# Second Baldwin ministry

Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party formed the second Baldwin ministry upon his reappointment as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V after the 1924 general election. His second ministry ended following the so-called "Flapper Election" of May 1929.

## Cabinet
### November 1924 – June 1929

* Stanley Baldwin – Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Commons
* The Viscount Cave – Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain
* The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston – Leader of the House of Lords and Lord President of the Council
* The Marquess of Salisbury – Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
* Winston Churchill – Chancellor of the Exchequer
* Sir William Joynson-Hicks – Secretary of State for the Home Department
* Sir Austen Chamberlain – Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the House of Commons
* Leo Amery – Secretary of State for the Colonies
* Sir Laming Worthington-Evans – Secretary of State for War
* The Earl of Birkenhead – Secretary of State for India
* Sir Samuel Hoare – Secretary of State for Air
* Sir John Gilmour – Secretary for Scotland
* William Clive Bridgeman – First Lord of the Admiralty
* The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood – Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister – President of the Board of Trade
* Edward Frederick Lindley Wood – Minister of Agriculture
* Lord Eustace Percy – President of the Board of Education
* The Viscount Peel – First Commissioner of Works
* Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland – Minister of Labour
* Neville Chamberlain – Minister of Health
* Sir Douglas Hogg – Attorney-General for England and Wales

#### Changes

* April 1925 – On Curzon's death, Lord Balfour succeeded him as Lord President. Lord Salisbury became the new Leader of the House of Lords, remaining also Lord Privy Seal.
* June 1925 – The post of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs was created, held by Leo Amery in tandem with Secretary of State for the Colonies.
* November 1925 – Walter Guinness succeeded E.F.L. Wood as Minister of Agriculture.
* July 1926 – The post of Secretary of Scotland was upgraded to Secretary of State for Scotland.
* October 1927 – Lord Cushendun succeeded Lord Cecil of Chelwood as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
* March 1928 – Lord Hailsham (former Sir D. Hogg) succeeded Lord Cave as Lord Chancellor. Hailsham's successor as Attorney-General was not in the Cabinet.
* October 1928 – Lord Peel succeeded Lord Birkenhead as Secretary of State for India. Lord Londonderry succeeded Peel as First Commissioner of Public Works

