Lloyd George ministry

The Lloyd George ministry, a coalition government led by David Lloyd George, came to power in the United Kingdom in December 1916. It replaced the earlier wartime coalition under H. H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for losses during the Great War.[1] Those Liberals who continued to support Asquith served as the Official Opposition. The government continued in power after the end of the war in 1918, though Lloyd George was increasingly reliant on the Conservatives for support. After several scandals including allegations of the sale of honours, the Conservatives withdrew their support after a meeting at the Carlton Club in 1922, and Andrew Bonar Law formed a government.[2]

Cabinets

War Cabinet, December 1916 – January 1919

Changes

Peacetime Cabinet, January 1919 – October 1922

The War Cabinet was formally maintained for much of 1919, but as Lloyd George was out of the country for many months this made little difference.

In October 1919 a formal Cabinet was reinstated.

Changes

List of Ministers

Members of the Cabinet are listed in boldface. Members of the War Cabinet, 6 December 1916 to 31 October 1919, are indicated.

OfficeNameDatePartyNotes
Prime Minister
and First Lord of the Treasury
David Lloyd George6 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Liberalin the War Cabinet 6 December 1916 – 31 October 1919
Chancellor of the ExchequerAndrew Bonar Law10 December 1916 Conservativealso Leader of the House of Commons; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Austen Chamberlain10 January 1919 Conservativeleft the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Sir Robert Horne1 April 1921 Conservative 
Financial Secretaries to the TreasurySir Hardman Lever, Bt15 December 1916 – 19 May 1919 Liberal 
Stanley Baldwin18 June 1917 – 1 April 1921 Conservative 
Hilton Young21 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury
and Government Chief Whips in the House of Commons
Lord Edmund Talbot14 December 1916 – 1 April 1921 Conservative 
Neil Primrose14 December 1916 – 2 March 1917 Liberal 
Frederick Guest2 March 1917 – 1 April 1921 Liberal 
Charles McCurdy1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Liberal 
Leslie Orme Wilson1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
Junior Lords of the TreasuryJames Hope14 December 1916 – 27 January 1919 Conservative 
John Pratt14 December 1916 – 8 August 1919 Liberal 
Stanley Baldwin29 January 1917 – 18 June 1917 Conservative 
James Parker29 January 1917 – 19 October 1922 Labour 
Josiah Towyn Jones29 January 1917 – 4 July 1922 Liberal 
Robert Sanders5 February 1919 – 1 April 1921 Liberalcreated a Baronet 28 January 1920
Sir Godfrey Collins8 August 1919 – 10 February 1920 Liberal 
William Edge18 August 1919 – 1 August 1922 Liberal 
Sir William Sutherland15 February 1920 – 7 April 1922 Liberal 
Sir John Gilmour, Bt1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
Thomas Arthur Lewis4 July 1922 – 26 July 1922 Liberal 
Lord ChancellorThe Lord Finlay10 December 1916 Conservative 
The Lord Birkenhead10 January 1919 Conservativecreated Viscount Birkenhead 15 June 1921
Lord President of the CouncilThe Earl Curzon of Kedleston10 December 1916 Conservativealso Leader of the House of Lords; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Arthur Balfour23 October 1919 Conservative 
Lord Privy SealThe Earl of Crawford15 December 1916 Conservative 
Andrew Bonar Law10 January 1919 Conservativealso Leader of the House of Commons; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Austen Chamberlain23 March 1921 Conservativealso Leader of the House of Commons
Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsArthur Balfour10 December 1916 Conservative 
The Earl Curzon of Kedleston23 October 1919 Conservativealso Leader of the House of Lords; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919; created Marquess Curzon of Kedleston 28 June 1921
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsLord Robert Cecil10 December 1916 Conservative 
Cecil Harmsworth10 January 1919 Liberal 
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsThe Lord Newton10 December 1916 Conservativepost abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentSir George Cave10 December 1916 Conservativecreated Viscount Cave 14 November 1918
