Conservative government, 1922–1924 facts for kids

Bonar Law led the British Government from 1922–1923 and was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin.

Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons.

The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry (from 1922 to 1923) and then the first Baldwin ministry (from 1923 onwards).

The government was led by Bonar Law and Stanley Baldwin, appointed respectively as Prime Minister by King George V.

Cabinets

Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923

Quick facts for kids Law ministry
1922-1923
Bonar Law
Date formed	23 October 1922 (1922-10-23)
Date dissolved	20 May 1923 (1923-05-20)
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Bonar Law
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leaders	Ramsay MacDonald
History
Election(s)	1922 general election
Legislature term(s)	31st UK Parliament 32nd UK Parliament
Predecessor	Lloyd George ministry
Successor	First Baldwin ministry

• Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
• The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• Stanley Baldwin – Chancellor of the Exchequer
• William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
• The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
• The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
• The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
• The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
• Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
• Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
• Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
• Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
• Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen – Minister of Health

Changes

• April 1923 – Griffith-Boscawen resigned as Minister of Health after losing his seat and was succeeded by Neville Chamberlain.

Baldwin's Cabinet, May 1923 – January 1924

First Baldwin ministry
1923-1924
Stanley Baldwin
Date formed	22 May 1923 (1923-05-22)
Date dissolved	22 January 1924 (1924-01-22)
People and organisations
Monarch	George V
Prime Minister	Stanley Baldwin
Member party	Conservative Party
Status in legislature	Majority 344 / 616 (56%)
Opposition party	Labour Party
Opposition leaders	Ramsay MacDonald
History
Election(s)	1922 general election
Outgoing election	1923 general election
Legislature term(s)	32nd UK Parliament 33rd UK Parliament
Predecessor	Law ministry
Successor	First MacDonald ministry

• Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
• The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
• The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
• The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (Viscount Cecil of Chelwood from 28 December 1923)
• William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
• The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
• The Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
• The Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
• The Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
• Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
• The Viscount Novar – Secretary for Scotland
• Leo Amery – First Lord of the Admiralty
• Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame – President of the Board of Trade
• Sir Robert Sanders – Minister of Agriculture
• Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – President of the Board of Education
• Sir Anderson Barlow – Minister of Labour
• Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
• Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Financial Secretary to the Treasury
• Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Postmaster-General

Changes

• August 1923 – Neville Chamberlain took over from Baldwin as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir William Joynson-Hicks succeeded Chamberlain as Minister of Health. Joynson-Hicks' successor as Financial Secretary to the Treasury was not in the Cabinet.

List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are shown in bold face.