User talk:Mr Hall of England/Archive 93
Appearance
Imperial War Cabinet Meetings during World War II with Churchill war ministry.
Key
[edit]Member of the House of Commons | |
Member of the House of Lords | |
Commonwealth politician | |
Cabinet full members in bold | |
Cabinet attendees in bold italics |
Cabinet
[edit]Prime Minister and Cabinet Office
[edit]Prime Minister and Cabinet Office | ||||
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Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence |
The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill MP | 10 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
Deputy Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 19 February 1942 – 23 May 1945 |
Departments of State
[edit]HM Treasury | ||||
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Chancellor of the Exchequer | The Rt Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood MP | 12 May 1940 – 21 September 1943 | ||
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 24 September 1943 – 23 May 1945 |
Foreign Affairs | ||||
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Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | ||
The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 22 December 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Home Affairs and Home Security | ||||
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Secretary of State for Home Affairs Minister for Home Security |
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 12 May 1940 – 2 October 1940 | ||
The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 2 October 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Admiralty | ||||
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First Lord of the Admiralty | The Rt Hon. A. V. Alexander MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Agriculture and Fisheries | ||||
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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Rt Hon. Robert Hudson MP | 14 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Air | ||||
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Secretary of State for Air | The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Aircraft Production | ||||
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Minister of Aircraft Production | The Rt Hon. Lord Beaverbrook | 14 May 1940 – 1 May 1941 | ||
The Rt Hon. John Moore-Brabazon MP | 1 May 1941 – 22 February 1942 | |||
The Rt Hon. John Jestyn Llewellin MP | 22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942 | |||
The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps MP | 22 November 1942 – 23 May 1945 |
Ministry of Civil Aviation | ||||
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Minister of Civil Aviation | The Rt Hon. Viscount Swinton | 8 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 |
Colonial Office | ||||
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Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Dominions Office | ||||
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Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Economic Warfare | ||||
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Minister of Economic Warfare | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Board of Education | ||||
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President of the Board of Education | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Ford | ||||
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Minister of Food | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Ministry of Fuel and Power | ||||
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Minister of Fuel and Power | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Health | ||||
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Minister of Health | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
India and Burma Office | ||||
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Secretary of State for India and Burma | The Rt Hon. Leo Amery MP | 13 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
Under-Secretary of State | His Grace The Duke of Devonshire | 17 May 1940 – 1 January 1943 | ||
The Rt Hon. The Earl of Munster | 1 January 1943 – 31 October 1944 | |||
The Rt Hon. The Earl of Listowel | 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 |
Information | ||||
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Minister of Information | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Labour and National Service | ||||
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Minister of Labour and National Service | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
[[]] | ||||
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Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Lord Chancellor's Department | |||||
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Lord Chancellor | The Rt Hon. The Viscount Simon | 12 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
[[]] | ||||
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Paymaster General | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Pensions | ||||
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Minister of Pensions | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
General Post Office | ||||
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Postmaster General | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Reconstruction | ||||
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Minister of Reconstruction | The Rt Hon. Lord Woolton | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Scotland | ||||
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Secretary of State for Scotland | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Shipping | ||||
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Minister of Shipping | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Minister of Social Insurance National Insurance from 17/11/44 | ||||
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[[]] | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Supply | ||||
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Minister of Supply | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Town and Country Planning | ||||
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Minister of Town and Country Planning | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Board of Trade | ||||
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President of the Board of Trade | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Transport | ||||
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Minister of Transport | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Minister of War Production Production from 12/03/42 | ||||
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[[]] | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
War | ||||
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Secretary of State for War | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Ministry of War Transport | ||||
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Minister of War Transport | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
[[]] | ||||
