Minister of Education

Previously the President of the Board of Education
Name 	Entered office 	Left office 	Party 	Notes
Rab Butler 	3 August 1944 	25 May 1945 	Conservative	
Richard Law 	25 May 1945 	26 July 1945 	Conservative	
Ellen Wilkinson 	3 August 1945 	6 February 1947 	Labour 	
George Tomlinson 	10 February 1947 	26 October 1951 	Labour 	
Florence Horsbrugh 	2 November 1951 	18 October 1954 	Conservative	
David Eccles 	18 October 1954 	13 January 1957 	Conservative	
The Viscount Hailsham	13 January 1957 	17 September 1957	Conservative	
Geoffrey Lloyd 	17 September 1957	14 October 1959 	Conservative	
David Eccles 	14 October 1959 	13 July 1962 	Conservative	
Sir Edward Boyle 	13 July 1962 	1 April 1964 	Conservative	
Became Secretary of State for Education and Science