Harold Macmillan led the Government from 1957 to 1963, and was succeeded by Lord (Alec) Home.Alec Douglas-Home led the Government from 1963 onwards. He was defeated at the 1964 general election.
The Conservative government of the United Kingdom that began in 1957 and ended in 1964 consisted of three ministries: the first Macmillan ministry, second Macmillan ministry, and then the Douglas-Home ministry. They were respectively led by Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home, who were appointed by Queen Elizabeth II.
History[edit] Formation of the first Macmillan ministry[edit]Anthony Eden resigned from his positions of Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 9 January 1957.[1][2] This was mainly a consequence of the Suez Crisis fiasco of the previous autumn, but was also owing to his increasingly failing health. Harold Macmillan, formerly Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, was chosen over Rab Butler as the new party leader and consequently as prime minister.
Harold Macmillan tried to placate Butler, who had stood against Macmillan as leader, by appointing him to the senior position of Home Secretary. Peter Thorneycroft became Chancellor of the Exchequer, but caused embarrassment for Macmillan when he resigned only a year later. He was replaced by Derick Heathcoat-Amory, previously Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Selwyn Lloyd was retained as Foreign Secretary, a post he held until 1960, when he succeeded Heathcoat-Amory as Chancellor. Ernest Marples became Minister for Transport and the Earl of Home was promoted to Leader of the House of Lords and also continued as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs, before replacing Lloyd as Foreign Secretary in 1960. Lord Kilmuir and Alan Lennox-Boyd retained their offices of Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for the Colonies respectively, while Lord Hailsham became a member of the cabinet for the first time as Minister of Education. Future Chancellor Iain Macleod was appointed Minister of Labour and National Service and succeeded Lennox-Boyd as Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1961.
1959 general election and second Macmillan ministry[edit]The Conservatives comfortably won the 1959 general election, increasing their majority in the House of Commons, following a campaign slogan "Life's better with the Conservatives". This centred on the consistently low unemployment, strong economy and rising standard of living that much of the British population was enjoying in the late 1950s.
However, a series of economic measures in the early 1960s caused the popularity of the Conservative Party to decline. Macmillan tried to remedy this by a major cabinet reshuffle in July 1962. Seven cabinet members were sacked in what became nicknamed the "Night of the Long Knives". Notably, the emerging Reginald Maudling replaced Selwyn Lloyd as Chancellor, and Lord Kilmuir was replaced as Lord Chancellor by Lord Dilhorne, while Peter Thorneycroft returned to the cabinet as Minister of Defence. Rab Butler was also promoted to the office of First Secretary of State. The reshuffle was controversial within the Conservative Party, and was seen as a betrayal by many. Macmillan's credibility was also affected by the 1963 Profumo affair; he was now in his 69th year, and had until after his 70th birthday to call the next general election. The election of Harold Wilson as Labour Party leader early in the year, following the sudden death of Hugh Gaitskell, was well received by voters, with opinion polls showing the Labour Party ascendant.
However, it was still considered a surprise when Macmillan resigned in October 1963.
Douglas-Home becomes Prime Minister[edit]Macmillan's resignation saw a three-way tussle for the party leadership and premiership. Given that it was not considered appropriate for a prime minister to be a member of the House of Lords, the Earl of Home and Lord Hailsham both disclaimed their peerages under the Peerage Act 1963, and became known respectively as Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Quintin Hogg. Rab Butler was also in the running for the post, but Douglas-Home was finally chosen to succeed Macmillan. This was seen as controversial, for it was alleged that Macmillan had pulled strings and used the party's grandees, nicknamed "The Magic Circle", to ensure that Butler was once again overlooked.
In the Douglas-Home ministry, Rab Butler became Foreign Secretary, and Henry Brooke replaced Butler as Home Secretary. Reginald Maudling continued as Chancellor, while Quintin Hogg remained as Lord President of the Council and Minister for Sports. He could not continue as Leader of the House of Lords, hing ceased to be a member of it, but was made Minister for Education in April 1964. Selwyn Lloyd also returned to the government after a one-year absence, as Leader of the House of Commons. Douglas-Home's government was defeated in the October 1964 general election. He remained party leader until July 1965.