Edward Shortt10 January 1919 Liberal 
Under-Secretary of State for the Home DepartmentWilliam Brace10 December 1916 Labour 
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt10 January 1919 Liberal 
John Baird29 April 1919 Conservativesucceeded as 2nd Baronet 21 June 1920
First Lord of the AdmiraltySir Edward Carson10 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir Eric Geddes17 July 1917 Conservative 
Walter Long10 January 1919 Conservative 
The Lord Lee of Fareham13 February 1921 Conservative 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the AdmiraltyThomas James Macnamara10 December 1916 Liberal 
Sir James Craig, Bt2 April 1920 Conservative 
Leo Amery1 April 1921 Conservative 
Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the AdmiraltyThe Earl of Lytton7 February 1917 Conservativepost abolished 27 January 1919
Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyE. G. Pretyman14 December 1916 Conservative 
The Earl of Lytton27 January 1919 Conservative 
The Earl of Onslow26 October 1920 Conservative 
Bolton Eyres-Monsell1 April 1921 Conservative 
Second Civil Lord of the AdmiraltyArthur Pease10 December 1916 Conservativepost abolished 10 January 1919
President of the Board of Agriculture and FisheriesRowland Prothero10 December 1916 ConservativeBoard replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Agriculture and FisheriesSir Richard Winfrey14 December 1916 – 10 January 1919 Liberal 
The Duke of Marlborough18 February 1917 – 21 March 1918 Conservative 
The Viscount Goschen26 March 1918 – 18 June 1918 Conservative 
The Lord Clinton18 June 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative 
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen10 January 1919 ConservativeBoard replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Minister of Agriculture and FisheriesThe Lord Lee of Fareham15 August 1919 Conservative 
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen13 February 1921 Conservative 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and FisheriesSir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen15 August 1919 Conservativealso Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 18 November 1919
vacant13 February 1921  
The Earl of Onslow5 April 1921 Conservative 
The Earl of Ancaster7 April 1921 Conservativealso Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 28 October 1921
President of the Air BoardThe Viscount Cowdray3 January 1917 LiberalAir Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air BoardJohn Baird14 December 1916 ConservativeAir Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
President of the Air CouncilThe Lord Rothermere26 November 1917 Liberal 
The Lord Weir26 April 1918 Liberalpost abolished 10 January 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air CouncilJohn Baird26 November 1917 Conservativepost abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for AirWinston Churchill10 January 1919 Liberal 
Frederick Guest1 April 1921 Liberal 
Under-Secretary of State for AirJ. E. B. Seely10 January 1919 Liberal 
George Tryon22 December 1919 Conservative 
The Marquess of Londonderry2 April 1920 Conservative 
The Lord Gorell18 July 1921 Liberal 
Minister of BlockadeLord Robert Cecil10 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt18 July 1918 Conservativeoffice abolished 10 July 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of BlockadeFrederick Leverton Harris22 December 1916 Conservativeoffice abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the ColoniesWalter Long10 December 1916 Conservative 
The Viscount Milner10 January 1919 Conservative 
Winston Churchill13 February 1921 Liberal 
Under-Secretary of State for the ColoniesArthur Steel-Maitland10 December 1916 Conservativecreated a Baronet 13 July 1917
William Hewins26 September 1917 Conservative 
Leo Amery10 January 1919 Conservative 
E. F. L. Wood1 April 1921 Conservative 
President of the Board of EducationHerbert Fisher10 December 1916 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of EducationHerbert Lewis10 December 1916 Liberalknighted in 1922
Minister of Food ControlThe Lord Devonport10 December 1916 Liberal 
