Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education

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Christopher Addison held his first ministerial position as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1914 to 1915. Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison.jpg
Christopher Addison held his first ministerial position as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education from 1914 to 1915.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the Committee of the Privy Council which had been responsible for education matters and instituted a new Board of Education from 1 April 1900. The Board was headed by a President. From the appointment of the Marquess of Londonderry as President in the Balfour government in August 1902 the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was established.

Under the provisions of the Education Act 1944, which was promoted by James Chuter Ede as Parliamentary Secretary (with Rab Butler as President) during the Churchill war ministry, the Board was in turn replaced by the Ministry of Education in August 1944. The post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was accordingly replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Chuter Ede remained in that position until the War coalition was dissolved in May 1945. [1]

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Education, 1902-1944

NameEntered officeLeft office
Sir William Anson, Bt 11 August 19021905
Thomas Lough 19051908
Thomas McKinnon Wood 19081908
Charles Trevelyan 19081914
Christopher Addison 19141915
Herbert Lewis 19151923
Lord Eustace Percy 19231923
The Earl of Onslow 19231924
Morgan Jones 19241924
The Duchess of Atholl 19241929
Morgan Jones 19291931
Sir Kingsley Wood 19311931
Herwald Ramsbotham 19311935
The Earl De La Warr 19351936
Geoffrey Shakespeare 19361937
Kenneth Lindsay 19371940
James Chuter Ede 19403 August 1944

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References

  1. Hart, Stephen (2021). James Chuter Ede: Humane Reformer and Politician. Pen & Sword. ISBN   9781526783721. pp. 153-9