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==Cabinets (1957β1963)== ===January 1957 β October 1959=== * Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister * [[Lord Kilmuir]]: [[Lord Chancellor]] * [[Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury|Lord Salisbury]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] * [[Rab Butler]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]] and [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]] * [[Peter Thorneycroft]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * [[Selwyn Lloyd]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] * [[Alan Lennox-Boyd]]: [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] * [[Alec Douglas-Home|Lord Home]]: [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]] * Sir [[David Eccles, 1st Viscount Eccles|David Eccles]]: [[President of the Board of Trade]] * [[Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton|Charles Hill]]: [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: Minister of Education * [[John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|John Scott Maclay]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * [[Derick Heathcoat Amory]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of Agriculture]] * [[Iain Macleod]]: [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]] * [[Harold Arthur Watkinson]]: Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation * [[Duncan Edwin Sandys]]: [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]] * [[Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Baron Mills|Lord Mills]]: Minister of Power * [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs '''Change''' * March 1957 β Lord Home succeeds Lord Salisbury as Lord President, remaining Commonwealth Relations Secretary. * September 1957 β Lord Hailsham succeeds Lord Home as Lord President, Home remaining Commonwealth Relations Secretary. [[Geoffrey William Lloyd|Geoffrey Lloyd]] succeeds Hailsham as Minister of Education. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, [[Reginald Maudling]], enters the Cabinet. * January 1958 β Derick Heathcoat Amory succeeds Peter Thorneycroft as Chancellor of the Exchequer. [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]] succeeds Amory as Minister of Agriculture. ===October 1959 β July 1960=== * Harold Macmillan: [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] * [[Lord Kilmuir]]: [[Lord Chancellor]] * [[Alec Douglas-Home|Lord Home]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] and [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]] and [[Minister of Science]] * [[Derick Heathcoat Amory]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * [[Rab Butler]]: [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]] * [[Selwyn Lloyd]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] * [[Iain Macleod]]: [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] * [[Reginald Maudling]]: [[President of the Board of Trade]] * [[Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton|Charles Hill]]: [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] * [[Sir David Eccles]]: [[Secretary of State for Education|Minister of Education]] * [[Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills|Lord Mills]]: [[Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] * [[Ernest Marples]]: [[Secretary of State for Transport|Minister of Transport]] * [[Duncan Edwin Sandys]]: [[Minister of Aviation]] * [[Harold Arthur Watkinson]]: [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]] * [[John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|John Scott Maclay]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * [[Edward Heath]]: [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]] * [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of Agriculture]] * [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: [[Minister of Housing]] and [[Ministry of Housing and Local Government|Local Government and Welsh Affairs]] ===July 1960 β October 1961=== * Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister * [[Lord Kilmuir]]: [[Lord Chancellor]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] and Minister of Science * [[Edward Heath]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]] * [[Selwyn Lloyd]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * [[Rab Butler]]: [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]] * [[Alec Douglas-Home|Lord Home]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] * [[Iain Macleod]]: [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] * [[Duncan Edwin Sandys]]: [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]] * [[Reginald Maudling]]: [[President of the Board of Trade]] * [[Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton|Charles Hill]]: [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] * [[Sir David Eccles]]: [[Secretary of State for Education|Minister of Education]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: Minister of Science * [[Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills|Lord Mills]]: [[Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] * [[Ernest Marples]]: Minister of Transport * [[Peter Thorneycroft]]: Minister of Aviation * [[Harold Arthur Watkinson]]: [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]] * [[John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|John Scott Maclay]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]: [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]] * [[Christopher Soames]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of Agriculture]] * [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs ===October 1961 β July 1962=== * Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister * [[Lord Kilmuir]]: [[Lord Chancellor]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] and Minister of Science * [[Edward Heath]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]] * [[Selwyn Lloyd]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * [[Rab Butler]]: [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]] * [[Alec Douglas-Home|Lord Home]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] * [[Reginald Maudling]]: [[Secretary of State for the Colonies]] * [[Duncan Edwin Sandys]]: [[Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations]] * [[Frederick Erroll]]: [[President of the Board of Trade]] * [[Iain Macleod]]: [[Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster]] * [[Sir David Eccles]]: [[Secretary of State for Education|Minister of Education]] * [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: [[Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] * [[Ernest Marples]]: Minister of Transport * [[Peter Thorneycroft]]: Minister of Aviation * [[Harold Arthur Watkinson]]: [[Minister of Defence (UK)|Minister of Defence]] * [[John Scott Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel|John Scott Maclay]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]: [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]] * [[Christopher Soames]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of Agriculture]] * [[Charles Hill, Baron Hill of Luton|Charles Hill]]: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs * [[Percy Herbert Mills, 1st Viscount Mills|Lord Mills]]: Minister without Portfolio ===July 1962 β October 1963=== ''Note:'' In a radical reshuffle dubbed "[[Night of the Long Knives (1962)|The Night of the Long Knives]]", Macmillan sacked a third of his Cabinet. * Harold Macmillan: Prime Minister * [[Rab Butler]]: [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]] and [[First Secretary of State]] * [[Reginald Edward Manningham-Buller, 1st Viscount Dilhorne|Lord Dilhorne]]: [[Lord Chancellor]] * [[Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone|Lord Hailsham]]: [[Lord President of the Council]] and Minister of Science * [[Edward Heath]]: [[Lord Privy Seal]] * [[Reginald Maudling]]: [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] * [[Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor|Henry Brooke]]: [[Secretary of State for the Home Department]] * [[Alec Douglas-Home|Lord Home]]: [[Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (UK)|Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]] * [[Duncan Edwin 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]] * [[Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth|Sir Edward Boyle]]: [[Secretary of State for Education|Minister of Education]] * [[John Boyd-Carpenter]]: [[Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]] * [[Ernest Marples]]: Minister of Transport * [[Julian Amery]]: Minister of Aviation * [[Peter Thorneycroft]]: [[Secretary of State for Defence|Minister of Defence]] * [[Michael Noble, Baron Glenkinglas|Michael Noble]]: [[Secretary of State for Scotland]] * [[John Hare, 1st Viscount Blakenham|John Hare]]: [[Secretary of State for Employment|Minister of Labour and National Service]] * [[Christopher Soames]]: [[Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food|Minister of Agriculture]] * [[Sir Keith Joseph]]: Minister of Housing and Local Government and Welsh Affairs * [[Enoch Powell]]: Minister of Health * [[Bill Deedes|William Deedes]]: Minister without Portfolio
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