Coalition Government 1916-1922

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The Coalition Government of David Lloyd George came to power in the United Kingdom in December 1916, replacing the earlier wartime coalition under H.H. Asquith, which had been held responsible for reverses during the Great War. Those Liberals who continued to support Asquith served as the Opposition. The Government continued in power after the end of the war, 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 of the Carlton Club in 1922, and Andrew Bonar Law formed a government.

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

Office	Name	Date	Notes
Prime Minister	David Lloyd George	6 December 1916-19 October 1922	Liberal; in the War Cabinet 6 December 1916-31 October 1919
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Andrew Bonar Law	10 December 1916	Conservative; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Austen Chamberlain	10 January 1919	Conservative; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Sir Robert Horne	1 April 1921	Conservative
Financial Secretaries to the Treasury	Sir Hardman Lever	15 December 1916-19 May 1919	Liberal
Stanley Baldwin	18 June 1917-1 April 1921	Conservative
Edward Young	21 April 1921-19 October 1922	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Treasury	Lord Edmund Talbot	14 December 1916-1 April 1921	Conservative
Neil Primrose	14 December 1916-2 March 1917	Liberal
Frederick Guest	2 March 1917-1 April 1921	Liberal
Charles McCurdy	1 April 1921-19 October 1922	Liberal
Leslie Wilson	1 April 1921-19 October 1922	Conservative
Junior Lords of the Treasury	James Hope	14 December 1916-27 January 1919	Conservative
John William Pratt	14 December 1916-8 August 1919	Liberal
Stanley Baldwin	29 January 1917-18 June 1917	Conservative
James Parker	29 January 1917-19 October 1922	Labour
Josiah Towyn Jones	29 January 1917-4 July 1922	Liberal
Robert Sanders	5 February 1919-1 April 1921	Liberal; created a Baronet 28 January 1920
Sir Godfrey Collins	8 August 1919-10 February 1920	Liberal
William Edge	18 August 1919-1 August 1922	Liberal
Sir William Sutherland	15 February 1920-7 April 1922	Liberal
Sir John Gilmour	1 April 1921-19 October 1922	Conservative
T. Lewis	4 July 1922-26 July 1922	Liberal
Lord Chancellor	Lord Finlay	10 December 1916	Conservative
Lord Birkenhead	10 January 1919	Conservative; created Viscount Birkenhead 15 June 1921
Lord President of the Council	Earl Curzon	10 December 1916	Conservative; in the War Cabinet since 6 December 1916
Arthur Balfour	23 October 1919	Conservative
Lord Privy Seal	Earl of Crawford	15 December 1916	Conservative
Andrew Bonar Law	10 January 1919	Conservative; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919
Austen Chamberlain	23 March 1921	Conservative
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Arthur Balfour	10 December 1916	Conservative
Earl Curzon	23 October 1919	Conservative; left the War Cabinet 31 October 1919; created Marquess Curzon 28 June 1921
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Robert Cecil	10 December 1916	Conservative
Cecil Harmsworth	10 January 1919	Liberal
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Lord Newton	10 December 1916	Conservative; post abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the Home Department	Sir George Cave	10 December 1916	Conservative; created Viscount Cave 14 November 1918
Edward Shortt	10 January 1919	Liberal
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Brace	10 December 1916	Labour
Sir Hamar Greenwood	10 January 1919	Liberal
John Baird	29 April 1919	Conservative; succeeded as 2nd Baronet 21 June 1920
First Lord of the Admiralty	Sir Edward Carson	10 December 1916	Conservative
Sir Eric Geddes	17 July 1917	Conservative
Walter Long	10 January 1919	Conservative
Lord Lee	13 February 1921	Conservative
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Thomas Macnamara	10 December 1916	Liberal
Sir James Craig	2 April 1920	Conservative
Leo Amery	1 April 1921	Conservative
Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty	Earl of Lytton	7 February 1917	Conservative; post abolished 27 January 1919
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Ernest Pretyman	14 December 1916	Conservative
Earl of Lytton	27 January 1919	Conservative
Earl of Onslow	26 October 1920	Conservative
Bolton Eyres-Monsell	1 April 1921	Conservative
Second Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Arthur Pease	10 December 1916	Conservative; post abolished 10 January 1919
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	Rowland Prothero	10 December 1916	Conservative; Board replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Richard Winfrey	14 December 1916-10 January 1919	Liberal
Duke of Marlborough	18 February 1917-21 March 1918	Conservative