The 1957–1964 Conservative government saw several emerging figures who would later attain high office. Future Prime Minister Edward Heath became a member of the cabinet for the first time as Minister of Labour and National Service in 1959, while another future Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, held her first government post in 1961 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions. The government also included future Chancellor Anthony Barber, future Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister William Whitelaw and future Secretary of State for Education and Science Keith Joseph. Other notable government members included Enoch Powell, Lord Carrington, Did Ormsby-Gore, John Profumo, Christopher Soames, Bill Deedes, Airey Nee and the Marquess of Salisbury.
Cabinets[edit] First Macmillan ministry[edit] Macmillan ministriesCabinet of the United Kingdom1957–19591959–1963Macmillan (1959)Date formedFirst: 10 January 1957 (1957-01-10)Second: 8 October 1959 (1959-10-08)Date dissolvedFirst: 8 October 1959 (1959-10-08)Second: 18 October 1963 (1963-10-18)People and organisationsMonarchElizabeth IIPrime MinisterHarold MacmillanPrime Minister's history1957–1963Deputy Prime MinisterRab Butler (1962–1963)Ministers removed"Night of the Long Knives"Member party Conservative PartyStatus in legislatureMajorityOpposition party Labour PartyOpposition leaderHugh Gaitskell (1957–1963)Harold Wilson (1963)HistoryElection1959 general electionLegislature terms41st UK Parliament42nd UK ParliamentPredecessorEden ministrySuccessorDouglas-Home ministry January 1957 – October 1959[edit] Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister Did Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury: Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council Rab Butler: Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Home Secretary Peter Thorneycroft: Chancellor of the Exchequer Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Alan Lennox-Boyd: Secretary of State for the Colonies Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Sir Did Eccles: President of the Board of Trade Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham: Minister of Education John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland Derick Heathcoat Amory: Minister of Agriculture Iain Macleod: Minister of Labour and National Service Harold Arthur Watkinson: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Duncan Edwin Sandys: Minister of Defence Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills: Minister of Power Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs Changes[edit] March 1957 – Earl of Home succeeds Marquess of Salisbury as Lord President, remaining also Commonwealth Relations Secretary. September 1957 – Viscount Hailsham succeeds Earl of Home as Lord President, Home remaining Commonwealth Relations Secretary. Geoffrey Lloyd succeeds Hailsham as Minister of Education. The Paymaster-General, Reginald Maudling, enters the Cabinet. January 1958 – Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds Peter Thorneycroft as Chancellor of the Exchequer. John Hare succeeds Amory as Minister of Agriculture. Second Macmillan ministry[edit] October 1959 – July 1960[edit] Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister Did Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home: Lord President of the Council and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal and Minister of Science Derick Heathcoat Amory: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler: Home Secretary Selwyn Lloyd: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies Reginald Maudling: President of the Board of Trade Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Did Eccles: Minister of Education Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills: Paymaster General Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport Duncan Sandys: Minister of Aviation Harold Watkinson: Minister of Defence John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland Edward Heath: Minister of Labour and National Service John Hare: Minister of Agriculture Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs July 1960 – October 1961[edit] Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister Did Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science Selwyn Lloyd: Chancellor of the Exchequer Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Heath: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Rab Butler: Home Secretary Iain Macleod: Secretary of State for the Colonies Duncan Sandys: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Reginald Maudling: President of the Board of Trade Charles Hill: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Did Eccles: Minister of Education Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills: Paymaster General Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Aviation Harold Watkinson: Minister of Defence John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland John Hare: Minister of Labour Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture Henry Brooke: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs October 1961 – July 1962[edit] Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister Did Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science Selwyn Lloyd: Chancellor of the Exchequer Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Heath: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Rab Butler: Home Secretary Reginald Maudling: Secretary of State for the Colonies Duncan Sandys: Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Frederick Erroll: President of the Board of Trade Iain Macleod: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Did Eccles: Minister of Education Henry Brooke: Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Aviation Harold Watkinson: Minister of Defence John Scott Maclay: Secretary of State for Scotland John Hare: Minister of Labour Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture Charles Hill: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills: Minister without Portfolio July 1962 – October 1963[edit]In a radical reshuffle dubbed "The Night of the Long Knives", Macmillan sacked a third of his Cabinet and instituted many other changes.
Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister Rab Butler: Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham: Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science Henry Brooke: Home Secretary Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Edward Heath: Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Reginald Maudling: Chancellor of the Exchequer Duncan Sandys: Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Frederick Erroll: President of the Board of Trade Iain Macleod: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Sir Edward Boyle: Minister of Education John Boyd-Carpenter: Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport Julian Amery: Minister of Aviation Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Defence Michael Noble: Secretary of State for Scotland John Hare: Minister of Labour Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture Sir Keith Joseph: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs Enoch Powell: Minister of Health Bill Deedes: Minister without Portfolio Douglas-Home ministry[edit] "Home administration" redirects here. For the committee, see Committee on Home Administration. Douglas-Home ministryCabinet of the United Kingdom1963–1964Douglas-Home (c. 1963)Date formed19 October 1963 (1963-10-19)Date dissolved16 October 1964 (1964-10-16)People and organisationsMonarchElizabeth IIPrime MinisterAlec Douglas-HomePrime Minister's history1963–1964Member party Conservative PartyStatus in legislatureMajorityOpposition party Labour PartyOpposition leaderHarold WilsonHistoryOutgoing election1964 general electionLegislature terms42nd UK ParliamentPredecessorSecond Macmillan ministrySuccessorFirst Wilson ministry October 1963 – October 1964[edit] Alec Douglas-Home (Known as the Earl of Home until October 23): Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne: Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Quintin Hogg (Known as Viscount Hailsham until November 20): Lord President of the Council and Minister of Science Selwyn Lloyd: Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal Reginald Maudling: Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler: Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Henry Brooke: Home Secretary Sir Keith Joseph: Minister of Housing and Local Government Peter Thorneycroft: Minister of Defence Julian Amery: Minister of Aviation Ernest Marples: Minister of Transport Frederick Erroll: Minister of Power Edward Heath: Secretary of State for Industry, Trade, and Regional Development and President of the Board of Trade Duncan Sandys: Secretary of State for the Colonies and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Sir Edward Boyle: Minister of Education Anthony Barber: Minister of Health John Boyd-Carpenter: Chief Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General Joseph Godber: Minister of Labour Geoffrey Rippon: Minister of Public Works Christopher Soames: Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Michael Noble: Secretary of State for Scotland John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster William Deedes: Minister without Portfolio Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington: Leader of the House of Lords and Minister without Portfolio Changes[edit] April 1964 – Quintin Hogg became Secretary of State for Education and Science. Peter Thorneycroft's position became Secretary of State for Defence. Sir Edward Boyle left the cabinet. List of ministers[edit]Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
Office Name Dates Notes Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury Harold Macmillan 10 January 1957 – 13 October 1963 Alec Douglas-Home 18 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Until 23 October 1963, when he renounced his hereditary peerage, he was the Earl of Home and was known as Lord Home First Secretary of State R. A. Butler 13 July 1962 Office wound up 18 October 1963 Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Did Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Viscount Kilmuir 14 January 1957 Continued in office Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne 13 July 1962 Lord President of the