Conservative Government 1970-1974
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Source: D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000
| Office | Name | Dates | Notes |
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| Prime Minister Prime Minister of the United Kingdom The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the Head of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom. The Prime Minister and Cabinet are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Sovereign, to Parliament, to their political party and... , First Lord of the Treasury First Lord of the Treasury The First Lord of the Treasury is the head of the commission exercising the ancient office of Lord High Treasurer in the United Kingdom, and is now always also the Prime Minister... and Minister for the Civil Service Minister for the Civil Service In British government, the Minister for the Civil Service is responsible for making regulations regarding Her Majesty's Civil Service, the role of which is to assist the governments of the United Kingdom in formulating and implementing policies... |
Edward Heath Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George "Ted" Heath, KG, MBE, PC was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and as Leader of the Conservative Party .... |
19 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary for the Civil Service Department | David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
23 June 1970 – 26 March 1972 | |
| Kenneth Baker Kenneth Baker Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, CH, PC , is a British politician, a former Conservative MP and a Life Member of the Tory Reform Group.-Early life:... |
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Lord Chancellor Lord Chancellor The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom. He is the second highest ranking of the Great Officers of State, ranking only after the Lord High Steward. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the Sovereign... |
The Lord Hailsham Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone For the businessman and philanthropist, see Quintin Hogg Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, KG, CH, PC, QC, FRS , formerly 2nd Viscount Hailsham , was a British politician who was known for the longevity of his career, the vigour with which he campaigned for the Conservative... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Lord President of the Council Lord President of the Council The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval... and Leader of the House of Commons Leader of the House of Commons The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Commons... |
William Whitelaw | 20 June 1970 | |
| Robert Carr Robert Carr Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC is a British Conservative politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938.... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Jim Prior James Prior, Baron Prior James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, PC, known as "Jim Prior" , is a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he was a Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, representing the constituency of Lowestoft from 1959 to 1983 and the renamed constituency of Waveney from 1983 to 1987... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Lord Privy Seal Lord Privy Seal The Lord Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain. The office is one of the traditional sinecure offices of state... and Leader of the House of Lords Leader of the House of Lords The Leader of the House of Lords is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the House of Lords. The role is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet position, usually one of the sinecure offices of Lord President of the Council,... |
The Earl Jellicoe George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe George Patrick John Rushworth Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe, KBE, DSO, MC, PC, FRS was a British politician and statesman, diplomat and businessman.... |
20 June 1970 | |
| The Lord Windlesham David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, CVO, PC, FBA was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.... |
5 June 1973 | ||
| Chancellor of the Exchequer Chancellor of the Exchequer The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters. Often simply called the Chancellor, the office-holder controls HM Treasury and plays a role akin to the posts of Minister of Finance or Secretary of the... |
Iain Macleod Iain Macleod Iain Norman Macleod was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Early life:... |
20 June 1970 | Died in office, 20 July 1970 |
| Anthony Barber | 25 July 1970 | ||
| Chief Secretary to the Treasury Chief Secretary to the Treasury The Chief Secretary to the Treasury is the third most senior ministerial position in HM Treasury, after the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer . In recent years, the office holder has usually been given a junior position in the British Cabinet... |
Maurice Macmillan | 23 June 1970 | |
| Patrick Jenkin | 7 April 1972 | ||
| Tom Boardman Tom Boardman, Baron Boardman Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gray Boardman, Baron Boardman MC, TD, DL, PC was an English Conservative politician and businessman.... |
8 January 1974 | ||
| Minister of State, Treasury | Terence Higgins Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC is a British Conservative politician.He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974.... |
23 June 1970 | |
| John Nott John Nott Sir John William Frederic Nott KCB is a former British Conservative Party politician prominent in the late 1970s and early 1980s... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury is a junior ministerial position in the British Government. The holder is usually the Government Chief Whip in the House of Commons. However, the office is no longer attached to the Treasury... |
Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, Baron Colnbrook KCMG PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979-82.... |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury Financial Secretary to the Treasury Financial Secretary to the Treasury is a junior Ministerial post in the British Treasury. It is the 4th most significant Ministerial role within the Treasury after the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, and the Paymaster General... |
Patrick Jenkin | 23 June 1970 | |
| Terence Higgins Terence Higgins, Baron Higgins Terence Langley Higgins, Baron Higgins KBE DL PC is a British Conservative politician.He was Member of Parliament for Worthing from 1964 to 1997, and Financial Secretary to the Treasury between 1972 and 1974.... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Lords of the Treasury Lord of the Treasury In the United Kingdom, there are at least six Lords of the Treasury who serve concurrently. Traditionally, this board consists of the First Lord of the Treasury, the Second Lord of the Treasury, and four or more junior lords .Strictly they are commissioners for exercising the office of Lord... |
Reginald Eyre Reginald Eyre Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959.... |
24 June 1970 – 23 September 1970 | |
| David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
