Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education


The Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education was a junior ministerial office in the United Kingdom Government. The Board of Education Act 1899 abolished the Committee of the Privy Council which had been responsible for education matters and instituted a new Board of Education from 1 April 1900. The Board was headed by a President. From the appointment of the Marquess of Londonderry as President in the Balfour government in August 1902 the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was established.
The Board was in turn replaced by the Ministry of Education in 1944 and the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was accordingly replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education.

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Education, 1902-1944

NameEntered officeLeft office
Sir William Anson, Bt11 August 19021905
Thomas Lough19051908
Thomas McKinnon Wood19081908
Charles Trevelyan19081914
Christopher Addison19141915
Herbert Lewis19151923
Lord Eustace Percy19231923
The Earl of Onslow19231924
Morgan Jones19241924
The Duchess of Atholl19241929
Morgan Jones19291931
Sir Kingsley Wood19311931
Herwald Ramsbotham19311935
The Earl De La Warr19351936
Geoffrey Shakespeare19361937
Kenneth Lindsay19371940
James Chuter Ede19403 August 1944