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
Bonar Law's Cabinet, October 1922 – May 1923
- Bonar Law – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
- Lord 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
- Lord 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
- Lord Derby – Secretary of State for War
- Lord Peel – Secretary of State for India
- Lord 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
- Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Leader of the House of Commons
- Lord Cave – Lord Chancellor
- Lord Salisbury – Lord President of the Council
- Lord Robert Cecil – Lord Privy Seal
- William Clive Bridgeman – Home Secretary
- Lord 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
- Lord Derby – Secretary of State for War
- Lord Peel – Secretary of State for India
- Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
- Lord 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
| Name | Office | 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 | Hon. 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 | 20 December 192322 January 1924 |
| Lord Chancellor | The Viscount Cave | 24 October 1922 |
| Lord President of the Council | The 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 | The 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 | Hon. 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 | The 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 | The Earl of Ancaster | 31 October 1922 |
| Secretary of State for Air | Sir Samuel Hoare | 31 October 1922 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Air | The Duke of Sutherland | 31 October 1922 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Duke of Devonshire | 24 October 1922 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | Hon. William Ormsby-Gore | 31 October 1922 |
| President of the Board of Education | Hon. 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 | The 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 | The Earl of Onslow | 31 October 1922 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Lord Eustace Percy | 25 May 1923 |
| Secretary of State for India | The Viscount Peel | 24 October 1922 |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | The 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 | The 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 | 28 May 1923 |
| Secretary for Scotland | The 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 | 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 | The Earl of Derby | 24 October 1922 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | Hon. 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 | The Earl of Shaftesbury | 20 November 1922 |
| Lord Chamberlain of the Household | The 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 Foulis 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 | The Earl of Clarendon | 20 November 1922 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Lord Hylton | 20 November 1922 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Viscount Valentia | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Lord Somerleyton | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Bradford | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Lucan | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Malmesbury | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Albemarle | 20 November 192222 January 1924 |
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