24 June 1970 – 6 January 1971 | ||
| Hector Monro Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.... |
24 June 1970 – 28 July 1971 | ||
| Bernard Weatherill Bernard Weatherill Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:... |
24 June 1970 – 17 October 1971 | ||
| Walter Clegg Walter Clegg Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and... |
24 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 | ||
| Victor Goodhew Victor Goodhew Sir Victor Henry Goodhew was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for St Albans for 24 years, from 1959 to 1983, and was an early member of the Conservative Monday Club... |
21 October 1970 – 9 October 1973 | ||
| Paul Hawkins Paul Hawkins (politician) Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45... |
5 January 1971 – 2 December 1973 | ||
| Tim Fortescue Tim Fortescue Trevor Victor Norman Fortescue, CBE was a British politician, known as Tim Fortescue. He was the Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool Garston from 1966 to 1974.... |
8 November 1971 – 7 April 1972 | ||
| Keith Speed Keith Speed Sir Herbert "Keith" Speed, RD, DL is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and former Member of Parliament. He is a descendant of cartographer and historian John Speed.... |
8 November 1971 – 21 September 1973 | ||
| Hugh Rossi Hugh Rossi Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London... |
7 April 1972 – 8 January 1974 | ||
| Oscar Murton Oscar Murton Henry Oscar Murton, Baron Murton of Lindisfarne OBE TD PC was a British Conservative Party politician.Murton was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and educated at Uppingham School. He joined the Territorial Army with a commission in the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1934. He was promoted to Lieutenant in... |
7 April 1972 – 30 October 1973 | ||
| Michael Jopling Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling Thomas Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, PC is a politician in the United Kingdom, and sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party.... |
30 October 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Hamish Gray Hamish Gray, Baron Gray of Contin James Hector Northey Gray, Baron Gray of Contin, PC, DL, , known as Hamish Gray, was a Scottish politician and life peer.... |
30 October 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| John Stradling Thomas John Stradling Thomas Sir John Stradling Thomas was a Welsh Conservative Party politician.Thomas was educated at Rugby School and the University of London. He served as a councillor on Carmarthen Borough Council 1961-64. He was a farmer, company director and broadcaster.Thomas contested Aberavon in 1964 and... |
30 October 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Marcus Fox Marcus Fox Sir John Marcus Fox MBE was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as the Member of Parliament for Shipley from 1970 to 1997. He was chairman of the 1922 Committee and he directly oversaw candidate selection for the Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election.-Early life:Fox had... |
2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke, QC, MP is a British Conservative politician, currently Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice. He was first elected to Parliament in 1970; and appointed a minister in Edward Heath's government, in 1972, and is one of... |
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a senior member of Her Majesty's Government heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and regarded as one of the Great Offices of State... |
Sir Alec Douglas-Home Alec Douglas-Home Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Minister of State for Foreign Affairs is a junior ministerial position in the British government.-Ministers of State for Foreign Affairs 1945-1968:*1945: William Mabane*1945-1946: Philip Noel-Baker*1946-1950: Hector McNeil*1950-1951: Kenneth Younger... |
Joseph Godber Joseph Godber Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister.-Background:... |
23 June 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
| Richard Wood Richard Wood, Baron Holderness Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who held numerous ministerial positions from 1955 to 1974... |
15 October 1970 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| The Lady Tweedsmuir Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir and Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, PC was a Unionist and Conservative politician.... |
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Julian Amery | 5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Lord Balniel Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, , styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the titles in 1975... |
5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | The Marquess of Lothian Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO was a British peer, politician and landowner.... |
24 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 | |
| Anthony Royle Anthony Royle Anthony Henry Fanshawe Royle, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond KCMG was a British Conservative Party politician and businessman.... |
24 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 | ||
| Anthony Kershaw Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw MC, DL was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, wartime cavalry officer, amateur rugby player and company director.-Early life and education:Kershaw was... |
15 October 1970 – 5 June 1973 | ||
| Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC was an English Conservative politician.Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the... |
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Minister for Overseas Development | Richard Wood Richard Wood, Baron Holderness Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who held numerous ministerial positions from 1955 to 1974... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Reginald Maudling Reginald Maudling Reginald Maudling was a British politician who held several Cabinet posts, including Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had been spoken of as a prospective Conservative leader since 1955, and was twice seriously considered for the post; he was Edward Heath's chief rival in 1965... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Robert Carr Robert Carr Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC is a British Conservative politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938.... |
18 July 1972 | ||
| Minister of State for Home Affairs | Richard Sharples Richard Sharples Major Sir Richard Christopher Sharples KCMG OBE MC , St. George, Bermuda) was a British politician and Governor of Bermuda from late 1972 to 10 March 1973 when he was shot dead by assassins linked to the militant Black Beret Cadre, a small Bermudian Black Power group.-Career:Sharples passed out... |
23 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 | |
| The Lord Windlesham David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, CVO, PC, FBA was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.... |
23 June 1970 – 26 March 1972 | ||
| Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow QC DL PC was a Conservative British politician and was Member of Parliament for Runcorn 1964-1983 and Warrington South 1983-1987... |
