Under-Secretary of State for Air

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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.

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Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Board, 1916–1917

NameEntered officeLeft office
John Baird 19161917

Parliamentary Secretary to the Air Council, 1917–1919

NameEntered officeLeft office
John Baird 19171919

Under-Secretary of State for Air, 1919–1964

NameEntered officeLeft office
J. E. B. Seely 19191919
George Tryon 19191920
The Marquess of Londonderry 19201921
The Lord Gorell 19211922
The Duke of Sutherland 19221924
William Leach 19241924
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt 19241929
Frederick Montague 19291931
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt 19311937
Anthony Muirhead 19371938
Harold Balfour 19381941
Harold Balfour
and The Lord Sherwood
20 July 194121 November 1944
The Lord Sherwood
and Rupert Brabner
21 November 194427 March 1945
The Lord Sherwood 27 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 Strachey 19451946
Geoffrey de Freitas 19461950
Aidan Crawley 19501951
Nigel Birch 19511952
Hon. George Ward 19521955
Christopher Soames 19551957
Ian Orr-Ewing 19571959
Airey Neave 19591959
William Taylor 19591962
Julian Ridsdale 19621964

Minister of State for the Air Force, 1964–1967

NameEntered officeLeft office
Hon. Hugh Fraser 19641964
The Lord Shackleton 19647 January 1967

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

NameEntered officeLeft office
Julian Ridsdale 19641964
Bruce Millan 19641966
Merlyn-Rees 19661968
The Lord Winterbottom 196824 June 1970
Antony Lambton 24 June 19705 June 1973
Anthony Kershaw 5 June 19738 January 1974
The Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal 8 January 19748 March 1974
Brynmor John 8 March 197414 April 1976
James Wellbeloved 14 April 19766 May 1979
Geoffrey Pattie 6 May 197929 May 1981


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