Viscount Goschen	26 March 1918-18 June 1918	Conservative
Lord Clinton	18 June 1918-10 January 1919	Conservative
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	10 January 1919	Conservative; Board replaced with Ministry 15 August 1919
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Lord Lee	15 August 1919	Conservative
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	13 February 1921	Conservative
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	15 August 1919	Conservative; also Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 18 November 1919
vacant	13 February 1921
Earl of Onslow	5 April 1921	Conservative
Earl of Ancaster	7 April 1921	Conservative; also Deputy Minister of Fisheries from 28 October 1921
President of the Air Board	Viscount Cowdray	3 January 1917	Liberal; Air Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board	John Baird	14 December 1916	Conservative; Air Board replaced with Air Council 26 November 1917
President of the Air Council	Lord Rothermere	26 November 1917	Liberal
Lord Weir	26 April 1918	Liberal; post abolished 10 January 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council	John Baird	26 November 1917	Conservative; post abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for Air	Winston Churchill	10 January 1919	Liberal
Frederick Guest	1 April 1921	Liberal
Under-Secretary of State for Air	John Seely	10 January 1919	Liberal
George Tryon	22 December 1919	Conservative
Marquess of Londonderry	2 April 1920	Conservative
Lord Gorell	18 July 1921	Liberal
Minister of Blockade	Lord Robert Cecil	10 December 1916	Conservative
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	18 July 1918	Conservative; office abolished 10 July 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Blockade	Frederick Leverton Harris	22 December 1916	Conservative; office abolished 10 January 1919
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Walter Long	10 December 1916	Conservative
Viscount Milner	10 January 1919	Conservative
Winston Churchill	13 February 1921	Liberal
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	Arthur Steel-Maitland	10 December 1916	Conservative; created a Baronet 13 July 1917
William Hewins	26 September 1917	Conservative
Leo Amery	10 January 1919	Conservative
Edward Wood	1 April 1921	Conservative
President of the Board of Education	Herbert Fisher	10 December 1916	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Herbert Lewis	10 December 1916	Liberal; knighted in 1922
Minister of Food Control	Viscount Devonport	10 December 1916	Liberal
Lord Rhondda	19 June 1917	Liberal, created Viscount Rhondda 19 June 1918
John Clynes	9 July 1918	Labour
George Roberts	10 January 1919	Labour
Charles McCurdy	19 March 1920	Liberal; office abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food Control	Charles Bathurst	12 December 1916	Conservative; knighted in 1917
John Clynes	2 July 1917	Labour
Waldorf Astor	18 July 1918	Conservative
Charles McCurdy	27 January 1919	Liberal
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson	19 April 1920	Conservative; office abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Local Government Board	Lord Rhondda	10 December 1916	Liberal
William Hayes Fisher	28 June 1917	Conservative
Sir Auckland Geddes	4 November 1918	Conservative
Christopher Addison	10 January 1919	Liberal; Board became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board	William Hayes Fisher	10 December 1916	Conservative
Stephen Walsh	28 June 1917	Labour
Waldorf Astor	27 January 1919	Conservative; Board became Ministry of Health 24 June 1919
Minister of Health	Christopher Addison	24 June 1919	Liberal
Sir Alfred Mond	1 April 1921	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Waldorf Astor	24 June 1919	Conservative; succeeded as 2nd Viscount Astor 18 October 1919
Earl of Onslow	7 April 1921	Conservative
Secretary of State for India	Austen Chamberlain	10 December 1916	Conservative
Edwin Montagu	17 July 1917	Liberal
Viscount Peel	19 March 1922	Conservative
Under-Secretary of State for India	Lord Islington	10 December 1916	Liberal
Lord Sinha	10 January 1919	Liberal
Earl of Lytton	22 September 1920	Conservative
Earl Winterton	20 March 1922	Conservative
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland	Viscount French	6 May 1918-2 May 1921	entered the Cabinet 28 October 1918; left the Cabinet 2 April 1921
Chief Secretary for Ireland	Henry Duke	10 December 1916	Conservative; knighted in 1918
Edward Shortt	5 May 1918	Liberal
Ian Macpherson	10 January 1919	Liberal
Sir Hamar Greenwood	2 April 1920	Liberal
Vice-President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland	Thomas Russell	10 December 1916	Liberal; created a Baronet 20 June 1917
Hugh Barrie	15 January 1919	Conservative