Council Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury 13 January 1957 also Leader of the House of Lords Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home 29 March 1957 also Leader of the House of Lords Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 17 September 1957 Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home 14 October 1959 also Leader of the House of Lords Qunitin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 27 July 1960 Also Minister for Science until 1964 and Leader of the House of Lords until 20 October 1963 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal R. A. Butler 13 January 1957 Also Home Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons Qunitin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 14 October 1959 Also Minister for Science Edward Heath 27 July 1960 Selwyn Lloyd 20 October 1963 also Leader of the House of Commons Chancellor of the Exchequer Peter Thorneycroft 13 January 1957 Derick Heathcoat-Amory 6 January 1958 Selwyn Lloyd 27 July 1960 Reginald Maudling 13 July 1962 Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury Edward Heath 17 January 1957 Martin Redmayne 14 October 1959 Financial Secretary to the Treasury Enoch Powell 16 January 1957 Jocelyn Simon 6 January 1958 Sir Edward Boyle 22 October 1959 Anthony Barber 16 July 1962 Alan Green 23 October 1963 Economic Secretary to the Treasury Nigel Birch 16 January 1957 Office vacant from 6 January 1958 Frederick Erroll 23 October 1958 Anthony Barber 22 October 1959 Edward du Cann 16 July 1962 Maurice Macmillan 21 October 1963 Lords of the Treasury Martin Redmayne 21 January 1957 – 14 October 1959 Peter Legh 21 January 1957 – 17 September 1957 Edward Wakefield 21 January 1957 – 23 October 1958 Harwood Harrison 21 January 1957 – 16 January 1959 Anthony Barber 9 April 1957 – 19 February 1958 Richard Brooman-White 28 October 1957 – 21 June 1958 Paul Bryan 19 February 1958 – 9 February 1961 Michael Hughes-Young 23 October 1958 – 6 March 1962 Graeme Bell Finlay 16 January 1959 – 28 October 1960 Did Gibson-Watt 22 October 1959 – 29 November 1961 Robin Chichester-Clark 21 June 1960 – 29 November 1961 John Hill 28 October 1960 – 16 October 1964 William Whitelaw 6 March 1961 – 16 July 1962 John Peel 29 November 1961 – 16 October 1964 Michael Noble 29 November 1961 – 13 July 1962 Francis Pearson 6 March 1962 – 19 October 1963 Gordon Campbell 6 September 1962 – 12 December 1963 Michael Hamilton 6 September 1962 – 16 October 1964 Martin McLaren 21 November 1963 – 16 October 1964 Ian MacArthur 12 December 1963 – 16 October 1964 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Selwyn Lloyd 14 January 1957 Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home 27 July 1960 Rab Butler 20 October 1963 Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Allan Noble 16 January 1957 – 16 January 1959 Did Ormsby-Gore 16 January 1957 – 27 June 1961 John Profumo 16 January 1959 – 27 July 1960 Joseph Godber 27 June 1961 – 27 June 1963 Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee 9 October 1961 – 16 October 1964 Peter Thomas 27 June 1963 – 16 October 1964 Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford 18 January 1957 – 23 October 1958 Ian Harvey 18 January 1957 – 24 November 1958 George Petty-FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne 23 October 1958 – 20 April 1962 John Profumo 28 November 1958 – 16 January 1959 Robert Allan 16 January 1959 – 7 October 1960 Joseph Godber 28 October 1960 – 27 June 1961 Peter Thomas 27 June 1961 – 27 June 1963 Peter Smithers 16 July 1962 – 29 January 1964 Robert Mathew 30 January 1964 – 16 October 1964 Home Secretary R. A. Butler 13 January 1957 also Leader of the House of Commons until 1961 Henry Brooke 13 July 1963 Minister of State for Home Affairs Dennis Vosper 28 October 1960 New office Did Renton 27 June 1961 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 17 July 1962 Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent 21 October 1963 Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Patricia Hornsby-Smith 18 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 Jocelyn Simon 18 January 1957 – 6 January 1958 Did Renton 17 January 1958 – 27 June 1961 Dennis Vosper 22 October 1959 – 