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UK Minister of Defence

UK GOVERNMENT OFFICE

Defence Minister in the Government of the United Kingdom.

Position active 1940 to 1964, became UK Secretary of State for Defence.

1940 1945 Winston Churchill
1945 1946 Clement Attlee
1946 1950 A. V. Alexander
1950 1951 Manny Shinwell
1951 1952 Winston Churchill
1952 1954 Earl Alexander of Tunis
1954 1955 Harold Macmillan
1955 1955 Selwyn Lloyd
1955 1956 Walter Monckton
1956 1957 Antony Head
1957 1959 Duncan Sandys
1959 1962 Harold Watkinson
1962 1964 Peter Thorneycroft





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