The Lord Rhondda19 June 1917 Liberalcreated Viscount Rhondda 19 June 1918
J. R. Clynes9 July 1918 Labour 
George Roberts10 January 1919 Labour 
Charles McCurdy19 March 1920 Liberaloffice abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food ControlCharles Bathurst12 December 1916 Conservativeknighted in 1917
J. R. Clynes2 July 1917 Labour 
Waldorf Astor18 July 1918 Conservative 
Charles McCurdy27 January 1919 Liberal 
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt19 April 1920 Conservativeoffice abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Local Government BoardThe Lord Rhondda10 December 1916 Liberal 
William Fisher28 June 1917 Conservative 
Sir Auckland Geddes4 November 1918 Conservative 
Christopher Addison10 January 1919 LiberalBoard became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government BoardWilliam Hayes Fisher10 December 1916 Conservative 
Stephen Walsh28 June 1917 Labour 
Waldorf Astor27 January 1919 ConservativeBoard became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Minister of HealthChristopher Addison24 June 1919 Liberal 
Sir Alfred Mond, Bt1 April 1921 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of HealthWaldorf Astor24 June 1919 Conservativesucceeded as 2nd Viscount Astor 18 October 1919
The Earl of Onslow7 April 1921 Conservative 
Secretary of State for IndiaAusten Chamberlain10 December 1916 Conservative 
Edwin Samuel Montagu17 July 1917 Liberal 
The Viscount Peel19 March 1922 Conservative 
Under-Secretary of State for IndiaThe Lord Islington10 December 1916 Liberal 
The Lord Sinha10 January 1919 Liberal 
The Earl of Lytton22 September 1920 Conservative 
The Earl Winterton20 March 1922 Conservative 
Lord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Viscount French of Ypres6 May 1918 – 2 May 1921 entered the Cabinet 28 October 1918; left the Cabinet 2 April 1921
Chief Secretary for IrelandHenry Duke10 December 1916 Conservativeknighted in 1918
Edward Shortt5 May 1918 Liberal 
Ian Macpherson10 January 1919 Liberal 
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt2 April 1920 Liberal 
Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for IrelandThomas Wallace Russell10 December 1916 Liberalcreated a Baronet 20 June 1917
Hugh T. Barrie15 January 1919 Conservative 
Minister of LabourJohn Hodge10 December 1916 Labour 
George Roberts17 August 1917 Labour 
Sir Robert Horne10 January 1919 Conservative 
Thomas James Macnamara19 March 1920 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of LabourWilliam Bridgeman22 December 1916 Conservative 
George James Wardle10 January 1919 Labour 
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow, Bt2 April 1920 Conservative 
Chancellor of the Duchy of LancasterSir Frederick Cawley, Bt10 December 1916 Liberal 
The Lord Beaverbrook10 February 1918 Conservative 
William Hayes Fisher4 November 1918 Conservativecreated Baron Downham 16 November 1918
The Earl of Crawford10 January 1919 Conservative 
The Viscount Peel1 April 1921 Conservative 
Sir William Sutherland7 April 1922 Liberal 
Minister of InformationThe Lord Beaverbrook10 February 1918 Conservative 
William Hayes Fisher4 November 1918 Conservativecreated Baron Downham 16 November 1918; office abolished 10 January 1919
Minister of MunitionsChristopher Addison10 December 1916 Liberal 
Winston Churchill17 July 1917 Liberal 
The Lord Inverforth10 January 1919 Conservativeoffice abolished 21 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of MunitionsSir Laming Worthington-Evans14 December 1916 – 30 January 1918 Conservative 
F. G. Kellaway14 December 1916 – 1 April 1920 Liberal 
J. E. B. Seely10 July 1918 – 10 January 1919 Liberal 
John Baird10 January 1919 – 29 April 1919 Liberal 
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of MunitionsSir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt30 January 1918 – 18 July 1918 Conservative 
James Hope27 January 1919 – 31 March 1921 Conservative 
Minister of National ServiceNeville Chamberlain15 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir Auckland Geddes17 August 1917 Conservativepost abolished 19 December 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National ServiceStephen Walsh17 March 1917 – 28 June 1917 Labour 
Cecil Beck28 June 1917 – 19 December 1919 Liberal 