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| The Viscount Colville | 21 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle Mark Carlisle, Baron Carlisle of Bucklow QC DL PC was a Conservative British politician and was Member of Parliament for Runcorn 1964-1983 and Warrington South 1983-1987... |
24 June 1970 | |
| David Lane David Lane (politician) David William Stennis Stuart Lane was a British Conservative Party politician.Lane was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He became a barrister, called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1955. From 1956 to 1959 he was secretary of the British Iron and Steel... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889... |
James Prior | 20 June 1970 | |
| Joseph Godber Joseph Godber Joseph Bradshaw Godber, Baron Godber of Willington PC was a British Conservative Party politician and cabinet minister.-Background:... |
5 November 1972 | | | |
| Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | Anthony Stodart | 7 April 1972 | New post |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food | Anthony Stodart | 24 June 1970 – 7 April 1972 | |
| Peter Mills Peter Mills (UK politician) Sir Peter McLay Mills was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Torrington from 1964 to 1974, West Devon from 1974 to 1983 and Torridge and West Devon from 1983 to 1987... |
7 April 1972 – 5 November 1972 | ||
| Peggy Fenner Peggy Fenner Dame Peggy Edith Fenner, DBE is a British Conservative Party politician.Fenner was elected MP for Rochester and Chatham at the 1970 general election... |
5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| The Earl Ferrers | 8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Minister for Aviation Supply | Frederick Corfield Frederick Corfield Sir Frederick Vernon Corfield, QC, PC was a British Conservative politician and minister.Corfield was the son of Brigadier Frederick Alleyne Corfield and Mary Graham Vernon... |
15 October 1970 | New post. Abolished 1 May 1971 and functions transferred to Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.... |
| Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Supply | David Price David Price (British politician) Sir David Ernest Campbell Price is a British Conservative Party politician.Price was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1948. He served with the Scots Guards during World War II, a staff officer in Trieste... |
15 October 1970 | New post. Abolished 1 May 1971 and functions transferred to Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.... |
| Secretary of State for Defence Secretary of State for Defence The Secretary of State for Defence, popularly known as the Defence Secretary, is the senior Government of the United Kingdom minister in charge of the Ministry of Defence, chairing the Defence Council. It is a Cabinet position... |
The Lord Carrington Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, is a British Conservative politician. He served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. He is the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Ian Gilmour | 8 January 1974 | ||
| Minister of State for Defence | Lord Balniel Robert Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford Robert Alexander Lindsay, 29th Earl of Crawford and 12th Earl of Balcarres, , styled Lord Balniel between 1940 and 1975, is a Scottish hereditary peer and Conservative politician. The elder son of the 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, he succeeded to the titles in 1975... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Ian Gilmour | 5 November 1972 | ||
| George Younger George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT KCVO TD PC was a British politician and banker.... |
8 January 1974 | | | |
| Minister of State for Defence Procurement | Ian Gilmour | 7 April 1971 | Office abolished 5 November 1972 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Navy | Peter Kirk Peter Michael Kirk Sir Peter Michael Kirk, was a British Conservative politician and a junior minister in the governments of Alec Douglas-Home and Edward Heath.... |
24 June 1970 | |
| Antony Buck | 5 November 1972 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force | Antony Lambton | 24 June 1970 | |
| Anthony Kershaw Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw MC, DL was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, wartime cavalry officer, amateur rugby player and company director.-Early life and education:Kershaw was... |
5 June 1973 | ||
| The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal , is a British Conservative politician.Howard is the eldest son of Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and his wife the Hon. Diana Evelyn, daughter of Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst... |
8 January 1974 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for the Army | Ian Gilmour | 24 June 1970 | |
| Geoffrey Johnson-Smith | 7 April 1971 | ||
| Peter Blaker Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC was an English Conservative politician.Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Dudley Smith Dudley Smith Sir Dudley Gordon Smith is a British Conservative politician.Smith was educated at Chichester High School and became a journalist. He was elected a councillor on Middlesex County Council in 1958, then the youngest councillor, and became chief whip of the majority party.Smith contested Peckham in... |
8 January 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Education and Science | Margaret Thatcher Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Minister of State, Education and Science | Norman St John-Stevas Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL , is a British politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981... |
5 June 1973 | Minister for the Arts |
| Under-Secretary of State, Education and Science | The Lord Belstead John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead PC was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.-Background and education:... |
24 June 1970 – 5 June 1973 | |
| William van Straubenzee William van Straubenzee Sir William Radcliffe van Straubenzee was a British Conservative Party politician.Van Straubenzee was educated at Westminster School and served in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, including two years in the Far East. He became a solicitor in 1952 and a partner in a law firm... |
24 June 1970 – 5 November 1972 | ||
| Norman St John-Stevas Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley Norman Anthony Francis St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, PC, FRSL , is a British politician, author, constitutional expert and barrister. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as the Leader of the House of Commons in the government of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1981... |
5 November 1972 – 2 December 1973 | ||
| Timothy Raison Timothy Raison Sir Timothy Hugh Francis Raison , was a British Conservative politician who began his career as a journalist, first working on Picture Post , then New Scientist... |