Minister of Labour	John Hodge	10 December 1916	Labour
George Roberts	17 August 1917	Labour
Sir Robert Horne	10 January 1919	Conservative
Thomas Macnamara	19 March 1920	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	William Bridgeman	22 December 1916	Conservative
George Wardle	10 January 1919	Labour
Sir Anderson Montague-Barlow	2 April 1920	Conservative
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Sir Frederick Cawley	10 December 1916	Liberal
Lord Beaverbrook	10 February 1918	Conservative
William Hayes Fisher	4 November 1918	Conservative; created Lord Downham 16 November 1918
Earl of Crawford	10 January 1919	Conservative
Viscount Peel	1 April 1921	Conservative
Sir William Sutherland	7 April 1922	Liberal
Minister of Information	Lord Beaverbrook	10 February 1918	Conservative
William Hayes Fisher	4 November 1918	Conservative; created Lord Downham 16 November 1918; office abolished 10 January 1919
Minister of Munitions	Christopher Addison	10 December 1916	Liberal
Winston Churchill	17 July 1917	Liberal
Lord Inverforth	10 January 1919	Conservative; office abolished 21 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	14 December 1916-30 January 1918	Conservative
Frederick Kellaway	14 December 1916-1 April 1920	Liberal
John Seely	10 July 1918-10 January 1919	Liberal
John Baird	10 January 1919-29 April 1919	Liberal
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	30 January 1918-18 July 1918	Conservative
James Hope	27 January 1919-31 March 1921	Conservative
Minister of National Service	Neville Chamberlain	15 December 1916	Conservative
Sir Auckland Geddes	17 August 1917	Conservative; post abolished 19 December 1919
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of National Service	Stephen Walsh	17 March 1917-28 June 1917	Labour
Cecil Beck	28 June 1917-19 December 1919	Liberal
Viscount Peel	15 April 1918-10 January 1919	Conservative
Paymaster-General	Sir Joseph Compton-Rickett	15 December 1916	Liberal
Sir John Tudor Walters	26 October 1919	Liberal
Minister of Pensions	George Barnes	10 December 1916	Labour; in the War Cabinet 29 May 1917-3 August 1917
John Hodge	17 August 1917	Labour
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	10 January 1919	Conservative
Ian Macpherson	2 April 1920	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions	Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	22 December 1916	Conservative
Sir James Craig	10 January 1919	Conservative
George Tryon	2 April 1920	Conservative
Postmaster General	Albert Illingworth	10 December 1916	Liberal
Frederick Kellaway	1 April 1921	Liberal
Assistant Postmaster General	Herbert Pike Pease	10 December 1916	Conservative
Minister without Portfolio	Arthur Henderson	10 December 1916-12 August 1917	Labour; in the War Cabinet 10 December 1916-12 August 1917
Viscount Milner	10 December 1916-18 April 1918	Conservative; in the War Cabinet 10 December 1916-18 April 1918
Jan Smuts	22 June 1917-10 January 1919	in the War Cabinet 22 June 1917-10 January 1919
Sir Edward Carson	17 July 1917-21 January 1918	Conservative
George Barnes	13 August 1917-27 January 1920	Labour; in the War Cabinet 13 August 1917-10 January 1919
Austen Chamberlain	18 April 1918-10 January 1919	Conservative; entered the War Cabinet 18 April 1918
Sir Eric Geddes	10 January 1919-19 May 1919	Conservative; in the War Cabinet 10 January 1919-31 October 1919
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	10 January 1919-13 February 1921	Conservative
Christopher Addison	1 April 1921-14 July 1921	Liberal
Minister of Reconstruction	Christopher Addison	17 July 1917	Liberal
Sir Auckland Geddes	10 January 1919	Conservative; office abolished 19 December 1919
Secretary for Scotland	Robert Munro	10 December 1916	Liberal
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	John William Pratt	8 August 1919	Liberal; knighted 1922
Minister of Shipping	Sir James Maclay	10 December 1916	Liberal; office abolished 31 March 1921
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping	Sir Leo Chiozza Money	22 December 1916	Liberal
Leslie Wilson	10 January 1919	Conservative
Minister of Supply	Lord Inverforth	10 January 1919	Conservative; office abolished 31 March 1921
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Albert Stanley	10 December 1916	Liberal
Sir Auckland Geddes	26 May 1919	Conservative
Sir Robert Horne	19 March 1920	Conservative
Stanley Baldwin	1 April 1921	Conservative
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	George Roberts	14 December 1916	Labour
George Wardle	17 August 1917	Labour
William Bridgeman	10 January 1919	Conservative
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame	22 August 1920	Conservative
Sir William Mitchell-Thomson	1 April 1921	Conservative
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland	14 September 1917	Conservative