The Viscount Peel15 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative 
Paymaster-GeneralSir Joseph Compton-Rickett15 December 1916 Liberal 
Sir Tudor Walters26 October 1919 Liberal 
Minister of PensionsGeorge Nicoll Barnes10 December 1916 Labourin the War Cabinet 29 May 1917 – 3 August 1917
John Hodge17 August 1917 Labour 
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt10 January 1919 Conservative 
Ian Macpherson2 April 1920 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of PensionsSir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen22 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir James Craig, Bt10 January 1919 Conservative 
George Tryon2 April 1920 Conservative 
Postmaster GeneralAlbert Illingworth10 December 1916 Liberal 
F. G. Kellaway1 April 1921 Liberal 
Assistant Postmaster GeneralHerbert Pease10 December 1916 Conservative 
Minister without PortfolioArthur Henderson10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917 Labourin the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917
The Viscount Milner10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918 Conservativein the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918
Jan Smuts22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919 in the War Cabinet 22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919
Sir Edward Carson17 July 1917 – 21 January 1918 Conservative 
George Nicoll Barnes13 August 1917 – 27 January 1920 Labourin the War Cabinet 13 August 1917 – 10 January 1919
Austen Chamberlain18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservativeentered the War Cabinet 18 April 1918
Sir Eric Geddes10 January 1919 – 19 May 1919 Conservativein the War Cabinet 10 January 1919 – 31 October 1919
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921 Conservative 
Christopher Addison1 April 1921 – 14 July 1921 Liberal 
Minister of ReconstructionChristopher Addison17 July 1917 Liberal 
Sir Auckland Geddes10 January 1919 Conservativeoffice abolished 19 December 1919
Secretary for ScotlandRobert Munro10 December 1916 Liberal 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for ScotlandJohn Pratt8 August 1919 Liberalknighted 1922
Minister of ShippingSir Joseph Maclay, Bt10 December 1916 Liberaloffice abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of ShippingSir Leo Chiozza Money22 December 1916 Liberal 
Leslie Orme Wilson10 January 1919 Conservative 
Minister of SupplyThe Lord Inverforth10 January 1919 Conservativeoffice abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Board of TradeSir Albert Stanley10 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir Auckland Geddes26 May 1919 Conservative 
Sir Robert Horne19 March 1920 Conservative 
Stanley Baldwin1 April 1921 Conservative 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of TradeGeorge Roberts14 December 1916 Labour 
George Wardle17 August 1917 Labour 
William Bridgeman10 January 1919 Conservative 
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame22 August 1920 Conservative 
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, Bt1 April 1921 Conservative 
Secretary for Overseas TradeSir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Bt14 September 1917 Conservative 
Sir Hamar Greenwood, Bt29 April 1919 Liberal 
F. G. Kellaway2 April 1920 Liberal 
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame1 April 1921 Conservative 
Parliamentary Secretary for MinesWilliam Bridgeman22 August 1920 Conservative 
Minister of TransportSir Eric Geddes19 May 1919 Conservative 
The Viscount Peel7 November 1921 Conservative 
The Earl of Crawford12 April 1922 Conservative 
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of TransportSir Rhys Williams23 September 1919 Liberal 
Arthur Neal28 November 1919 Liberal 
Secretary of State for WarThe Earl of Derby10 December 1916 Conservative 
The Viscount Milner18 April 1918 Conservative 
Winston Churchill10 January 1919 Liberal 
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt13 February 1921 Conservative 
Under-Secretary of State for WarIan Macpherson14 December 1916 Liberal 
Viscount Peel10 January 1919 Conservative 
Sir Robert Sanders1 April 1921 Conservative 
Financial Secretary to the War OfficeHenry Forster10 December 1916 Conservativecreated Baron Forster 12 December 1919