5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| The Lord Sandford | 2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Employment Secretary of State for Employment The Secretary of State for Employment was a position in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom. In 1995 it was merged with Secretary of State for Education to make the Secretary of State for Education and Employment... |
Robert Carr Robert Carr Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, PC is a British Conservative politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural Sciences, graduating in 1938.... |
20 June 1970 | Employment and Productivity until 12 November 1970 |
| Maurice Macmillan | 7 April 1972 | ||
| William Whitelaw | 2 December 1973 | ||
| Minister of State, Employment | Paul Bryan Paul Bryan Sir Paul Elmore Oliver Bryan DSO MC was a British Conservative politician.Bryan was born in Karuizawa, Japan, the seventh of nine children of The Rev Ingram Bryan. He lived in Japan until he was eight and then returned to England and was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Robin Chichester-Clark Robin Chichester-Clark Sir Robert Chichester-Clark was member of parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and was the only member representing Northern Ireland to be a British government minister since the Government of Ireland Act 1920.-Early life:Chichester-Clark was... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Employment | Dudley Smith Dudley Smith Sir Dudley Gordon Smith is a British Conservative politician.Smith was educated at Chichester High School and became a journalist. He was elected a councillor on Middlesex County Council in 1958, then the youngest councillor, and became chief whip of the majority party.Smith contested Peckham in... |
24 June 1970 – 7 January 1974 | |
| David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
5 January 1971 – 26 March 1972 | ||
| Nicholas Scott Nicholas Scott The Rt. Hon. Sir Nicholas Paul Scott, PC, JP , was a British Conservative Party politician.Scott was educated at Clapham College and was national chairman of the Young Conservatives in 1963... |
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Energy | The Lord Carrington Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington Peter Alexander Rupert Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, is a British Conservative politician. He served as British Foreign Secretary between 1979 and 1982 and as the sixth Secretary General of NATO from 1984 to 1988. He is the last surviving member of the Cabinets of both Harold Macmillan and Sir... |
8 January 1974 | |
| Minister for Energy | Patrick Jenkin | 8 January 1974 | In Cabinet |
| Minister of State, Energy | David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
8 January 1974 | |
| Under-Secretary of State, Energy | Peter Emery Peter Emery Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Emery was born in London, but was evacuated to the United States during World War II. He was educated at Scotch Plains High School, New Jersey before serving with the Royal Air Force. He attended Oriel... |
8 January 1974 | |
| Secretary of State for the Environment Secretary of State for the Environment The Secretary of State for the Environment was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Department of the Environment . This was created by Edward Heath as a combination of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Public Building and Works on 15... |
Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, was a British Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Minister for Local Government and Development | Graham Page Graham Page For the American automobile company, see Graham-Paige.Sir Graham Page was a British Conservative Party politician.... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Minister for Housing and Construction | Julian Amery | 15 October 1970 | |
| Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Minister for Transport Industries | John Peyton John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil John Wynne William Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil PC, FZS was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil for 32 years, from 1951 to 1983, and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Under-Secretary of State, Environment | Eldon Griffiths Eldon Griffiths Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths is a former British Conservative politician and journalist.Griffiths was educated at Ashton Grammar School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Yale University. He worked in the Conservative Research Department and became a journalist and farmer... |
15 October 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997... |
15 October 1970 – 26 March 1972 | ||
| The Lord Sandford | 15 October 1970 – 5 June 1973 | ||
| Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major... |
15 October 1970 – 7 April 1972 | ||
| Keith Speed Keith Speed Sir Herbert "Keith" Speed, RD, DL is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom and former Member of Parliament. He is a descendant of cartographer and historian John Speed.... |
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Reginald Eyre Reginald Eyre Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959.... |
7 April 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Lady Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal... |
5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Hugh Rossi Hugh Rossi Sir Hugh Alexis Louis Rossi, KCSG, KHS, FKC is a former British Conservative politician.Rossi was educated at Finchley Catholic Grammar School - since 1971 Finchley Catholic High School - and King's College London and set up his own solicitor's practice in the West End, London... |
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Social Services Secretary of State for Social Services The Secretary of State for Social Services was a position in the UK cabinet, created on 1 November 1968 with responsibility for the Department of Health and Social Security... |
Sir Keith Joseph Keith Joseph Keith St John Joseph, Baron Joseph, Bt, CH, PC , was a British barrister and politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet under three Prime Ministers , and is widely regarded to have been the "power behind the throne" in the creation of what came to be known as... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Minister of State, Health and Social Security | The Lord Aberdare Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords... |
23 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 | |
| Parliamentary Secretary, Health and Social Security | Paul Dean | 24 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| Michael Alison Michael Alison Michael James Hugh Alison was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Born in Margate, Kent, Alison was educated at Eton College, Wadham College, Oxford and Ridley Hall, Cambridge... |
24 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Secretary of State for Housing and Local Government | Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Part of Environment from 15 October 1970 |
| Minister of State, Housing and Local Government | Graham Page Graham Page For the American automobile company, see Graham-Paige.Sir Graham Page was a British Conservative Party politician.... |
23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Part of Environment from 15 October 1970 |
