Second Asquith ministry

Second Asquith ministry

The Cabinet


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*October, 1915 - Sir Frederick Smith succeeds Sir Edward Carson as Attorney-General.
*November, 1915 - Edwin Samuel Montagu succeeds Churchill at the Duchy of Lancaster
*January, 1916 - Sir Herbert Samuel succeeds Sir John Simon as Home Secretary. Lord Robert Cecil becomes Minister of Blockade.
*July, 1916 - On the death of Lord Kitchener, David Lloyd George succeeds him as Secretary for War. Edwin Samuel Montagu succeeds Lloyd George at the Ministry of Munitions. Thomas MacKinnon Wood succeeds Montagu at the Duchy of Lancaster. Harold John Tennant succeeds Wood as Scottish Secretary. Lord Crawford succeeds Lord Selborne at the Agriculture Board. Henry Edward Duke succeeds Augustine Birrell as Chief Secretary for Ireland.
*August, 1916 - Arthur Henderson becomes Paymaster General. Lord Crewe succeeds Arthur Henderson at the Education Board.

See also

For a more detailed list, including ministers not in the Cabinet, see Coalition Government 1915-1916.

Notes


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