28 October 1960 Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst 8 February 1961 – 16 July 1962 Charles Fletcher-Cooke 27 June 1961 – 27 February 1963 Christopher Montague Woodhouse 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Mervyn Pike 1 March 1963 – 16 October 1964 First Lord of the Admiralty George Douglas-Hamilton, 10th Earl of Selkirk 16 January 1957 Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington 16 October 1959 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 22 October 1963 Office reorganised 1 April 1964 under Ministry of Defence Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Christopher Soames 18 January 1957 Robert Allan 17 January 1958 Charles Ian Orr-Ewing 16 January 1959 Office vacant 16 October 1959 Civil Lord of the Admiralty Tam Galbraith 18 January 1957 Ian Orr-Ewing 16 October 1959 John Hay 3 May 1963 Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Derick Heathcoat-Amory 14 January 1957 John Hare 6 January 1958 Christopher Soames 27 July 1960 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn 18 January 1957 Joseph Godber 18 January 1957 – 28 October 1960 Geoffrey Noel Waldegre, 12th Earl Waldegre 27 June 1958 – 16 July 1962 William Vane 28 October 1960 – 16 July 1962 Rowland Denys Guy Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 James Scott-Hopkins 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Secretary of State for Air George Ward 16 January 1957 Julian Amery 28 October 1960 Hugh Fraser 16 July 1962 Office reorganised under Ministry of Defence 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State for Air Ian Orr-Ewing 18 January 1957 Airey Nee 16 January 1959 William Taylor 16 October 1959 Julian Ridsdale 16 January 1962 Minister of Aviation Duncan Sandys 14 October 1959 Peter Thorneycroft 27 July 1960 Julian Amery 16 July 1962 Parliamentary Secretary for Aviation Geoffrey Rippon 22 October 1959 Montague Woodhouse 9 October 1961 Basil de Ferranti 16 July 1962 Neil Marten 3 December 1962 Secretary of State for the Colonies Alan Lennox-Boyd 14 January 1957 Iain Macleod 14 October 1959 Reginald Maudling 9 October 1961 Duncan Sandys 13 July 1962 Joint with Commonwealth Relations Minister of State for the Colonies John Drummond, 8th Earl of Perth 16 January 1957 George Petty-FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne 20 April 1962 Joint with Commonwealth Relations from 21 October 1963 Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies John Profumo 17 January 1957 Julian Amery 28 November 1958 Hugh Fraser 28 October 1960 Nigel Fisher 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Richard Hornby 24 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Alec Douglas-Home, 14th Earl of Home 14 January 1957 also Leader of the House of Lords from 19 March 1957 Duncan Sandys 27 July 1960 Jointly with Colonial Office from 13 July 1962 Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations Cuthbert Alport 22 October 1959 – 8 February 1961 Andrew Cendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire 6 September 1962 – 16 October 1964 With Colonial Office from 21 October 1963 Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations Cuthbert Alport 18 January 1957 Richard Thompson 22 October 1959 Andrew Cendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire 28 October 1960 – 6 September 1962 Bernard Braine 8 February 1961 – 16 July 1962 John Tilney 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Minister of Defence Duncan Sandys 13 January 1957 Harold Watkinson 14 October 1959 Peter Thorneycroft 13 July 1962 Secretary of State for Defence from 1 April 1964 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft 18 January 1957 Office vacant 11 June 1957 Minister of State for Air Hugh Fraser 1 April 1964 Minister of State for Army James Ramsden 1 April 1964 Minister of State for Ny George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State for Air Julian Ridsdale 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State for Army Peter Kirk 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State for Ny John Hay 1 April 1964 Minister of Education Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 13 January 1957 Geoffrey Lloyd 17 