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Cabinet

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

8Records
1929–1974Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1929

Margaret Bondfield5 June 1929

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Appointed Member of cabinet

1947

Harold Wilson29 September 1947

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Becomes the youngest member of the Cabinet in the twentieth century.

1964

Denis Winston Healey16 October 1964

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Healey enters Harold Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Defence.

1965

Roy Harris Jenkins23 December 1965

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Enters the Cabinet as Home Secretary after Frank Soskice leaves the office.

1966

Harold WilsonJuly 1966

Government / Labour Party Government

Brown is moved to the Foreign Office & Stewart takes over at the DEA

1967

Harold Wilson1967

Government / Labour Party Government

Wilson takes over the DEA & Shore appointed Secretary of State

1974

Michael Mackintosh Foot5 March 1974

London · Government / Labour Party Government

Enters Harold Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment.

Harold WilsonMarch 1974

Government / Labour Party Government

Calls his Cabinet, "the most experienced & talented this century"

Names involved

Denis Winston HealeyHarold WilsonMargaret BondfieldMichael Mackintosh FootRoy Harris Jenkins

Provenance

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