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Secretary of State for Air

The Secretary of State for Air was a cabinet level British position, in charge of the Air Ministry. It was created on 2 January 1918 and charged with the creation of the Royal Air Force. In 1966 the Air Ministry was incorporated into the Ministry of Defence and the position of Secretary of State for Air was abolished.

Secretaries of State for Air, 1918-1966

• Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Baron Rothermere 1918
• William Douglas Weir, 1st Baron Weir 1918 - 1919
• Winston Churchill 1919 - 1921 (also Secretary of State for War)
• Frederick Edward Guest 1921 - 1922
• Sir Samuel Hoare 1922 - 1924
• Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson 1924
• Sir Samuel Hoare 1924 - 1929
• Christopher Birdwood Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson 1929 - 1930
• William Warrender Mackenzie, 1st Baron Amulree 1930 - 1931
• Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry 1931 - 1935
• Philip Cunliffe-Lister, 1st Viscount Swinton 1935 - 1938
• Sir Kingsley Wood 1938 - 1940
• Sir Samuel Hoare 1940
• Sir Archibald Sinclair 1940 - 1945
• Harold Macmillan 1945
• William Wedgwood Benn, Viscount Stansgate 1945 - 1946
• Philip Noel-Baker 1946 - 1947
• Arthur Henderson 1947 - 1951
• William Sidney, Lord De L'Isle and Dudley 1951 - 1955
• Evelyn Chetwode Birch 1955 - 1957
• George Reginald Ward 1957 - 1960
• Julian Amery 1960 - 1962
• Hugh Charles Fraser 1962 - 1964