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Imperial War Cabinet Meetings during World War II with Churchill war ministry.
Key[edit]
| Member of the House of Commons | |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| Commonwealth politician | |
| Cabinet full members in bold | |
| Cabinet attendees in bold italics | |
Cabinet[edit]
Prime Minister and Cabinet Office[edit]
| Prime Minister and Cabinet Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister of Defence |
The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill MP | 10 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Deputy Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 19 February 1942 – 23 May 1945 | ||
Departments of State[edit]
| HM Treasury | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | The Rt Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood MP | 12 May 1940 – 21 September 1943 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 24 September 1943 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| Foreign Affairs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 22 December 1940 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| Home Affairs and Home Security | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Home Affairs Minister for Home Security |
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 12 May 1940 – 2 October 1940 | ||
| The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 2 October 1940 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| Admiralty | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Rt Hon. A. V. Alexander MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Agriculture and Fisheries | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Rt Hon. Robert Hudson MP | 14 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Air | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Air | The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Aircraft Production | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Aircraft Production | The Rt Hon. Lord Beaverbrook | 14 May 1940 – 1 May 1941 | ||
| The Rt Hon. John Moore-Brabazon MP | 1 May 1941 – 22 February 1942 | |||
| The Rt Hon. John Jestyn Llewellin MP | 22 February 1942 – 22 November 1942 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps MP | 22 November 1942 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| Ministry of Civil Aviation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Civil Aviation | The Rt Hon. Viscount Swinton | 8 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Colonial Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Dominions Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Economic Warfare | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Economic Warfare | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Board of Education | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Board of Education | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Ford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Food | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Ministry of Fuel and Power | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Fuel and Power | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Health | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Health | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| India and Burma Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for India and Burma | The Rt Hon. Leo Amery MP | 13 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Under-Secretary of State | His Grace The Duke of Devonshire | 17 May 1940 – 1 January 1943 | ||
| The Rt Hon. The Earl of Munster | 1 January 1943 – 31 October 1944 | |||
| The Rt Hon. The Earl of Listowel | 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| Information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Information | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Labour and National Service | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Labour and National Service | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| [[]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Lord Chancellor's Department | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Chancellor | The Rt Hon. The Viscount Simon | 12 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | |||
| [[]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paymaster General | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Pensions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Pensions | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| General Post Office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postmaster General | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Reconstruction | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Reconstruction | The Rt Hon. Lord Woolton | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Scotland | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for Scotland | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Shipping | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Shipping | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Minister of Social Insurance National Insurance from 17/11/44 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[]] | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Supply | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Supply | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Town and Country Planning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Town and Country Planning | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Board of Trade | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President of the Board of Trade | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of Transport | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Minister of War Production Production from 12/03/42 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[]] | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| War | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for War | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Ministry of War Transport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minister of War Transport | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| [[]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Commissioner of Works | The Rt Hon. [[]] MP | 11 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
Privy Council Office[edit]
| Privy Council Office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord President of the Council | The Rt Hon. Neville Chamberlain MP | 11 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 3 October 1940 – 24 September 1943 | ||||
