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Index to Parliamentary Private Secretaries

Parliamentary Private Secretary
   &nbspBarran, John Nicholson, 2nd Bt., to the Home Secretary
   &nbspBarran, John Nicholson, 2nd Bt., to the Foreign Secretary
   &nbspBarran, John Nicholson, 2nd Bt., to the Postmaster-General
   &nbspBarran, John Nicholson, 2nd Bt., to the President of the Local Government Board
   &nbspHamilton, Archibald Gavin, Baron Hamilton of Epsom, to the Prime Minister
   &nbspJenkins, Arthur, to the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee
   &nbspBertie, Francis Leveson, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame ( 1874-1880 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
   &nbspCochrane, Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults ( 1895-1901 ), to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
   &nbspCochrane, Thomas Horatio Arthur Ernest, 1st Baron Cochrane of Cults ( 1902-1905 ), to the Under-Secretary of the Home Department
   &nbspAcland, Francis Dyke, 10th/14th Bt. ( 1906-1908 ), to the Secretary of State for War
   &nbspWhitehead, Rowland Edward, 3rd Bt. ( 1906-1909 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Home Department
   &nbspBaring, Godfrey, 1st Bt. ( 1908-1910 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Colonies
   &nbspMurray, Arthur Cecil, 3rd Viscount Elibank ( 1909 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for India
   &nbspWhitehead, Rowland Edward, 3rd Bt. ( 1909-1910 ), to theAttorney-General
   &nbspBarran, John Nicholson, 2nd Bt. ( 1910-1916 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspDenman, Richard Douglas, 1st Bt. ( 1910 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspMcLaren, Francis Walter Stafford ( 1910-1915 ), to the Colonial Secretary
   &nbspMurray, Arthur Cecil, 3rd Viscount Elibank ( 1910-1914 ), to the Foreign Secretary
   &nbspBaird, John Lawrence, of Ury, 1st Viscount Stonehaven ( 1911-1916 ), to Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law
   &nbspBaring, Godfrey, 1st Bt. ( 1911-1913 ), to the President of the Board of Education
   &nbspCawley, Harold Thomas ( 1911-1915 ), to Rt. Hon. R. McKenna
   &nbspHarmsworth, Cecil Bisshopp, 1st Baron Harmsworth ( 1911-1914 ), to the President of the Board of Agriculture and Fish
   &nbspVerney, Harry Calvert Williams, 4th Bt. ( 1911-1914 ), to the Chief Secretary for Ireland
   &nbspStanley, George Frederick ( 1912-1913 ), to the Leader of the Opposition
   &nbspWard, William Dudley ( 1912-1917 ), to the Patronage Secretary
   &nbspArnold, Sydney, 1st and last Baron Arnold ( 1914 ), to the President of the Board of Education
   &nbspHarmsworth, Cecil Bisshopp, 1st Baron Harmsworth ( 1914-1915 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspBridgeman, William Clive, 1st Viscount Bridgeman ( 1916-1919 ), to the Minister of Labour
   &nbspStanley, George Frederick ( 1916-1917 ), to the Secretary of State for War
   &nbspAstor, Waldorf, 2nd Viscount Astor ( 1917-1918 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspEdge, William, 1st Bt. ( 1917-1919 ), to the Minister of National Service
   &nbspHambro, Angus Valdimar ( 1918 ), to the Secretary of State, Air
   &nbspBridgeman, William Clive, 1st Viscount Bridgeman ( 1919-1920 ), to the Board of Trade
   &nbspEdge, William, 1st Bt. ( 1919 ), to the Minister of National Service and Reconstruction
   &nbspEdge, William, 1st Bt. ( 1919 ), to the Minister of Labour
   &nbspMoore-Brabazon, John Theodore Cuthbert, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara ( 1919-1921 ), to Secretary of State for Air
   &nbspYoung, Edward Hilton, 1st Baron Kennet ( 1919-1921 ), to the President of the Board of Education
   &nbspColfox, William Philip, 1st Bt. ( 1920-1921 ), to the Minister of Pensons
   &nbspBowyer, George Edward Wentworth, 1st Baron Denham ( 1921-1923 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspColfox, William Philip, 1st Bt. ( 1921-1922 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies
   &nbspDavidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson ( 1921-1922 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspWills, Gilbert Alan Hamilton, 1st Baron Dulverton ( 1921 ), to the Assistant Postmaster-General
   &nbspBathurst, Allen Algernon, Lord Apsley ( 1922-1924 ), to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Overseas Trade Department
   &nbspDavidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson ( 1922-1923 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspRyder, Dudley, 6th Earl of Harrowby ( 1922-1923 ), to the Secretary of State for Air
   &nbspWard, William Humble Eric, 3rd Earl of Dudley ( 1922-1924 ), to the Under-Secretary of State for India