| Parliamentary Secretary, Housing and Local Government | Eldon Griffiths Eldon Griffiths Sir Eldon Wylie Griffiths is a former British Conservative politician and journalist.Griffiths was educated at Ashton Grammar School, Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and Yale University. He worked in the Conservative Research Department and became a journalist and farmer... |
23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Part of Environment from Oct 1970 |
| Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997... |
23 June 1970–15 October 1970 | ||
| The Lord Sandford | 23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | ||
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a ministerial office in the government of the United Kingdom that includes as part of its duties, the administration of the estates and rents of the Duchy of Lancaster... |
Anthony Barber | 20 June 1970 | With special responsibility for Europe |
| Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, was a British Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.... |
28 July 1970 | ||
| John Davies John Davies (businessman) John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies, MBE, PC was a successful British businessman who served as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Secretary of State for Northern Ireland The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, informally the Northern Ireland Secretary, is the principal secretary of state in the government of the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Northern Ireland. The Secretary of State is a Minister of the Crown who is accountable to the Parliament of... |
William Whitelaw | 24 March 1972 | |
| Francis Pym Francis Pym -Bibliography:****- External links :... |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Minister of State, Northern Ireland | Paul Channon Paul Channon Henry Paul Guinness Channon, Baron Kelvedon, PC , was Conservative MP for Southend West for 38 years, from 1959 until 1997... |
26 March 1972 – 5 November 1972 | |
| The Lord Windlesham David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham David James George Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham and Baron Hennessy, CVO, PC, FBA was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom who held visiting professorships at various universities.... |
26 March 1972 – 5 June 1973 | ||
| William van Straubenzee William van Straubenzee Sir William Radcliffe van Straubenzee was a British Conservative Party politician.Van Straubenzee was educated at Westminster School and served in the Royal Artillery 1942-47, including two years in the Far East. He became a solicitor in 1952 and a partner in a law firm... |
5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
5 November 1972 – 8 January 1974 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland | David Howell David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford David Arthur Russell Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, PC , is a British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant. Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell is now a Minister of State in the Foreign Office... |
26 March 1972 – 5 November 1972 | |
| Peter Mills Peter Mills (UK politician) Sir Peter McLay Mills was a British Conservative Party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for Torrington from 1964 to 1974, West Devon from 1974 to 1983 and Torridge and West Devon from 1983 to 1987... |
5 November 1972 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| The Lord Belstead John Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead John Julian Ganzoni, 2nd Baron Belstead PC was a British Conservative politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Margaret Thatcher from 1988 to 1990.-Background and education:... |
5 June 1973 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Minister of Overseas Development | Richard Wood Richard Wood, Baron Holderness Richard Frederick Wood, Baron Holderness PC, DL was a British Conservative politician who held numerous ministerial positions from 1955 to 1974... |
23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Reorganised under Foreign Office, 12 November 1970 |
| Paymaster-General Paymaster-General HM Paymaster General is a ministerial position in the United Kingdom. The Paymaster General is in charge of the Office of HM Paymaster General , which held accounts at the Bank of England on behalf of Government departments and selected other public bodies... |
The Viscount Eccles David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles David McAdam Eccles, 1st Baron Eccles and 1st Viscount Eccles, CH, KCVO, MP, PC was an English Conservative politician.... |
23 June 1970 | Minister for Arts. Not in Cabinet |
| Maurice Macmillan | 2 December 1973 | ||
| Minister without Portfolio Minister without Portfolio A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister that does not head a particular ministry... |
The Lord Drumalbyn Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn Niall Malcolm Stewart Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn KBE, PC was a Scottish Tory and National Liberal politician.-Background and education:... |
15 October 1970 | |
| The Lord Aberdare Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare Morys George Lyndhurst Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare, KBE, PC, DL was a Conservative politician, and from 1999 until his death, one of ninety-two elected hereditary peers in the British House of Lords... |
8 January 1974 | ||
| Minister for Posts and Telecommunications | Christopher Chataway Christopher Chataway Sir Christopher John Chataway is a British former middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and a Conservative politician... |
24 June 1970 | |
| Sir John Eden John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, Bt, PC is a British Conservative politician.-Background:Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, United States. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Minister of Public Buildings and Works First Commissioner of Works The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It took over some of the functions of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851 when the portfolio of Crown holdings was divided into the public... |
Julian Amery | 23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Reorganised under Department of Environment 15 October 1970 |
| Parliamentary Secretary, Public Buildings and Works | Anthony Kershaw Anthony Kershaw Sir John Anthony Kershaw MC, DL was a British Conservative Party Member of Parliament for 32 years, from 1955 to 1987. He served as a junior minister in the 1970s. He was also a barrister, wartime cavalry officer, amateur rugby player and company director.-Early life and education:Kershaw was... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | |
| Secretary of State for Scotland Secretary of State for Scotland The Secretary of State for Scotland is the principal minister of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom with responsibilities for Scotland. He heads the Scotland Office , a government department based in London and Edinburgh. The post was created soon after the Union of the Crowns, but was... |