## List of ministers

Members of the Cabinet are in bold face.
| Office | Name | Date |
| Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Leader of the House of Commons | Stanley Baldwin | 4 November 1924 – 4 June 1929 |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | The Viscount Cave | 6 November 1924 |
| Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain | The Lord Hailsham | 28 March 1928 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | 6 November 1924 |
| Lord President of the Council | The Earl of Balfour | 27 April 1925 |
| Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal | The Marquess of Salisbury | 6 November 1924 |
| Chancellor of the Exchequer | Winston Churchill | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury | Bolton Eyres-Monsell | 7 November 1924 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Walter Guinness | 11 November 1924 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Ronald McNeill | 5 November 1925 |
| Financial Secretary to the Treasury | Arthur Samuel | 1 November 1927 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Sir George Hennessy | 13 November 1924 – 10 December 1925 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Lord Stanley | 13 November 1924 – 9 November 1927 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Frederick Thomson | 13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | William Cope | 13 November 1924 – 14 January 1928 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Francis Curzon | 13 November 1924 – 15 January 1929 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | David Margesson | 28 August 1926 – 4 June 1929 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | George Bowyer | 28 December 1927 – 4 June 1929 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | George Penny | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Marquess of Titchfield | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 |
| Junior Lords of the Treasury | Euan Wallace | 1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929 |
| Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Deputy Leader of the House of Commons | Austen Chamberlain | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Ronald McNeill | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 7 December 1925 |
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir William Joynson-Hicks | 6 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Godfrey Locker-Lampson | 11 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Douglas Hacking | 8 December 1925 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | Sir Vivian Henderson | 9 November 1927 |
| First Lord of the Admiralty | William Bridgeman | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | J. C. C. Davidson | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty | Cuthbert Headlam | 16 December 1926 |
| Civil Lord of the Admiralty | The Earl Stanhope | 11 November 1924 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | E. F. L. Wood | 6 November 1924 |
| Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries | Walter Guinness | 4 November 1925 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Lord Bledisloe | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries | The Earl of Stradbroke | 5 February 1928 |
| Secretary of State for Air | Sir Samuel Hoare | 6 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Air | Sir Philip Sassoon | 11 November 1924 |
| Secretary of State for the Colonies | Leo Amery | 6 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies | William Ormsby-Gore | 12 November 1924 |
| Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | Leo Amery | 11 June 1925 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Earl of Clarendon | 5 August 1925 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Lord Lovat | 5 May 1927 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs | The Earl of Plymouth | 1 January 1929 |
| President of the Board of Education | Lord Eustace Percy | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education | The Duchess of Atholl | 11 November 1924 |
| Minister of Health | Neville Chamberlain | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health | Sir Kingsley Wood | 11 November 1924 |
| Secretary of State for India | The Earl of Birkenhead | 6 November 1924 |
| Secretary of State for India | The Viscount Peel | 18 October 1928 |
| Under-Secretary of State for India | The Earl Winterton | 11 November 1924 |
| Minister of Labour | Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour | Henry Betterton | 11 November 1924 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 10 November 1924 |
| Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster | The Lord Cushendun | 19 October 1927 |
| Paymaster General | vacant | |
| Paymaster General | The Duke of Sutherland | 28 January 1925 |
| Paymaster General | The Earl of Onslow | 2 December 1928 |
| Minister of Pensions | George Tryon | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Pensions | George Frederick Stanley | 11 November 1924 |
| Postmaster General | Sir William Mitchell-Thomson | 11 November 1924 |
| Assistant Postmaster General | Viscount Wolmer | 11 November 1924 |
| Secretary for Scotland | Sir John Gilmour | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health for Scotland | Walter Elliot | 11 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for Scotland | Walter Elliot | 26 July 1926 |
| President of the Board of Trade | Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame | 6 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade | Herbert Williams | 13 January 1928 |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | Arthur Samuel | 11 November 1924 |
| Secretary for Overseas Trade | Douglas Hacking | 9 November 1927 |
| Secretary for Mines | George Lane-Fox | 11 November 1924 |
| Secretary for Mines | Douglas King | 13 January 1928 |
| Minister of Transport | Wilfrid Ashley | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | John Moore-Brabazon | 11 November 1924 |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Transport | vacant | 14 January 1927 |
| Secretary of State for War | Sir Laming Worthington-Evans | 6 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | The Earl of Onslow | 11 November 1924 |
| Under-Secretary of State for War | The Duke of Sutherland | 2 December 1928 |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Douglas King | 11 November 1924 |
| Financial Secretary to the War Office | Duff Cooper | 13 January 1928 |
| First Commissioner of Works | The Viscount Peel | 10 November 1924 |
| First Commissioner of Works | The Marquess of Londonderry | 18 October 1928 |
| Attorney General | Sir Douglas Hogg | 6 November 1924 |
| Attorney General | Sir Thomas Inskip | 28 March 1928 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Thomas Inskip | 11 November 1924 |
| Solicitor General | Sir Frank Merriman | 28 March 1928 |
| Lord Advocate | William Watson | 11 November 1924 |
| Lord Advocate | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 23 April 1929 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | David Pinkerton Fleming | 11 November 1924 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 30 December 1925 |
| Solicitor General for Scotland | Wilfrid Normand | 23 April 1929 |
| Treasurer of the Household | George Gibbs | 13 November 1924 |
| Treasurer of the Household | Sir George Hennessy | 13 January 1928 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Sir Harry Barnston | 13 November 1924 |
| Comptroller of the Household | Sir William Cope | 13 January 1928 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Douglas Hacking | 13 November 1924 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | George Hennessy | 10 December 1925 |
| Vice-Chamberlain of the Household | Frederick Thomson | 13 January 1928 |
| Assistant Whips | David Margesson | 13 November 1924 – 28 August 1926 |
| Assistant Whips | George Bowyer | 15 December 1924 – 28 December 1927 |
| Assistant Whips | George Penny | 22 February 1927 – 13 January 1928 |
| Assistant Whips | Marquess of Titchfield | 9 November 1927 – 13 January 1928 |
| Assistant Whips | Euan Wallace | 13 January 1928 – 1 January 1929 |
| Assistant Whips | Sir Victor Warrender | 13 January 1928 – 4 June 1929 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Clarendon | 1 December 1924 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Plymouth | 26 June 1925 |
| Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms | The Earl of Lucan | 1 January 1929 |
| Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard | The Lord Desborough | 1 December 1924 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Viscount Gage | 1 December 1924 – 4 June 1929 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Lord Somers | 1 December 1924 – 23 March 1926 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Lucan | 1 December 1924 – 1 January 1929 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Earl of Airlie | 1 April 1926 – 4 June 1929 |
| Lords in Waiting | The Lord Templemore | 1 January 1929 – 4 June 1929 |

### Notes

* ↑ Created Viscount Hailsham 4 July 1929.
* ↑ Also Leader of the House of Lords.
* ↑ Also Leader of the House of Lords 27 April 1925 – 4 June 1929.
* ↑ Created a Baronet 28 June 1928.
* ↑ Knighted 1 December 1925.
* ↑ Became Secretary of State for Scotland 15 July 1926.
* ↑ Office abolished 26 July 1926.
* ↑ Changed surname to Cunliffe-Lister 17 November 1924.
* ↑ Created a Baronet 24 January 1927.
* ↑ Created a Baronet 28 March 1929.