September 1957 Sir Did Eccles 14 October 1959 Sir Edward Boyle 13 July 1962 Quintin Hogg 1 April 1964 Secretary of State for Education and Science Minister of State for Education Sir Edward Boyle 1 April 1964 Responsible for higher education and science Peter Legh 1 April 1964 Office not in Cabinet Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education Sir Edward Boyle 18 January 1957 Kenneth Thompson 22 October 1959 Christopher Chataway 16 July 1962 Offices reorganised 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State for Education Frederick Ponsonby, 10th Earl of Bessborough 1 April 1964 Christopher Chataway 1 April 1964 Minister of Health Dennis Vosper 16 January 1957 Derek Walker-Smith 17 September 1957 Enoch Powell 27 July 1960 In Cabinet from 13 July 1962 Anthony Barber 20 October 1963 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health John Vaughan-Morgan 18 January 1957 Richard Thompson 17 September 1957 Edith Pitt 22 October 1959 Bernard Braine 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Peter Legh, 4th Baron Newton 6 September 1962 – 1 April 1964 Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian 24 March 1964 – 16 October 1964 Minister of Housing, Local Government and Welsh Affairs Henry Brooke 13 January 1957 Charles Hill 9 October 1961 Sir Keith Joseph 13 July 1962 Minister of State for Welsh Affairs Did Lewis, 1st Baron Brecon 12 December 1957 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government Reginald Bevins 18 January 1957 Sir Keith Joseph 22 October 1959 – 9 October 1961 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 27 June 1961 – 16 July 1962 Geoffrey Rippon 9 October 1961 – 16 July 1962 Frederick Corfield 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Edward Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings 3 December 1962 – 16 October 1964 Minister of Labour and National Service Iain Macleod 14 January 1957 Edward Heath 14 October 1959 John Hare 27 July 1960 Joseph Godber 20 October 1963 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour Robert Carr 19 January 1957 Richard Wood 14 April 1958 Peter Thomas 22 October 1959 Alan Green 27 June 1961 William Whitelaw 16 July 1962 Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Charles Hill 13 January 1957 Iain Macleod 9 October 1961 also Leader of the House of Commons John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham 20 October 1963 Paymaster General Reginald Maudling 16 January 1957 Office in Cabinet from 17 September 1957 Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills 14 October 1959 Henry Brooke 9 October 1961 Also Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Boyd-Carpenter 13 July 1962 Minister of Pensions and National Insurance John Boyd-Carpenter 16 January 1957 Niall Macpherson 16 July 1962 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions Edith Pitt 19 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 Richard Wood 19 January 1957 – 14 April 1958 William Vane 14 April 1958 – 20 October 1960 Patricia Hornsby-Smith 22 October 1959 – 31 August 1961 Bernard Braine 28 October 1960 – 8 February 1961 Richard Sharples 8 February 1961 – 16 July 1962 Margaret Thatcher 9 October 1961 – 16 October 1964 Lynch Maydon 16 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Minister without Portfolio Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster 16 January 1957 Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft 11 June 1957 Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee 23 October 1958 Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills 9 October 1961 – 14 July 1962 Office in Cabinet William Deedes 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964 Peter Carrington, 6th Baron Carrington 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 also Leader of the House of Lords Postmaster-General Ernest Marples 16 January 1957 Reginald Bevins 22 October 1959 Assistant Postmaster-General Kenneth Thompson 18 January 1957 Mervyn Pike 22 October 1959 Raymond Llewellyn Mawby 1 March 1963 Minister of Power Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills 13 January 1957 Richard Wood 14 October 1959 Office not in Cabinet Frederick Erroll 20 October 