Gordon Campbell Gordon Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy Gordon Thomas Calthrop Campbell, Baron Campbell of Croy, MC, PC, DL , born in Lossiemouth, Moray, and a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician.... |
20 June 1970 | |
| Minister of State for Scotland | The Lady Tweedsmuir Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir and Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, PC was a Unionist and Conservative politician.... |
23 June 1970 | |
| The Lord Polwarth Henry Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth Henry Alexander Hepburne-Scott, 10th Lord Polwarth TD , was a Scottish chartered accountant, businessman and Conservative politician.... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Under-Secretary of State for Scotland The Under-Secretary of State for Scotland is a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom government, supporting the Secretary of State for Scotland... |
Alick Buchanan-Smith Alick Buchanan-Smith Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.The second son of Alick Drummond Buchanan-Smith, Baron Balerno and Mary Kathleen Smith, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy, Glenalmond College, Pembroke College, Cambridge and University of Edinburgh... |
24 June 1970 – 4 March 1974 | |
| George Younger George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie KT KCVO TD PC was a British politician and banker.... |
24 June 1970 – 8 January 1974 | ||
| Teddy Taylor Teddy Taylor Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor, usually known as Teddy Taylor , is a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Rochford and Southend East.He was a leading member and sometime Vice-President of the Conservative... |
24 June 1970 – 28 July 1971 | ||
| Hector Monro Hector Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm Hector Seymour Peter Monro, Baron Monro of Langholm, AE, PC , was a Conservative & Unionist Party politician. He was Member of Parliament for Dumfries for 33 years, from 1964 to 1997, and then a life peer in the House of Lords.... |
28 July 1971 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Teddy Taylor Teddy Taylor Sir Edward MacMillan Taylor, usually known as Teddy Taylor , is a British Conservative Party politician who was a Member of Parliament from 1964 to 1979 for Glasgow Cathcart and from 1980 to 2005 for Rochford and Southend East.He was a leading member and sometime Vice-President of the Conservative... |
8 January 1974 – 4 March 1974 | ||
| Minister for Technology | Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Rippon Geoffrey Frederick Rippon, Baron Rippon of Hexham, PC, was a British Conservative politician. He was Chairman of the European-Atlantic Group.... |
20 June 1970 | |
| John Davies John Davies (businessman) John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies, MBE, PC was a successful British businessman who served as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s... |
28 July 1970–15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 | |
| Minister of State, Ministry of Technology | Sir John Eden John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, Bt, PC is a British Conservative politician.-Background:Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, United States. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War... |
23 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 |
| The Earl of Bessborough Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough Frederick Edward de Neuflize "Eric" Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough , known as Viscount Duncannon from 1920 to 1956, was a British diplomat, businessman, playwright, Conservative politician, and peer.... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | ||
| Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Technology | David Price David Price (British politician) Sir David Ernest Campbell Price is a British Conservative Party politician.Price was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1948. He served with the Scots Guards during World War II, a staff officer in Trieste... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 |
| Nicholas Ridley Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | ||
| President of the Board of Trade | Michael Noble Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas PC was a Scottish Tory politician.Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford... |
20 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 |
| Minister of State, Board of Trade | Frederick Corfield Frederick Corfield Sir Frederick Vernon Corfield, QC, PC was a British Conservative politician and minister.Corfield was the son of Brigadier Frederick Alleyne Corfield and Mary Graham Vernon... |
24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade in the United Kingdom was a member of Parliament assigned to assist the Board of Trade and its President with administration and liaison with Parliament. It replaced the Vice-President of the Board of Trade.... |
Anthony Grant | 24 June 1970 – 15 October 1970 | Office reorganised under Trade & Industry 15 October 1970 |
| Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Secretary of State for Trade and Industry The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills is a cabinet position in the United Kingdom government. Its secondary title is the President of the Board of Trade... |
John Davies John Davies (businessman) John Emerson Harding Harding-Davies, MBE, PC was a successful British businessman who served as Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry during the 1960s... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Peter Walker Peter Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester Peter Edward Walker, Baron Walker of Worcester, MBE, PC , was British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet as the Environment Secretary , Trade and Industry Secretary , Agriculture Minister , Energy Secretary and Welsh Secretary... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Minister of State for Trade Minister of State for Trade The Minister of State for Trade is an executive position in the Government of the United Kingdom, in both the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills... |
Michael Noble Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas Michael Antony Cristobal Noble, Baron Glenkinglas PC was a Scottish Tory politician.Noble was the youngest son of Sir John Noble, 1st Baronet, and the grandson of Sir Andrew Noble, 1st Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford... |
15 October 1970 – 5 November 1972 | |
| Minister of State, Trade and Consumer Affairs | Sir Geoffrey Howe Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons... |
5 November 1972 | In Cabinet |
| Under-Secretary of State for Trade | Anthony Grant | 15 October 1970 | |
| The Earl of Limerick Patrick Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick Patrick Edmund Pery, 6th Earl of Limerick KBE , was an Irish peer and public servant. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Minister of State for Industry | Sir John Eden John Eden, Baron Eden of Winton John Benedict Eden, Baron Eden of Winton, Bt, PC is a British Conservative politician.-Background:Eden was educated at Eton College and St Paul's School, United States. He served as a Lieutenant with the Rifle Brigade, 2nd Gurkha Rifles and the Gilgit Scouts during the Second World War... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Tom Boardman Tom Boardman, Baron Boardman Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Gray Boardman, Baron Boardman MC, TD, DL, PC was an English Conservative politician and businessman.... |
