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Asquith coalition ministry

UK war-time government, 1915–1916

Summary

UK war-time government, 1915–1916

Field	Value
incumbent	1915–1916
image	Herbert Henry Asquith.jpg
date_formed
date_dissolved
government_head_title	Prime Minister
government_head	H. H. Asquith (pictured)
state_head_title	Monarch
state_head	George V
government_head_history	1908–1916
total_number	85 appointments
political_parties	{{unbulleted list
legislature_status	Majority (coalition)
legislature_term	30th UK Parliament
opposition_party
opposition_leader
previous	Third Asquith ministry
successor	Lloyd George war ministry
flag	Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government, 1901-1952).svg	caption=

| Conservative Party | Labour Party | Liberal Party The Asquith coalition ministry was the Government of the United Kingdom under the Liberal prime minister H. H. Asquith from May 1915 to December 1916. It was formed as a multi-party war-time coalition nine months after the beginning of the First World War but collapsed when the Conservative Party withdrew.

History

The new Cabinet included nine Conservatives and one Labour minister, but the Liberals continued to hold most of the important posts; the Conservatives had demanded Cabinet seats, but they only received lesser positions. Not at all satisfied, Conservative Party leader Bonar Law continued the verbal attacks.

The ministry collapsed on 5 December 1916 as a result of Conservative resignations, who refused to serve under Asquith's leadership. Asquith and most of the Liberals then moved into opposition, while the Conservatives formed a new coalition with a minority of Liberals, under the leadership of Liberal David Lloyd George, the next day.

Cabinet

List of ministers

Office	Name	Date	Party	H. H. Asquith	Reginald McKenna	John Gulland	Lord Edmund Talbot	Edwin Montagu	Thomas McKinnon Wood	Geoffrey Howard	George Roberts	William Bridgeman	Walter Rea	Stanley Buckmaster, 1st Viscount Buckmaster	Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe	George Curzon, 1st Earl Curzon of Kedleston	Sir John Simon	Herbert Samuel	William Brace	Sir Edward Grey, 3rd Baronet	Lord Robert Cecil	Bonar Law	Arthur Steel-Maitland	Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener	David Lloyd George	Harold Tennant	Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby	Henry Forster	Austen Chamberlain	John Dickson-Poynder, 1st Baron Islington	Arthur Balfour	Thomas Macnamara	Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire	Victor Bulwer-Lytton, 2nd Earl of Lytton	William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne	David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford	Francis Dyke Acland	Lord Robert Cecil	Arthur Henderson	Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe	Herbert Lewis	Walter Long	William Hayes Fisher	Augustine Birrell	Henry Duke	Thomas Russell	Winston Churchill	Herbert Samuel	Edwin Montagu	Thomas McKinnon Wood	David Lloyd George	Edwin Montagu	Christopher Addison	Arthur Lee	Thomas Legh, 2nd Baron Newton	Arthur Henderson	Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne	Herbert Samuel	Joseph Pease	Herbert Pease	Thomas McKinnon Wood	Harold Tennant	Walter Runciman	E. G. Pretyman	Lewis Harcourt	Sir Edward Carson	Sir F. E. Smith	Sir F. E. Smith	Sir George Cave	Robert Munro	Thomas Brash Morison	John Gordon	James Campbell	James O'Connor	Horace Farquhar, 1st Baron Farquhar	William Mansfield, 2nd Baron Sandhurst	Cecil Beck	Edwyn Scudamore-Stanhope, 10th Earl of Chesterfield	James Hope	Charles Roberts	Edward Colebrooke, 1st Baron Colebrooke	Charles Harbord, 6th Baron Suffield	Richard Herschell, 2nd Baron Herschell	Wentworth Beaumont, 1st Viscount Allendale	George Hamilton-Gordon, 2nd Baron Stanmore	John Brocklehurst, 1st Baron Ranksborough	Arthur Annesley, 11th Viscount Valentia	Hylton Jolliffe, 3rd Baron Hylton
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
Junior Lords of the Treasury
Lord Chancellor
Lord Privy Seal
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Secretary of State for the Colonies
Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
Secretary of State for War
Under-Secretary of State for War
Financial Secretary to the War Office
Secretary of State for India
Under-Secretary of State for India
First Lord of the Admiralty
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty
Civil Lord of the Admiralty
President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries
Minister of Blockade
President of the Board of Education
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
President of the Local Government Board
Parliamentary Secretary to the Local Government Board
Chief Secretary for Ireland
Vice President of the Department of Agriculture for Ireland
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Minister of Munitions
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions
Paymaster General
Minister without Portfolio
Postmaster General
Assistant Postmaster-General
Secretary for Scotland
President of the Board of Trade
Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade
First Commissioner of Works
Attorney General
Solicitor General
Lord Advocate
Solicitor General for Scotland
Attorney-General for Ireland
Solicitor-General for Ireland
Lord Steward of the Household
Lord Chamberlain of the Household
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household
Master of the Horse
Treasurer of the Household
Comptroller of the Household
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard
Lords-in-Waiting

Notes

References

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