office abolished 3 September 1953
Minister of Defence	Winston Churchill	28 October 1951	As Prime Minister
	The Earl Alexander of Tunis	1 March 1952
	Harold Macmillan	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence	Nigel Birch	28 February 1952
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Defence	The Lord Carrington	18 October 1954
Minister of Education	Florence Horsbrugh	2 November 1951	Office in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Minister of Education	Sir David Eccles	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education	Kenneth Pickthorn	5 November 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Education	Dennis Vosper	18 October 1954
Minister of Food	Gwilym Lloyd-George	31 October 1951	Office in Cabinet from 3 September 1953
Minister of Food	Derick Heathcoat-Amory	18 October 1954	Combined with Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Food	Charles Hill	31 October 1951
Minister of Fuel and Power	Geoffrey Lloyd	31 October 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Fuel and Power	Lancelot Joynson-Hicks	5 November 1951
Minister of Health	Harry Crookshank	30 October 1951	also Leader of the House of Commons
Minister of Health	Iain Macleod	7 May 1952
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Patricia Hornsby-Smith	3 November 1951
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Harold Macmillan	30 October 1951
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Duncan Sandys	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Local Government	Ernest Marples	3 November 1951
	William Deedes	18 October 1954
Minister of Labour and National Service	Sir Walter Monckton	28 October 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour	Sir Peter Bennett	31 October 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour	Harold Watkinson	28 May 1952
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Viscount Swinton	31 October 1951	Also Minister of Materials
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	The Lord Woolton	24 November 1952	Office in Cabinet
Minister of Materials	The Viscount Swinton	31 October 1951	Also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
	Sir James Salter	24 November 1952
	The Lord Woolton	1 September 1953	Also Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. Office wound up 16 August 1954
Minister without Portfolio	The Earl of Munster	18 October 1954 – April 1955
Minister of National Insurance	Osbert Peake	31 October 1951	Combined with Minister of Pensions 3 September 1953
Paymaster General	The Lord Cherwell	30 October 1951
Paymaster General	Earl of Selkirk	11 November 1953	Office not in Cabinet
Minister of Pensions	Derick Heathcoat-Amory	5 November 1951	Combined with Minister of National Insurance 1 September 1953
Minister of Pensions	Osbert Peake	3 September 1953	Office in Cabinet from 18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Pensions	John George Smyth	5 November 1951 – April 1955
	Robin Turton	5 November 1951 – 18 October 1954
	Ernest Marples	18 October 1954 – April 1955
Postmaster-General	The Earl De La Warr	5 November 1951
Assistant Postmaster-General	David Gammans	5 November 1951
Secretary of State for Scotland	James Stuart	30 October 1951
Minister of State for Scotland	The Earl of Home	2 November 1951
Under-Secretary of State for Scotland	Tom Galbraith	2 November 1951 – 5 April 1955
	William McNair Snadden	2 November 1951 – April 1955
	James Henderson Stewart	4 February 1952 – April 1955
Minister of Supply	Duncan Sandys	31 October 1951
Minister of Supply	Selwyn Lloyd	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply	Toby Low	3 November 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Supply	Sir Edward Boyle	28 July 1954
President of the Board of Trade	Peter Thorneycroft	30 October 1951	Office in Cabinet by 1955
Minister of State for Trade	Derick Heathcoat-Amory	3 September 1953
Minister of State for Trade	Derek Walker-Smith	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Henry Strauss	3 November 1951
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Henry Hopkinson	3 November 1951
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Harry Mackeson	28 May 1952	Office replaced by Minister of State for Trade 3 September 1953
Minister of Transport	John Maclay	31 October 1951
	Alan Lennox-Boyd	7 May 1952	Ministries of Transport and Civil Aviation merged 1 October 1953
	John Boyd-Carpenter	28 July 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport	Joseph Gurney Braithwaite	5 November 1951 – 1 November 1953
	Reginald Maudling	18 April 1952 – 24 November 1952
	John Profumo	24 November 1952 – April 1955
	High Molson	11 November 1953 – April 1955
Secretary of State for War	Anthony Head	31 October 1951
Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War	James Hutchison	5 November 1951
Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War	Fitzroy Maclean	18 October 1954
Minister of Works	Sir David Eccles	1 November 1951
Minister of Works	Nigel Birch	18 October 1954
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works	Hugh Molson	3 November 1951
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Works	Reginald Bevins	11 November 1953
Attorney General	Sir Lionel Heald	3 November 1951
Attorney General	Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller	18 October 1954
Solicitor General	Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller	3 November 1951
Solicitor General	Sir Harry Hylton-Foster	18 October 1954
Lord Advocate	James Clyde	2 November 1951
Lord Advocate	William Rankine Milligan	30 December 1954
Solicitor General for Scotland	William Rankine Milligan	2 November 1951	Not an MP
Solicitor General for Scotland	William Grant	10 January 1955
Treasurer of the Household	Cedric Drewe	7 November 1951	Knighted
Comptroller of the Household	Roger Conant	7 November 1951
Comptroller of the Household	Tam Galbraith	7 June 1954
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Henry Studholme	7 November 1951
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	The Earl Fortescue	5 November 1951
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	The Earl of Onslow	5 November 1951
Lords in Waiting	The Earl of Birkenhead	5 November 1951 – 28 January 1955
	The Earl of Selkirk	5 November 1951 – 11 November 1953
	The Lord Lloyd	7 November 1951 – 24 November 1952
	The Lord Mancroft	15 December 1952 – 18 October 1954
	The Lord Hawke	11 November 1953 – April 1955
	The Lord Fairfax of Cameron	18 October 1954 – April 1955
	The Lord Chesham	28 January 1955 – April 1955

References

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

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