7 April 1972 | Office eliminated 8 January 1974 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Industry | Nicholas Ridley Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, PC was a British Conservative Party politician and government minister.-Personal life:... |
15 October 1970 | |
| Peter Emery Peter Emery Sir Peter Frank Hannibal Emery was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.Emery was born in London, but was evacuated to the United States during World War II. He was educated at Scotch Plains High School, New Jersey before serving with the Royal Air Force. He attended Oriel... |
7 April 1972 | Office eliminated 8 January 1974 | |
| Minister for Aerospace | Frederick Corfield Frederick Corfield Sir Frederick Vernon Corfield, QC, PC was a British Conservative politician and minister.Corfield was the son of Brigadier Frederick Alleyne Corfield and Mary Graham Vernon... |
1 May 1971 | |
| Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major... |
7 April 1972 | Consolidated with Shipping 5 November 1972 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Aerospace | David Price David Price (British politician) Sir David Ernest Campbell Price is a British Conservative Party politician.Price was educated at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and Yale University. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1948. He served with the Scots Guards during World War II, a staff officer in Trieste... |
1 May 1971 | |
| Cranley Onslow Cranley Onslow Cranley Gordon Douglas Onslow, Baron Onslow of Woking KCMG PC was a British politician and served as the Conservative MP for Woking from 1964 to 1997.... |
7 April 1972 | Consolidated with Shipping 5 November 1972 | |
| Minister for Industrial Development | Christopher Chataway Christopher Chataway Sir Christopher John Chataway is a British former middle- and long-distance runner, television news broadcaster, and a Conservative politician... |
7 April 1972 | |
| Under-Secretary of State for Industrial Development | Anthony Grant | 7 April 1972 | |
| Minister of Transport Secretary of State for Transport The Secretary of State for Transport is the member of the cabinet responsible for the British Department for Transport. The role has had a high turnover as new appointments are blamed for the failures of decades of their predecessors... |
John Peyton John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil John Wynne William Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil PC, FZS was a British politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Yeovil for 32 years, from 1951 to 1983, and an early and leading member of the Conservative Monday Club... |
23 June 1970–15 October 1970 | Transport merged with Environment Oct 1970 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport was a junior position at the British Ministry of Transport. The office was renamed Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport in 1941, but resumed its former name at the end of the Second World War.-Parliamentary Secretaries to the... |
Michael Heseltine Michael Heseltine Michael Ray Dibdin Heseltine, Baron Heseltine, CH, PC is a British businessman, Conservative politician and patron of the Tory Reform Group. He was a Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001 and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major... |
24 June 1970–15 October 1970 | |
| Secretary of State for Wales Secretary of State for Wales The Secretary of State for Wales is the head of the Wales Office within the British cabinet. He or she is responsible for ensuring Welsh interests are taken into account by the government, representing the government within Wales and overseeing the passing of legislation which is only for Wales... |
Peter Thomas | 20 June 1970 | |
| Minister of State for Wales | David Gibson-Watt David Gibson-Watt David Gibson-Watt, Baron Gibson-Watt MC & Two Bars was a British Conservative politician.Educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, Gibson-Watt served in the Welsh Guards from 1939 to 1946, seeing action in the North African campaign and the Italian campaign. He was awarded the... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Attorney General Attorney General for England and Wales Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown. Along with the subordinate Solicitor General for England and Wales, the Attorney General serves as the chief legal adviser of the Crown and its government in... |
Sir Peter Rawlinson Peter Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell Peter Anthony Grayson Rawlinson, Baron Rawlinson of Ewell, PC, QC was an English barrister, politician and author. He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Epsom for 23 years, from 1955 to 1978, and held the offices of Solicitor General and Attorney General for England and Wales and for... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Solicitor General Solicitor General for England and Wales Her Majesty's Solicitor General for England and Wales, often known as the Solicitor General, is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Attorney General, whose duty is to advise the Crown and Cabinet on the law... |
Sir Geoffrey Howe Geoffrey Howe Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, CH, QC, PC is a former British Conservative politician. He was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary, and finally Leader of the House of Commons... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Sir Michael Havers Michael Havers, Baron Havers Robert Michael Oldfield Havers, Baron Havers PC, QC was a British barrister and Conservative politician. From his knighthood in 1972 until becoming a peer in 1987 he was known as Sir Michael Havers.- Early life :... |
5 November 1972 | ||
| Lord Advocate Lord Advocate Her Majesty's Advocate , known as the Lord Advocate , is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament... |
Norman Wylie Norman Wylie Norman Russell Wylie, Lord Wylie was a Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician.Born in Elderslie, he was educated at Paisley Grammar School, St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He served in the Fleet Air Arm from 1942 to 1946... |
23 June 1970 | |
| Solicitor General for Scotland Solicitor General for Scotland Her Majesty's Solicitor General for Scotland is one of the Law Officers of the Crown, and the deputy of the Lord Advocate, whose duty is to advise the Crown and the Scottish Government on Scots Law... |
David William Robert Brand | 23 June 1970 | |
| William Stewart William Stewart, Lord Allanbridge William Stewart, Lord Allanbridge is a Scottish lawyer, judge and politician, who served as Solicitor General for Scotland, the country's junior Law Officer from 1972 to 1974, and as a Senator of the College of Justice, a judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland, from 1977 to 1995.-Early... |
5 November 1972 | Not an MP | |
