ABSTRACT
Ben Smith Minister Resident in W ashington for Supply Nov. 1943-May 1945
Prime Minister Clement Attlee
Lord President and Leader of the H erbert Morrison House of Commons (July 1945-Mar. 1951)
Viscount Addison (Mar.-Oct. 1951)
Lord Chancellor Lord Jowitt
Lord Privy Seal A rthur Greenwood (July 1945-Apr. 1947) Lord Inm an (A pr-O ct. 1947) Viscount Addison (Oct. 1947-Mar. 1951) Ernest Bevin (Mar.-Apr. 1951) Richard Stokes (Apr.-Oct. 1951)
Chancellor of the Exchequer Hugh Dalton (July 1945-Nov. 1947)
Sir Stafford Cripps (Nov. 1947-Oct. 1950) Hugh Gaitskell (Oct. 1950-0ct. 1951)
Minister of Economic Affairs Sir Stafford Cripps (Sept.-Nov. 1947)
(Amalgamated with Exchequer in Nov. 1947) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Ernest Bevin
(July 1945-Mar. 1951) H erbert Morrison (Mar.-Oct. 1951)
Secretary of State for Home Affairs Chuter Ede
First Lord of the Admiralty A.V. Alexander (July 1945-Oct. 1946)
(Office removed from the Cabinet in Oct. 1946) Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Thomas Williams
Secretary of State for Air Viscount Stansgate (July 1945-Oct. 1946)
(Office removed from the Cabinet in Oct. 1946) Secretary for State for the Colonies George Hall
(July 1945-Oct. 1946) A rthur Creech Jones (Oct. 1946-Feb. 1950)
(Office removed from the Cabinet in Feb. 1950) Secretary of State for the Dominions Viscount Addison
(July 1945-Oct. 1947) (Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations from July 1947)
Philip Noel-Baker (Oct. 1947-Feb. 1950) Patrick Gordon Walker (Feb. 1950-Aug. 1951)
Minister of Defence Clement Atdee (July 1945-Dec. 1946) A.V. Alexander (Dec. 1946-Feb. 1950) Emanuel Shinwell (Feb. 1950-0ct. 1951)
Minister of Education Ellen Wilkinson (July 1945-Feb. 1947)
George Tomlinson (Feb. 1947-Oct. 1951)
Minister of Fuel and Power Emanuel Shinwell (July 1945-Oct. 1947)
(Office removed from the Cabinet in Oct. 1947) Minister of Health Aneurin Bevan
(July 1945-Jan. 1951) (Office removed from the Cabinet in Jan. 1951) Secretary of State for India and Burma Lord Pethick-Lawrence
(July 1945-Apr. 1947) Earl of Listowel (Apr. 1947-Jan. 1948)
(Secretary of State for Burma from Aug. 1947. Office abolished in Jan. 1948.) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Minister but office no t in the Cabinet) Hugh Dalton
(May 1948-Feb. 1950) Viscount Alexander (Feb. 1950-0ct. 1951)
Paymaster-General (office intermittently in the Cabinet)
Minister without Portfolio (office intermittently in the Cabinet)
Secretary of State for Scotland
Minister of Town and Country Planning (Minister but office no t in the Cabinet. Minister of Local Government and Planning from Jan. 1951) President of the Board of Trade
A rthur Greenwood (July 1946-Mar. 1947) Viscount Addison (July 1948-Apr. 1949)
A.V. Alexander (Oct.-Dec. 1946) A rthur Greenwood (Apr.-Sept. 1947)
Joseph Westwood (July 1945-Oct. 1947) A rthur W oodburn (Oct. 1947-Feb. 1950) Hector McNeil (Feb. 1950-0ct. 1951)
H ugh Dalton (Feb. 1950-0ct. 1951)
Sir Stafford Cripps (July 1945-Sept. 1947)
Harold Wilson (Sept. 1947-Apr. 1951) Sir Hardey Shawcross (Apr.-Oct. 1951)
Secretary of State for War J. Lawson (July 1945-Oct. 1946)
(Office removed from the Cabinet in Oct. 1946) Chief Whip in the House of Commons William Whiteley
following a budget leak.