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First Commissioner of Works | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 |
Privy Council Office
[edit]Privy Council Office | |||||
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Lord President of the Council | The Rt Hon. Neville Chamberlain MP | 11 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 | |||
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 3 October 1940 – 24 September 1943 | ||||
The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 24 September 1943 – 23 May 1945 |
Lord Privy Seal
[edit]Lord Privy Seal | |||||
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Lord Privy Seal | The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 |
Foreign relations
[edit]Cabinet | |||||
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Lord Chancellor | The Rt Hon. The Viscount Simon | 12 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | |||
Secretary of State for Home Affairs Minister of Home Security |
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 12 May 1940 – 4 October 1940 | |||
The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 4 October 1940 – 1945 | ||||
First Lord of the Admiralty | The Rt Hon. A. V. Alexander MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
Secretary of State for War | The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | |||
Secretary of State for Air | The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
Minister of Information | The Rt Hon. Duff Cooper MP | 12 May 1940 – 20 July 1941 | |||
The Rt Hon. Brendan Bracken MP | 20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945 | ||||
Minister without Portfolio | The Rt Hon. Arthur Greenwood MP | 11 May 1940 – 22 February 1942 |
Law and order
[edit]Home Office | |||||
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Secretary of State for the Home Department Minister of Home Security |
The Rt Hon. John Anderson MP | 11 May 1940 – 2 October 1940 | |||
The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 2 October 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
Under-Secretary of State | The Rt Hon. Osbert Peake MP | 15 May 1940 – 31 October 1944 | |||
The Rt Hon. The Earl of Munster | 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
Parliamentary Secretary | William Mabane MP | 15 May 1940 – 3 June 1942 | |||
Ellen Wilkinson MP | 8 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 |
Law Officers | ||||
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Attorney General for England and Wales | The Rt Hon. Donald Somervell MP | 15 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
Solicitor General for England and Wales | Sir William Jowitt MP | 15 May 1940 – 4 March 1942 | ||
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe MP | 4 March 1942 – 23 May 1945 |
Parliament
[edit]House Leaders | |||||
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Leader of the House of Commons | The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill MP | 10 May 1940 – 19 February 1942 | |||
The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps MP | 19 February 1942 – 22 November 1942 | ||||
The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 22 November 1942 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
Leader of the House of Lords | The Rt Hon. Viscount Caldecote | 14 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 | |||
The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 3 October 1940 – 22 December 1940 |
Commonwealth Cabinet
[edit]Commonwealth | |||||
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Prime Minister Minister of Defence Co-ordination |
The Rt Hon. Robert Menzies KC MP | 1941 Meetings: 20-28, 31-33, 36-45 | |||
The Rt Hon. Sir Earle Page MP | 1941 Meetings: 107, 109, 112, 116, 118, 125-126, 133 1942 Meetings: 1-2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 32, 34, 36 | ||||
High Commissioner | The Rt Hon. Stanley Bruce | 1942 Meetings: 38, 43, 47, 50, 53, 70, 72, 74, 78-79, 81, 83, 85-86, 91-92, 95-96, 98 103-104, 106, 108-109, 113, 115-116, 118-119, 121, 124, 126, 131, 138, 141-142, 144-145, 148, 151, 153, 155, 157, 162, 164-165, 168, 171, 173 | |||
Minister for Foreign Affairs Attorney-General |
The Rt Hon. H. V. Evatt | 1942 Meetings: 56, 61, 63-65, 68 | |||
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Prime Minister Secretary of State for External Affairs |
The Rt Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King MP | 1941 Meetings: 85-89 | |||
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High Commissioner | Sir Feroz Khan Noon | 1941 Meetings: 86 | |||
HH The Maharaja of Nawanagar | 1942 Meetings: | ||||
Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar | 1942 Meetings: | ||||
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Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Peter Fraser MP | 1941 Meetings: 62-67, 72, 79-84 | |||
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Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Jan Smuts MP | 1941 Meetings: 62-67, 72, 79-84 |
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Viceroy Executive Council
[edit]Non-partisan | Royal Family/Household | Civil Service | Clergy | UK judiciary | Commonwealth judiciary | |||||
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Partisan | INC politician | AIML politician | Liberal/Lib. Dem. politician | Commonwealth politician | Other politician |
Portfolio | Name | Tenure | |
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Viceroy and Governor-General of India | The Marquess of Linlithgow | 18 April 1936 – 1 October 1943 | |
The Viscount Wavell | 1 October 1943 – 21 February 1947 | ||
The Viscount Mountbatten | 21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947 | ||
Vice President of the Executive Council External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations |
Jawaharlal Nehru | 2 September 1946 – 15 August 1947 |
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad-Food and Agriculture
- Mr. M. Asaf Ali-Railways and Communications (Post and Air)
- Mr. C. Rajagopalachari-Industries and Supplies
- Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose-Works, Mines & Power
- Baldev Singh-Defence
- Sir Shafat Ahmed Khan-Education and Arts, Health
- Mr. Jagjivan Ram-Labour
- Syed Ali Zaheer-Law
- Mr. Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha-Commerce
UK National Security Council members based on current cabinet positions.
Post | Other Posts |
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Prime Minister | |
Deputy Prime Minister | |
Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
Foreign Secretary | |
Home Secretary | Ministry of Home Security |
- Defence Secretary
- Minister for Co-ordination of Defence 1936-1940
- Minister of Defence 1940-1964
- Navy
- First Lord of the Admiralty 1628-1964
- Army
- Secretary of State for War 1794-1801, 1854-1964
- Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1801-1854
- RAF
- Secretary of State for Air 1919-1964
- Minister of Aircraft Production 1940-1945
- Arms
- Minister of Supply 1939-1959
- Ministry of Aviation
- Minister for Aviation Supply 19701971
- President of the Board of Trade
- Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development (1963–1964)