PREFATORY NOTE.
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In deference to suggestions which have been made on the subject, a Calendar has been added to facilitate reference to dates.
THE MINISTRY, 1914.
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury—Herbert Henry Asquith, K.C.
Lord High Chancellor—Viscount Haldane, K.T.
Lord President of the Council—Viscount Morley of Blackburn till August 4; thereafter Earl Beauchamp, K.G.
Lord Privy Seal—Marquess of Crewe, K.G.
First Lord of the Admiralty—Winston Spencer Churchill.
Secretaries of State:—
Home—Reginald McKenna, K.C.
Foreign—Sir Edward Grey, Bart., K.G.
Colonies—Lewis Harcourt.
War—Colonel J. E. B. Seely, D.S.O., till March 30; thereafter Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith till August 5; thereafter Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.P.
India—Marquess of Crewe, K.G.
Chancellor of the Exchequer—David Lloyd George.
Secretary for Scotland—T. McKinnon Wood.
Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland—Augustine Birrell, K.C.
Postmaster-General—Herbert Samuel till February 11; thereafter H. Hobhouse.
President of the Board of Trade—Sydney Buxton till February 11; thereafter John Burns till August 5; thereafter Walter Runciman.
President of the Local Government Board—John Burns till February 11; thereafter Herbert Samuel.
President of the Board of Agriculture—Walter Runciman till August 5; thereafter Lord Lucas.
President of the Board of Education—Joseph A. Pease.
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster—Charles Edward Henry Hobhouse till February 11; thereafter Charles Frederick Gurney Masterman.
First Commissioner of Works—Earl Beauchamp, K.C.M.G., till August 5; thereafter Lord Emmott, G.C.M.G.
Attorney-General—Sir John Allsebrook Simon, K.C.V.O., K.C.
[THE ABOVE FORM THE CABINET.]
Admiralty:—
First Lord—(See under Cabinet).
First Sea Lord—Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B., till October 29; thereafter Lord Fisher of Kilverstone.
Civil Lord—George Lambert.
Parliamentary and Financial Secretary—Thomas James Macnamara.
War Office:—
War Secretary—(See under Cabinet).
Financial Secretary—Harold Baker.
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries:—
Home Office—Ellis J. Griffith. Foreign Office—Francis Dyke Acland. War Office—H. J. Tennant. Colonial Office—Lord Emmott till August 5; thereafter Lord Islington. India Office—Hon. E. S. Montagu till August 5; thereafter C. H. Roberts. Board of Trade—J. M. Robertson. Local Government Board—J. Herbert Lewis. Board of Education—C. P. Trevelyan till August 6; thereafter Christopher Addison. Board of Agriculture—Lord Lucas till August 5; thereafter Sir H. Verney, Bt.
Treasury:—
Junior Lords—John W. Gulland; W. Wedgwood Benn; W. Jones; H. Webb.
Financial Secretary—C. F. G. Masterman till February 11; thereafter Hon. E. S. Montagu.
Parliamentary Secretary—P. H. Illingworth.
Paymaster-General—Lord Strachie.
Attorney-General—(See under Cabinet).
Solicitor-General—Sir Stanley Owen Buckmaster, K.C.
Scotland.
Lord Advocate—Robert Munro, K.C.
Solicitor-General—T. B. Morison.
Ireland.
Lord-Lieutenant—Earl of Aberdeen, K.T.
Lord Chancellor—Ignatius John O'Brien, K.C.
Attorney-General—John F. Moriarty, K.C., till his appointment as Lord Justice of Appeal on June 18; thereafter Jonathan Pim, K.C.
Solicitor-General—Jonathan Pim, K.C., till his appointment as Attorney-General; thereafter James O'Connor, K.C.
ANNUAL REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1914.