Permanent historical factsheet

Secretary of State for Defence

Great Britain · Government / Conservative Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

10Records

1951–1992Date range

10Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1951

Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill27 October 1951

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1954

Maurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1st9 October 1954

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1955

Walter Monckton1955

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1956

Anthony Head1956

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1957

Duncan Duncan-Sandys1957

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1959

Harold Watkinson1959

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1962

George Edward Peter Thorneycroft1962

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1974

Ian Gilmour1974

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1990

Tom King30 November 1990

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

1992

Malcolm Rifkind11 April 1992

Government / Conservative Party Government

Appointed Minister of Defence

Names involved

Anthony HeadDuncan Duncan-SandysGeorge Edward Peter ThorneycroftHarold WatkinsonIan GilmourMalcolm RifkindMaurice Harold MacMillan Stockton, 1stTom KingWalter MoncktonWinston Leonard Spencer Churchill

Provenance

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