In deference to suggestions which have been made on the subject, a Calendar has been added to facilitate reference to dates.
THE MINISTRY, 1914.
- Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury—Herbert Henry Asquith, K.C.
- Lord High Chancellor—Viscount Haldane, K.T.
- Lord President of the Council—Viscount Morley of Blackburn till August 4; thereafter Earl Beauchamp, K.G.
- Lord Privy Seal—Marquess of Crewe, K.G.
- First Lord of the Admiralty—Winston Spencer Churchill.
- Secretaries of State:—
- Home—Reginald McKenna, K.C.
- Foreign—Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G.
- Colonies—Lewis Harcourt.
- War—Colonel J. E. B. Seely, D.S.O., till March 30; thereafter Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith till August 5; thereafter Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.P.
- India—Marquess of Crewe, K.G.
- Chancellor of the Exchequer—David Lloyd George.
- Secretary for Scotland—T. McKinnon Wood.
- Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—Augustine Birrell, K.C.
- Postmaster-General—Herbert Samuel till February 11; thereafter H. Hobhouse.
- President of the Board of Trade—Sydney Buxton till February 11; thereafter John Burns till August 5; thereafter Walter Runciman.
- President of the Local Government Board—John Burns till February 11; thereafter Herbert Samuel.
- President of the Board of Agriculture—Walter Runciman till August 5; thereafter Lord Lucas.
- President of the Board of Education—Joseph A. Pease.
- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster—Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse till February 11; thereafter Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman.
- First Commissioner of Works—Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G., till August 5; thereafter Lord Emmott, G.C.M.G.
- Attorney-General—Sir John Allsebrook Simon, K.C.V.O., K.C.
[THE ABOVE FORM THE CABINET.]
- Admiralty:—
- First Lord—(See under Cabinet).
- First Sea Lord—Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B., till October 29; thereafter Lord Fisher of Kilverstone.
- Civil Lord—George Lambert.
- Parliamentary and Financial Secretary—Thomas James Macnamara.
- War Office:—
- War Secretary—(See under Cabinet).
- Financial Secretary—Harold Baker.
- Parliamentary Under-Secretaries:—
- Home Office—Ellis J. Griffith. Foreign Office—Francis Dyke Acland. War Office—H. J. Tennant. Colonial Office—Lord Emmott till August 5; thereafter Lord Islington. India Office—Hon. E. S. Montagu till August 5; thereafter C. H. Roberts. Board of Trade—J. M. Robertson. Local Government Board—J. Herbert Lewis. Board of Education—C. P. Trevelyan till August 6; thereafter Christopher Addison. Board of Agriculture—Lord Lucas till August 5; thereafter Sir H. Verney, Bt.
- Treasury:—
- Junior Lords—John W. Gulland; W. Wedgwood Benn; W. Jones; H. Webb.
- Financial Secretary—C. F. G. Masterman till February 11; thereafter Hon. E. S. Montagu.
- Parliamentary Secretary—P. H. Illingworth.
- Paymaster-General—Lord Strachie.
- Attorney-General—(See under Cabinet).
- Solicitor-General—Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster, K.C.
Scotland.
- Lord Advocate—Robert Munro, K.C.
- Solicitor-General—T. B. Morison.
Ireland.
- Lord-Lieutenant—Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.
- Lord Chancellor—Ignatius John O'Brien, K.C.
- Attorney-General—John F. Moriarty, K.C., till his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal on June 18; thereafter Jonathan Pim, K.C.
- Solicitor-General—Jonathan Pim, K.C., till his appointment as Attorney-General; thereafter James O'Connor, K.C.