1963 Office back in Cabinet Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Power Did Renton 18 January 1957 Sir Ian Horobin 17 January 1958 John George 22 October 1959 John Peyton 25 June 1962 Minister of Science Quintin Hogg, 2nd Viscount Hailsham 14 October 1959 also Leader of the House of Lords 27 July 1960 – 20 October 1963; From 1 April 1964 Secretary of State for Education and Science Secretary of State for Scotland John Maclay 13 January 1957 Michael Noble 13 July 1962 Minister of State for Scotland Thomas Galbraith, 1st Baron Strathclyde 17 January 1957 Nigel Forbes, 22nd Lord Forbes 23 October 1958 Jack Nixon Browne 22 October 1959 Lord Craigton Under-Secretary of State for Scotland Jack Nixon Browne 18 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 Niall Macpherson 19 January 1957 – 28 October 1960 Lord John Hope 18 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 Tam Galbraith 22 October 1959 – 8 November 1962 Gilmour Leburn 22 October 1959 – 15 August 1963 Richard Brooman-White 28 October 1960 – 12 December 1963 Priscilla Buchan, Baroness Tweedsmuir 3 December 1962 – 16 October 1964 Anthony Stodart 19 August 1963 – 16 October 1964 Gordon Campbell 12 December 1963 – 16 October 1964 Minister of Supply Aubrey Jones 16 January 1957 Office wound up 22 October 1959 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply William Taylor 18 January 1957 Office wound up 22 October 1959 Minister for Technical Cooperation Dennis Vosper 27 June 1961 Robert Carr 9 May 1963 President of the Board of Trade Sir Did Eccles 13 January 1957 Reginald Maudling 14 October 1959 Frederick Erroll 9 October 1961 Edward Heath 20 October 1963 Also Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development Minister of State for Trade Derek Walker-Smith 16 January 1957 John Vaughan-Morgan 17 September 1957 Frederick Erroll 22 October 1959 Sir Keith Joseph 9 October 1961 Alan Green 16 July 1962 – 23 October 1963 Patrick Vanden-Bempde-Johnstone, 4th Baron Derwent 6 September 1962 – 23 October 1963 Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn 23 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Formerly N Macpherson Edward du Cann 21 October 1963 – 16 October 1964 Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade Frederick Erroll 18 January 1957 John Rodgers 24 October 1958 Niall Macpherson 28 October 1960 Did Price 17 July 1962 Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Harold Watkinson 13 January 1957 Civil iation separated 14 October 1959 Ernest Marples 14 October 1959 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport Richard Nugent 18 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 Airey Nee 18 January 1957 – 16 January 1959 John Hay 16 January 1959 – 3 May 1963 John Cendish, 5th Baron Chesham 22 October 1959 – 16 October 1964 John Hughes-Hallett 26 April 1961 – 16 October 1964 Tam Galbraith 3 May 1963 – 16 October 1964 Secretary of State for War John Hare 16 January 1957 Christopher Soames 6 January 1958 John Profumo 27 July 1960 Joseph Godber 27 June 1963 James Ramsden 21 October 1963 Reorganised under Ministry of Defence 1 April 1964 Under-Secretary of State and Financial Secretary for War Julian Amery 18 January 1957 Hugh Fraser 28 November 1958 James Ramsden 28 October 1960 Peter Kirk 24 October 1963 Minister of Works Hugh Molson 16 January 1957 Lord John Hope 22 October 1959 Geoffrey Rippon 16 July 1962 Minister of Public Building and Works. In Cabinet from 20 October 1963 Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works Harmar Nicholls 18 January 1957 Richard Thompson 28 October 1960 Richard Sharples 16 July 1962 Attorney General Sir Reginald Manningham-Buller 17 January 1957 Sir John Hobson 16 July 1962 Solicitor General Sir Harry Hylton-Foster 17 January 1957 Sir Jocelyn Simon 22 October 1959 Sir John Hobson 8 February 1962 Sir Peter Rawlinson 19 July 1962 Lord Advocate William Rankine Milligan 17 January 1957 William Grant 5 April 1960 Ian Shearer 12 October 1962 Not an MP Solicitor General for Scotland William Grant 17 January 1957 Did Colville Anderson 11 May 1960 Norman Wylie 27 April 1964 Treasurer of the Household Hendrie Oakshott 19 January 1957 Peter Legh 16 January 1959 Lord Newton