The Under-Secretary of State for Air was a junior ministerial post in the United Kingdom Government, supporting the Secretary of State for Air in his role of managing the Royal Air Force. It was established on 10 January 1919, replacing the previous short-lived posts of Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board and Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council.

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board, 1916–1917

NameEntered officeLeft office
John Baird19161917

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council, 1917–1919

NameEntered officeLeft office
John Baird19171919

Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1919–1964

NameEntered officeLeft office
J. E. B. Seely19191919
George Tryon19191920
The Marquess of Londonderry19201921
The Lord Gorell19211922
The Duke of Sutherland19221924
William Leach19241924
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt19241929
Frederick Montague19291931
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt19311937
Anthony Muirhead19371938
Harold Balfour19381941
Harold Balfour
and The Lord Sherwood
20 July 194121 November 1944
The Lord Sherwood
and Rupert Brabner
21 November 194427 March 1945
The Lord Sherwood27 March12 April 1945
The Lord Sherwood
and Hon. Quintin Hogg
12 April 194523 May 1945
Hon. Quintin Hogg
and The Earl Beatty
26 May 19454 August 1945
John Strachey19451946
Geoffrey de Freitas19461950
Aidan Crawley19501951
Nigel Birch19511952
Hon. George Ward19521955
Christopher Soames19551957
Ian Orr-Ewing19571959
Airey Neave19591959
William Taylor19591962
Julian Ridsdale19621964

Minister of State for the Air Force, 1964–1967

NameEntered officeLeft office
Hon. Hugh Fraser19641964
The Lord Shackleton19647 January 1967

Under-Secretary of State for the Air Force, 1964–1981

NameEntered officeLeft office
Julian Ridsdale19641964
Bruce Millan19641966
Merlyn-Rees19661968
The Lord Winterbottom196824 June 1970
Antony Lambton24 June 19705 June 1973
Anthony Kershaw5 June 19738 January 1974
The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal8 January 19748 March 1974
Brynmor John8 March 197414 April 1976
James Wellbeloved14 April 19766 May 1979
Geoffrey Pattie6 May 197929 May 1981


Sources

  • D. Butler and G. Butler, Twentieth Century British Political Facts 1900–2000
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.