Editing Alec Douglas-Home (section)

==Cabinet (1963–1964)==
The Home cabinet, announced on 20 October 1963, was:<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 October 1963 |title=Mr. Butler Appointed Foreign Secretary |work=The Times |page=10}}</ref>
* Lord Home (Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 23 October): Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury
* [[Rab Butler|R A Butler]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
* [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Quintin Hogg]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] and Minister for Science
* [[Reginald Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne|Lord Dilhorne]]: [[Lord Chancellor]]
* [[Reginald Maudling]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Dell |first=Edmund |title=The Chancellors: A History of the Chancellors of the Exchequer, 1945–90 |date=1997 |pages=283–303}}</ref>
* [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
* [[Duncan Sandys]]: [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] and [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]]
* [[Edward Heath]]: [[Secretary of State for Industry, Trade, and Regional Development]] and [[President of the Board of Trade]]
* [[Peter Thorneycroft]]: [[Secretary of State for Defence|Minister of Defence]]
* [[Selwyn Lloyd]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]]
* [[Lord Blakenham]]: [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]]
* [[Christopher Soames]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food]]
* [[Ernest Marples]]: [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]]
* [[John Boyd-Carpenter]]: [[Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] and [[Paymaster General]]
* [[Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas|Michael Noble]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]
* [[Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth|Sir Edward Boyle]]: [[Secretary of State for Education and Science|Minister of Education]]
* [[Joseph Godber]]: [[Minister of Labour (United Kingdom)|Minister of Labour]]
* [[Sir Keith Joseph]]: [[Minister of Housing and Local Government]] and Minister for Welsh Affairs
* [[Frederick Erroll]]: [[Ministry of Power (United Kingdom)|Minister of Power]]
* [[Anthony Barber]]: [[Secretary of State for Health|Minister of Health]]
* [[Geoffrey Rippon]]: [[Ministry of Works (United Kingdom)|Minister of Public Building and Works]]
* [[Bill Deedes|W F Deedes]]: [[Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)|Minister without Portfolio]]
* [[Lord Carrington]]: Minister without Portfolio, [[Leader of the House of Lords]]

;Changes
* April 1964: Quintin Hogg became Secretary of State for Education and Science. Sir Edward Boyle left the cabinet. The post of Minister of Defence became [[Secretary of State for Defence]] with Thorneycroft retaining it.