| Treasurer of the Household Treasurer of the Household The position of Treasurer of the Household is theoretically held by a household official of the British monarch, under control of the Lord Steward's Department, but is, in fact, a political office held by one of the government's Deputy Chief Whips in the House of Commons... |
Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Atkins Humphrey Edward Gregory Atkins, Baron Colnbrook KCMG PC was a British politician. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from 1979-82.... |
24 June 1970 | |
| Bernard Weatherill Bernard Weatherill Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:... |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Comptroller of the Household Comptroller of the Household The Comptroller of the Household is an ancient position in the English royal household, currently the second-ranking member of the Lord Steward's department, and often a cabinet member. He was an ex officio member of the Board of Green Cloth, until that body was abolished in the reform of the local... |
Walter Elliott | 24 June 1970 | |
| Reginald Eyre Reginald Eyre Sir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959.... |
24 September 1970 | ||
| Bernard Weatherill Bernard Weatherill Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Walter Clegg Walter Clegg Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and... |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Vice-Chamberlain of the Household The Vice-Chamberlain of the Household is usually a junior government whip in the British House of Commons and is an officer of the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. He or she is the Deputy to the Lord Chamberlain of the Household. The Vice-Chamberlain's main role is to compile... |
Jasper More Jasper More Sir Jasper More was a British Conservative Party politician, the son of Sir Thomas Jasper Mytten More , a Shropshire landowner, and Lady Norah Browne, daughter of Henry Browne, 5th Marquess of Sligo.... |
24 June 1970 | |
| Bernard Weatherill Bernard Weatherill Bruce Bernard Weatherill, Baron Weatherill, PC, DL, KStJ was a British Conservative Party politician who became Speaker of the House of Commons.-Tailor:... |
17 October 1971 | ||
| Walter Clegg Walter Clegg Sir Walter Clegg was a British Conservative politician.Clegg was educated at Bury Grammar School, Arnold School, Blackpool, and Manchester University Law School. He worked as a solicitor. In 1955 he was elected as a Lancashire County Councillor, serving until 1961.Clegg contested Ince in 1959 and... |
7 April 1972 | ||
| Paul Hawkins Paul Hawkins (politician) Sir Paul Lancelot Hawkins was a British Conservative Party politician.Hawkins was educated at Cheltenham College and served in the Royal Norfolk Regiment of the Territorial Army 1933–45... |
2 December 1973 | ||
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms The Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms is a UK government post since 1945 held by the Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords. Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.... |
The Earl St Aldwyn Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn Michael John Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn PC, GBE TD was a British Conservative politician.St Aldwyn was the only son of Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, who was killed in action in 1916, and the grandson of Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn. His mother was Marjorie, who also... |
24 June 1970 | |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard The Captain of the Queen's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard is a UK government post usually held by the Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords... |
The Viscount Goschen | 24 June 1970 | |
| The Lord Denham Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham KBE PC is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers... |
20 November 1971 | ||
| Lords in Waiting | The Lord Mowbray Charles Stourton, 26th Baron Mowbray Charles Edward Stourton, 23rd Baron Stourton, 27th Baron Segrave, 26th Baron Mowbray CBE was a baron in the peerage of England. From 1965 to 1983, he was premier baron in the English peerage. He sat on the Conservative benches in the House of Lords, and was a Conservative whip in government and... |
24 June 1970–4 March 1974 | |
| The Lord Denham Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham Bertram Stanley Mitford Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham KBE PC is a British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers... |
24 June 1970–20 November 1971 | ||
| The Lord Bethell Nicholas Bethell Nicholas William Bethell, 4th Baron Bethell was a British politician. He was an historian of Central and Eastern Europe. He was also a translator and human rights activist. He sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative from 1967 to 1999... |
24 June 1970–5 January 1971 | ||
| The Earl Ferrers Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers Robert Washington Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers PC , styled Viscount Tamworth between 1937 and 1954, is British Conservative politician and member of the House of Lords as one of the remaining hereditary peers... |
5 January 1971–8 January 1974 | ||
| The Marquess of Lothian Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian Peter Francis Walter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian, KCVO was a British peer, politician and landowner.... |
7 April 1972–27 July 1973 | ||
| The Earl of Gowrie Alexander Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie Alexander Patrick Greysteil Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie PC, FRSL , usually known as Grey Gowrie, was a Conservative Party politician for some years, including a period in the British Cabinet, and was later Chairman of Sotheby's and of the Arts Council of England. He has also published poetry... |
7 April 1972–4 March 1974 | ||
| The Baroness Young Janet Young, Baroness Young Janet Mary Baker Young, Baroness Young PC , was a British Conservative politician. She served as the first ever female Leader of the House of Lords from 1981 to 1983, first as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and from 1982 as Lord Privy Seal... |
21 April 1972–5 June 1973 | ||
| The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal Euan Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal Donald Euan Palmer Howard, 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal , is a British Conservative politician.Howard is the eldest son of Donald Howard, 3rd Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal, and his wife the Hon. Diana Evelyn, daughter of Gerald Loder, 1st Baron Wakehurst... |
27 June 1973–8 January 1974 | ||
| The Lord Sandys | 8 January 1974–4 March 1974 | ||
| The Earl Cowley Richard Wellesley, 6th Earl Cowley Richard Francis Wellesley, 6th Earl Cowley , known as Viscount Dangan from 1962 to 1968, was a British Conservative politician.... |
8 January 1974–4 March 1974 | ||
| The Earl Alexander of Tunis Shane Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis Shane William Desmond Alexander, 2nd Earl Alexander of Tunis , known as Lord Rideau from 1952 to 1969, is a British peer of Anglo-Irish descent.... |
8 January 1974–4 March 1974 |
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Source: D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900-2000