Sir Archibald Williamson18 December 1919 Liberal 
George Frederick Stanley1 April 1921 Conservative 
Parliamentary Secretary to the War OfficeThe Earl Stanhope14 December 1916 Conservativepost abolished 10 January 1919
First Commissioner of WorksSir Alfred Mond, Bt10 December 1916 Liberal 
The Earl of Crawford1 April 1921 Conservativeentered the Cabinet 7 April 1922
Attorney GeneralSir F. E. Smith10 December 1916 Conservative 
Sir Gordon Hewart10 January 1919 Liberalentered the Cabinet 7 November 1921
Sir Ernest Pollock6 March 1922 Conservative 
Solicitor GeneralSir Gordon Hewart10 December 1916 Liberal 
Sir Ernest Pollock10 January 1919 Conservative 
Leslie Scott6 March 1922 Conservativeknighted in 1922
Lord AdvocateJames Clyde10 December 1916 Conservative 
Thomas Morison25 March 1920 Liberal 
Charles David Murray5 March 1922 Conservative 
Solicitor General for ScotlandThomas Morison10 December 1916 Liberal 
Charles David Murray25 March 1920 Conservative 
Andrew Briggs Constable16 March 1922 Conservative 
William Watson24 July 1922 Conservative 
Lord Chancellor of IrelandSir John O'Brien, Bt10 December 1916 Liberal 
Sir James Campbell, Bt4 June 1918 Conservative 
Sir John Ross, Bt27 June 1921 Conservative 
Attorney General for IrelandJames O'Connor8 January 1917 Irish Nationalist  
Arthur Samuels7 April 1918 Conservative 
Denis Henry6 July 1919 Conservative 
Thomas Brown5 August 1921 Conservative 
vacant16 August 1921 
Solicitor General for IrelandJames Chambers19 March 1917 Conservative 
Arthur Samuels12 September 1917 Conservative 
John Powell7 April 1918 Conservative 
Denis Henry27 November 1918 Conservative 
David Wilson6 July 1919 Conservative 
Thomas Brown12 June 1921 Conservative 
vacant5 August 1921  
Lord Steward of the HouseholdThe Lord Farquhar14 December 1916 Conservativecreated Viscount Farquhar 21 June 1917
Lord Chamberlain of the HouseholdThe Lord Sandhurst14 December 1916 Liberalcreated Viscount Sandhurst 1 January 1917
The Duke of Atholl20 November 1921 Conservative 
Vice-Chamberlain of the HouseholdCecil Beck14 December 1916 Liberal 
William Dudley Ward9 December 1917 Liberal 
Master of the HorseThe Earl of Chesterfield14 December 1916 Liberal 
Treasurer of the HouseholdJames Craig14 December 1916 Conservativecreated a Baronet 5 February 1918
vacant22 January 1918 
Robert Sanders11 June 1918 Conservative 
Bolton Eyres-Monsell5 February 1919 Conservative 
George Gibbs1 April 1921 Conservative 
Comptroller of the HouseholdSir Edwin Cornwall, Bt14 December 1916 Liberal 
George Frederick Stanley28 February 1919 Conservative 
Harry Barnston7 April 1921 Conservative 
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-ArmsThe Lord Colebrooke14 December 1916 Liberalalso Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Captain of the Yeomen of the GuardThe Lord Suffield14 December 1916 Conservative 
The Lord Hylton21 May 1918 Conservativealso Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
Lords in WaitingThe Lord Herschell14 December 1916 – 11 February 1919 Liberal 
The Lord Stanmore14 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Liberal 
The Lord Ranksborough14 December 1916 – 4 April 1921 Liberal 
The Viscount Valentia14 December 1916 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
The Lord Hylton14 December 1916 – 18 May 1918 Conservativealso Joint Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords
The Lord Somerleyton18 May 1918 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
The Earl of Jersey11 January 1919 – 17 August 1919 Conservative 
The Earl of Bradford11 February 1919 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
The Earl of Onslow17 August 1919 – 21 November 1920 Conservative 
The Earl of Lucan12 November 1920 – 19 October 1922 Conservative 
The Earl of Clarendon4 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 Conservative

References

  1. Gilbert, David Lloyd George: A Political Life: Organizer of Victory, 1912–1916 (1992)
  2. Gilbert, David Lloyd George: A Political Life: Organizer of Victory, 1912–1916 (1992)
Preceded by
Second Asquith Ministry
Government of the United Kingdom
1916–1922
Succeeded by
Bonar Law Ministry
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