Edward Wakefield 21 June 1960 Michael Hughes-Young 6 March 1962 Comptroller of the Household Gerald Wills 19 January 1957 Knighted Edward Wakefield 23 October 1958 Harwood Harrison 16 January 1959 Robin Chichester-Clark 29 November 1961 Vice-Chamberlain of the Household Richard Thompson 21 January 1957 Peter Legh 17 September 1957 Edward Wakefield 16 January 1959 Richard Brooman-White 21 June 1960 Graeme Finlay 28 October 1960 Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms Hugh Fortescue, 5th Earl Fortescue 21 January 1957 Michael Hicks Beach, 2nd Earl St Aldwyn 27 June 1958 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard William Onslow, 6th Earl of Onslow 21 January 1957 Peter Richard Legh, 4th Baron Newton 28 October 1960 John Goschen, 3rd Viscount Goschen 6 September 1962 Lords in Waiting Bladen Hawke, 9th Baron Hawke 21 January 1957 – 11 June 1957 Thomas Fairfax, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron 21 January 1957 – 21 June 1957 John Cendish, 5th Baron Chesham 21 January 1957 – 22 October 1959 George Petty-FitzMaurice, 8th Marquess of Lansdowne 11 June 1957 – 23 October 1958 Henry Bathurst, 8th Earl Bathurst 17 September 1957 – 8 February 1961 Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford 23 October 1958 – 22 October 1959 Rowland Winn, 4th Baron St Oswald 22 October 1959 – 16 July 1962 George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe 8 February 1961 – 27 June 1961 Edward Astley, 22nd Baron Hastings 6 March 1961 – 3 December 1962 Bertram Bowyer, 2nd Baron Denham 27 June 1961 – 16 October 1964 Peter Kerr, 12th Marquess of Lothian 6 September 1962 – 3 March 1964 Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers 3 December 1962 – 10 October 1964 References[edit] ^ Correspondent, Our Political (10 January 1957). 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(Derby–Disraeli I) Aberdeen Palmerston I Derby–Disraeli II Palmerston II Russell II Derby–Disraeli III (Disraeli I) Gladstone I Disraeli II Gladstone II Salisbury I Gladstone III Salisbury II Gladstone IV Rosebery Salisbury III and IV Balfour Campbell-Bannerman Asquith I–III Asquith Coalition Lloyd George I and II UK (GB and NI)(1922–present) Law Baldwin I MacDonald I Baldwin II MacDonald II National Government I National Government II National Government III National Government IV Chamberlain War Churchill War Churchill Caretaker Attlee I and II Churchill III Eden Macmillan I and II Douglas-Home Wilson I and II Heath Wilson III and IV Callaghan Thatcher I Thatcher II Thatcher III Major I Major II Blair I Blair II Blair III Brown Cameron–Clegg (Cameron I) Cameron II May I May II Johnson I Johnson II Truss Sunak Starmer Current ministry vteHarold Macmillan, 1st Earl of StocktonConstituencies Stockton-on-Tees Bromley Family Daniel MacMillan (grandfather) Lady Dorothy Macmillan (wife) Maurice Macmillan (son) Alexander Macmillan, 2nd Earl of Stockton (grandson) Lady Caroline Faber (daughter) Mark Faber (grandson) Did Faber (grandson) Julian Amery (son-in-law) Edward Cendish, 10th Duke of Devonshire (brother-in-law) Career 1945 Bromley by-election Macmillan government US–UK Mutual Defence Agreement 1959 United Kingdom general election Wind of Change speech Night of the Long Knives Beeching reports Vassall affair Profumo affair Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Depictions Supermac (1958 cartoon) Never So Good (play, 2008) The Crown (TV, 2017) Related Birch Grove The Middle Way (1938) 1960 University of Oxford Chancellor election 1963 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours Earl of Stockton Macmillan Publishers St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes vteAlec Douglas-HomePremiership Ministry 1964 general election Constituencies Lanark Kinross and Western Perthshire Family Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home (father) Elizabeth Douglas-Home (wife) William Douglas Home (brother) Did Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home (son) Charles Douglas-Home (nephew) See also Earl of Home The Hirsel Peerage Act 1963 1963 Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election 1964 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours D'Oliveira affair