Sir Hamar Greenwood	29 April 1919	Liberal
Frederick Kellaway	2 April 1920	Liberal
Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame	1 April 1921	Conservative
Parliamentary Secretary for Mines	William Bridgeman	22 August 1920	Conservative
Minister of Transport	Sir Eric Geddes	19 May 1919	Conservative
Viscount Peel	7 November 1921	Conservative
Earl of Crawford	12 April 1922	Conservative
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	Sir Rhys Williams	23 September 1919	Liberal
A. Neal	28 November 1919	Liberal
Secretary of State for War	Earl of Derby	10 December 1916	Conservative
Viscount Milner	18 April 1918	Conservative
Winston Churchill	10 January 1919	Liberal
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans	13 February 1921	Conservative
Under-Secretary of State for War	Ian Macpherson	14 December 1916	Liberal
Viscount Peel	10 January 1919	Conservative
Sir Robert Sanders	1 April 1921	Conservative
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Henry Forster	10 December 1916	Conservative; created Lord Forster 12 December 1919
Sir Archibald Williamson	18 December 1919	Liberal
George Stanley	1 April 1921	Conservative
Parliamentary Secretary to the War Office	Earl Stanhope	14 December 1916	Conservative; post abolished 10 January 1919
First Commissioner of Works	Sir Alfred Mond	10 December 1916	Liberal
Earl of Crawford	1 April 1921	Conservative; entered the Cabinet 7 April 1922
Attorney General	Sir Frederick Smith	10 December 1916	Conservative
Sir Gordon Hewart	10 January 1919	Liberal; entered the Cabinet 7 November 1921
Sir Ernest Pollock	6 March 1922	Conservative
Solicitor General	Sir Gordon Hewart	10 December 1916	Liberal
Sir Ernest Pollock	10 January 1919	Conservative
Leslie Scott	6 March 1922	Conservative; knighted in 1922
Lord Advocate	James Clyde	10 December 1916	Conservative
Thomas Morison	25 March 1920	Liberal
Charles David Murray	5 March 1922	Conservative
Solicitor General for Scotland	Thomas Morison	10 December 1916	Liberal
Charles David Murray	25 March 1920	Conservative
Andrew Briggs Constable	16 March 1922	Conservative
William Watson	24 July 1922	Conservative
Lord Chancellor of Ireland	Sir John O'Brien	10 December 1916	Liberal
Sir James Campbell	4 June 1918	Conservative
Sir John Ross	27 June 1921	Conservative
Attorney General for Ireland	James O'Connor	8 January 1917	Irish Nationalist
Arthur Samuels	7 April 1918	Conservative
Denis Henry	6 July 1919	Conservative
Thomas Brown	5 August 1921	Conservative
vacant	16 August 1921
Solicitor General for Ireland	James Chambers	19 March 1917	Conservative
Arthur Samuels	12 September 1917	Conservative
John Powell	7 April 1918	Conservative
Denis Henry	27 November 1918	Conservative
David Wilson	6 July 1919	Conservative
Thomas Brown	12 June 1921	Conservative
vacant	5 August 1921
Lord Steward of the Household	Lord Farquhar	14 December 1916	Conservative; created Viscount Farqhuar 21 June 1917
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Lord Sandhurst	14 December 1916	Liberal; created Viscount Sandhurst 1 January 1917
Duke of Atholl	20 November 1921	Conservative
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Cecil Beck	14 December 1916	Liberal
William Dudley Ward	9 December 1917	Liberal
Master of the Horse	Earl of Chesterfield	14 December 1916	Liberal
Treasurer of the Household	James Craig	14 December 1916	Conservative; created a Baronet 5 February 1918
vacant	22 January 1918
Robert Sanders	11 June 1918	Conservative
Bolton Eyres-Monsell	5 February 1919	Conservative
George Gibbs	1 April 1921	Conservative
Comptroller of the Household	Sir Edwin Cornwall	14 December 1916	Liberal
George Stanley	28 February 1919	Conservative
Harry Barnston	7 April 1921	Conservative
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	Lord Colebrooke	14 December 1916	Liberal
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Lord Suffield	14 December 1916	Conservative
Lord Hylton	21 May 1918	Conservative
Lords in Waiting	Lord Herschell	14 December 1916-11 February 1919	Liberal
Lord Stanmore	14 December 1916-19 October 1922	Liberal
Lord Ranksborough	14 December 1916-4 April 1921	Liberal
Viscount Valentia	14 December 1916-19 October 1922	Conservative
Lord Hylton	14 December 1916-18 May 1918	Conservative
Lord Somerleyton	18 May 1918-19 October 1922	Conservative
Earl of Jersey	11 January 1919-17 August 1919	Conservative
Earl of Bradford	11 February 1919-19 October 1922	Conservative
Earl of Onslow	17 August 1919-21 November 1920	Conservative
Earl of Lucan	12 November 1920-19 October 1922	Conservative
Earl of Clarendon	4 April 1921-19 october 1922	Conservative

Source: D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts (Macmillan, 2000)

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