Before revision: Later members included: Jan Smuts (June 1917 – January 1919) George Barnes (May 1917 – January 1919) Edward Carson (July 1917 – January 1918) Austen Chamberlain (April 1918 – October 1919) Eric Geddes (January 1919 – October 1919) Unlike a normal peacetime cabinet, few of these men had departmental responsibilities – Bonar Law, and then Chamberlain, served as chancellors of the exchequer, but the rest had no specific portfolio.
After revision: Later members included: Jan Smuts (June 1917 – January ) George Barnes (May 1917 – January 1919) Edward Carson (July 1917 – January 1918) Austen Chamberlain (April 1918 – October 1919) Eric Geddes (January 1919 – October 1919) Unlike a normal peacetime cabinet, few of these men had departmental responsibilities – Bonar Law, and then Chamberlain, served as chancellors of the exchequer, but the rest had no specific portfolio.