Conservative government, 1922–1924

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

Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Edward Hubert Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th 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
George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st 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 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

Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
William Clive Bridgeman – Secretary of State for the Home Department
George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire – Secretary of State for the Colonies
Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby – Secretary of State for War
William Peel, 1st Earl Peel – Secretary of State for India
Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
Ronald Munro Ferguson, 1st 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 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, 1st Baronet – 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.

Office	Name	Dates
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Bonar Law	23 October 192220 May 1923
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons	Stanley Baldwin	22 May 192322 January 1924
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Stanley Baldwin	27 October 1922
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Neville Chamberlain	27 August 1923
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	John Waller Hills	6 November 1922
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	12 March 1923
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	25 May 1923
Financial Secretary to the Treasury	Walter Guinness	5 October 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Leslie Orme Wilson	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	25 July 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Douglas King	31 October 192222 January 1924
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Albert Buckley	31 October 192212 March 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury	George Hennessy	11 December 192222 January 1924
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Frederick Thomson	7 February 192310 April 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury	William Cope	20 March 192322 January 1924
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Patrick Ford	10 April 192320 December 1923
Junior Lords of the Treasury	Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet	20 December 192322 January 1924
Lord Chancellor	George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave	24 October 1922
Lord President of the Council	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922
Lord Privy Seal	vacant
Lord Privy Seal	Lord Robert Cecil	28 May 1923
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords	George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Ronald McNeill	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Bridgeman	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	George Frederick Stanley	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department	Godfrey Locker-Lampson	12 March 1923
First Lord of the Admiralty	Leo Amery	24 October 1922
Parliamentary and [Financial Secretary to the Admiralty]	Bolton Eyres-Monsell	31 October 1922
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	25 May 1923
Civil Lord of the Admiralty	Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow	31 October 1922
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries	Sir Robert Sanders	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries	Gilbert Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 2nd Earl of Ancaster	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for Air	Sir Samuel Hoare	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for Air	George Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 5th Duke of Sutherland	31 October 1922
Secretary of State for the Colonies	Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies	William Ormsby-Gore	31 October 1922
President of the Board of Education	E. F. L. Wood	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Lord Eustace Percy	21 March 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education	Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow	25 May 1923
Minister of Health	Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen	24 October 1922
Minister of Health	Neville Chamberlain	7 March 1923
Minister of Health	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	27 August 1923
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health	Lord Eustace Percy	25 May 1923
Secretary of State for India	William Peel, 2nd Viscount Peel	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for India	Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton	31 October 1922
Minister of Labour	Anderson Barlow	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	6 November 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour	Henry Betterton	12 March 1923
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	James Gascoyne-Cecil, 4th Marquess of Salisbury	24 October 1922
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	J. C. C. Davidson	25 May 1923
Paymaster General	vacant
Paymaster General	Neville Chamberlain	5 February 1923
Paymaster General	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	15 March 1923
Paymaster General	Archibald Boyd-Carpenter	25 May 1923
Minister of Pensions	George Tryon	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions	Charles Curtis Craig	13 February 1923
Postmaster General	Neville Chamberlain	31 October 1922
Postmaster General	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	7 March 1923
Postmaster General	Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, 1st Baronet	28 May 1923
Secretary for Scotland	Ronald Munro-Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	James Kidd	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland	Walter Elliot	15 January 1923
President of the Board of Trade	Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame	24 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade	Roundell Palmer, Viscount Wolmer	31 October 1922
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Sir William Joynson-Hicks	31 October 1922
Secretary for Overseas Trade	Albert Buckley	12 March 1923
Secretary for Overseas Trade	none	18 November 1923
Secretary for Mines	George Lane-Fox	6 November 1922
Minister of Transport	Sir John Baird	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport	John Moore-Brabazon	8 October 1923
Secretary of State for War	Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby	24 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for War	Walter Guinness	31 October 1922
Under-Secretary of State for War	Wilfrid Ashley	8 October 1923
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Stanley Jackson	31 October 1922
Financial Secretary to the War Office	Rupert Gwynne	15 March 1923
First Commissioner of Works	Sir John Baird	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	Wilfrid Ashley	31 October 1922
Parliamentary Secretary to the Office of Works	none	8 October 1923
Attorney General	Sir Douglas Hogg	24 October 1922
Solicitor General	Sir Thomas Inskip	31 October 1922
Lord Advocate	William Watson	24 November 1922
Solicitor General for Scotland	David Fleming	6 November 1922
Solicitor General for Scotland	Frederick Thomson	5 April 1923
Lord Steward of the Household	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 9th Earl of Shaftesbury	20 November 1922
Lord Chamberlain of the Household	Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer	20 November 1922
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household	Douglas Hacking	20 November 1922
Treasurer of the Household	George Gibbs	6 November 1922
Comptroller of the Household	Harry Barnston	31 October 1922
Assistant Whips	Richard Roundell	27 November 192222 January 1924
Assistant Whips	Philip Colfox	27 November 192210 December 1923
Master of the Horse	The Marquess of Bath	20 November 1922
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms	George Villiers, 6th Earl of Clarendon	20 November 1922
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard	Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton	20 November 1922
Lords in Waiting	Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia	20 November 192222 January 1924
Lords in Waiting	Savile Crossley, 1st Baron Somerleyton	20 November 192222 January 1924
Lords in Waiting	Orlando Bridgeman, 5th Earl of Bradford	20 November 192222 January 1924
Lords in Waiting	George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan	20 November 192222 January 1924
Lords in Waiting	James Harris, 5th Earl of Malmesbury	20 November 192222 January 1924
Lords in Waiting	Arnold Keppel, 8th Earl of Albemarle	20 November 192222 January 1924

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