| The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 24 September 1943 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
Lord Privy Seal[edit]
| Lord Privy Seal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Privy Seal | The Rt Hon. Clement Attlee MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
Foreign relations[edit]
| Cabinet | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lord Chancellor | The Rt Hon. The Viscount Simon | 12 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | |||
| Secretary of State for Home Affairs Minister of Home Security |
The Rt Hon. Sir John Anderson MP | 12 May 1940 – 4 October 1940 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 4 October 1940 – 1945 | ||||
| First Lord of the Admiralty | The Rt Hon. A. V. Alexander MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
| Secretary of State for War | The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 11 May 1940 – 22 December 1940 | |||
| Secretary of State for Air | The Rt Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bt MP | 11 May 1940 – 1945 | |||
| Minister of Information | The Rt Hon. Duff Cooper MP | 12 May 1940 – 20 July 1941 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Brendan Bracken MP | 20 July 1941 – 25 May 1945 | ||||
| Minister without Portfolio | The Rt Hon. Arthur Greenwood MP | 11 May 1940 – 22 February 1942 | |||
Law and order[edit]
| Home Office | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secretary of State for the Home Department Minister of Home Security |
The Rt Hon. John Anderson MP | 11 May 1940 – 2 October 1940 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Herbert Morrison MP | 2 October 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
| Under-Secretary of State | The Rt Hon. Osbert Peake MP | 15 May 1940 – 31 October 1944 | |||
| The Rt Hon. The Earl of Munster | 31 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
| Parliamentary Secretary | William Mabane MP | 15 May 1940 – 3 June 1942 | |||
| Ellen Wilkinson MP | 8 October 1944 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
| Law Officers | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attorney General for England and Wales | The Rt Hon. Donald Somervell MP | 15 May 1940 – 23 May 1945 | ||
| Solicitor General for England and Wales | Sir William Jowitt MP | 15 May 1940 – 4 March 1942 | ||
| Sir David Maxwell Fyfe MP | 4 March 1942 – 23 May 1945 | |||
Parliament[edit]
| House Leaders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leader of the House of Commons | The Rt Hon. Winston Churchill MP | 10 May 1940 – 19 February 1942 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Sir Stafford Cripps MP | 19 February 1942 – 22 November 1942 | ||||
| The Rt Hon. Anthony Eden MP | 22 November 1942 – 23 May 1945 | ||||
| Leader of the House of Lords | The Rt Hon. Viscount Caldecote | 14 May 1940 – 3 October 1940 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Viscount Halifax | 3 October 1940 – 22 December 1940 | ||||
Commonwealth Cabinet[edit]
| Commonwealth | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia
| |||||
| Prime Minister Minister of Defence Co-ordination |
The Rt Hon. Robert Menzies KC MP | 1941 Meetings: 20-28, 31-33, 36-45 | |||
| The Rt Hon. Sir Earle Page MP | 1941 Meetings: 107, 109, 112, 116, 118, 125-126, 133 1942 Meetings: 1-2, 4, 9, 11, 14, 19, 21, 23, 26, 32, 34, 36 | ||||
| High Commissioner | The Rt Hon. Stanley Bruce | 1942 Meetings: 38, 43, 47, 50, 53, 70, 72, 74, 78-79, 81, 83, 85-86, 91-92, 95-96, 98 103-104, 106, 108-109, 113, 115-116, 118-119, 121, 124, 126, 131, 138, 141-142, 144-145, 148, 151, 153, 155, 157, 162, 164-165, 168, 171, 173 | |||
| Minister for Foreign Affairs Attorney-General |
The Rt Hon. H. V. Evatt | 1942 Meetings: 56, 61, 63-65, 68 | |||
 Canada
| |||||
| Prime Minister Secretary of State for External Affairs |
The Rt Hon. William Lyon Mackenzie King MP | 1941 Meetings: 85-89 | |||
 India
| |||||
| High Commissioner | Sir Feroz Khan Noon | 1941 Meetings: 86 | |||
| HH The Maharaja of Nawanagar | 1942 Meetings: | ||||
| Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar | 1942 Meetings: | ||||
 New Zealand
| |||||
| Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Peter Fraser MP | 1941 Meetings: 62-67, 72, 79-84 | |||
 South Africa
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| Prime Minister | The Rt Hon. Jan Smuts MP | 1941 Meetings: 62-67, 72, 79-84 | |||
Links[edit]
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- [2] Page 122 Meeting 119 A, Page 128 Meeting 119 B, 132 Meeting 119 C, 140 Meeting 120, 150 Meeting 121, 160 Meeting 122
Viceroy Executive Council[edit]
| Non-partisan | Royal Family/Household | Civil Service | Clergy | UK judiciary | Commonwealth judiciary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partisan | INC politician | AIML politician | Liberal/Lib. Dem. politician | Commonwealth politician | Other politician |
| Portfolio | Name | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viceroy and Governor-General of India | The Marquess of Linlithgow | 18 April 1936 – 1 October 1943 | |
| The Viscount Wavell | 1 October 1943 – 21 February 1947 | ||
| The Viscount Mountbatten | 21 February 1947 – 15 August 1947 | ||
| Vice President of the Executive Council External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations |
Jawaharlal Nehru | 2 September 1946 – 15 August 1947 | |
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad-Food and Agriculture
- Mr. M. Asaf Ali-Railways and Communications (Post and Air)
- Mr. C. Rajagopalachari-Industries and Supplies
- Mr. Sarat Chandra Bose-Works, Mines & Power
- Baldev Singh-Defence
- Sir Shafat Ahmed Khan-Education and Arts, Health
- Mr. Jagjivan Ram-Labour
- Syed Ali Zaheer-Law
- Mr. Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha-Commerce
UK National Security Council members based on current cabinet positions.
| Post | Other Posts |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister | |
| Deputy Prime Minister | |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
| Foreign Secretary | |
| Home Secretary | Ministry of Home Security |
- Defence Secretary
- Minister for Co-ordination of Defence 1936-1940
- Minister of Defence 1940-1964
- Navy
- First Lord of the Admiralty 1628-1964
- Army
- Secretary of State for War 1794-1801, 1854-1964
- Secretary of State for War and the Colonies 1801-1854
- RAF
- Secretary of State for Air 1919-1964
- Minister of Aircraft Production 1940-1945
- Arms
- Minister of Supply 1939-1959
- Ministry of Aviation
- Minister for Aviation Supply 19701971
- President of the Board of Trade
- Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development (1963–1964)