   &nbspDavidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson ( 1923-1924 ), to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   &nbspCrittall, Valentine George, 1st and last Baron Braintree ( 1924 ), to the Minister of Air
   &nbspGage, Henry Rainald, 6th Viscount Gage of Castle Island ( 1924-1929 ), to the Secretary of State, India
   &nbspGanzoni, Francis John Childs, 1st Baron Belstead ( 1924-1929 ), to the Postmaster-General
   &nbspLindsay, David Alexander Robert, 28th Earl of Crawford ( 1924 ), to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
   &nbspStanley, Oliver Frederick George ( 1924-1929 ), to the President of the Board of Education
   &nbspWarrender, Victor Alexander George Anthony, 1st Baron Bruntisfield ( 1924-1928 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of South India
   &nbspBathurst, Allen Algernon, Lord Apsley ( 1925-1929 ), to the Minister of Transport
   &nbspBoothby, Robert John Graham, Baron Boothby ( 1926-1929 ), to the Chancellor of the Exchequer (Winston Churchill)
   &nbspVanneck, William Charles Arcedeckne, 5th Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall ( 1926-1927 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Home Office
   &nbspGathorne-Hardy, John David, 4th Earl of Cranbrook ( 1927-1928 ), to the First Commissioner of Works
   &nbspRhys, Charles Arthur Uryan, 8th Baron Dynevor of Dynevor ( 1927-1929 ), to the 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
   &nbspVanneck, William Charles Arcedeckne, 5th Baron Huntingfield of Heveningham Hall ( 1927-1928 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspMathers, George, 1st and last Baron Mathers ( 1929 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for India and the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies
   &nbspBeatty, David Field, 2nd Earl Beatty ( 1931-1936 ), to the Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty
   &nbspBeaumont, Michael Wentworth ( 1931-1932 ), to Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education
   &nbspBuchan-Hepburn, Patrick George Thomas, 1st and last Baron Hailes ( 1931 ), to Rt. Hon. Oliver Stanley
   &nbspColville, David John, 1st Baron Clydesmuir ( 1931 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Scotland
   &nbspDavidson, John Colin Campbell, 1st Viscount Davidson ( 1931-1937 ), to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
   &nbspDugdale, Thomas Lionel, 1st Baron Crathorne ( 1931-1935 ), to the Secretary of State, Colonies
   &nbspDugdale, Thomas Lionel, 1st Baron Crathorne ( 1931 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspGuinness, Thomas Loel Evelyn Bulkeley ( 1931-1935 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Air
   &nbspLindsay, David Alexander Robert, 28th Earl of Crawford ( 1931-1940 ), to the Minister of Health
   &nbspMorrison, William Shepherd, 1st Viscount Dunrossil ( 1931-1935 ), to the Attorney-General
   &nbspKnatchbull, Michael Herbert Rudolf, 5th Baron Brabourne of Brabourne ( 1932-1933 ), to the Secretary of State for India
   &nbspThomas, James Purdon Lewes, 1st and last Viscount Cilcennin ( 1932-1935 ), to the Secretary of State for the Dominions
   &nbspScrymgeour, Henry James, of Dundee, 11th Earl of Dundee ( 1933-1935 ), to the President of the Board of Education
   &nbspAgnew, Peter Garrett, 1st Bt. ( 1935-1937 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspAnstruther-Gray, William John St. Clair, Baron Kilmany ( 1935 ), to the Secretary of Overseas Trade
   &nbspBeaumont, Ralph Edward Blackett ( 1935-1940 ), to the Postmaster-General
   &nbspDouglas-Home, Alexander Frederick, Baron Home of the Hirsel ( 1935-1940 ), to Rt. Hon. Neville Chamberlain
   &nbspDugdale, Thomas Lionel, 1st Baron Crathorne ( 1935-1937 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspDugdale, Thomas Lionel, 1st Baron Crathorne ( 1935 ), to the Secretary of State, Air
   &nbspScrymgeour, Henry James, of Dundee, 11th Earl of Dundee ( 1935-1936 ), to the Minister of Agriculture
   &nbspThomas, James Purdon Lewes, 1st and last Viscount Cilcennin ( 1935-1938 ), to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
   &nbspAssheton, Ralph, 1st Baron Clitheroe ( 1936-1938 ), to the First Commissioner of Works and the Secretary of State, Colonies
   &nbspAstor, William Waldorf, 3rd Viscount Astor ( 1936-1937 ), to the First Lord of the Admiralty
   &nbspBathurst, Allen Algernon, Lord Apsley ( 1936 ), to the Minister of Co-ordination Defence
   &nbspScrymgeour, Henry James, of Dundee, 11th Earl of Dundee ( 1936 ), to the Secretary of State for Scotland
   &nbspStrauss, Henry George, 1st and last Baron Conesford ( 1936-1942 ), to the Attorney-General
   &nbspAgnew, Peter Garrett, 1st Bt. ( 1937-1939 ), to the President of the First Commissioner of Works
   &nbspSmith, Frederick Winston Furneaux, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead ( 1938 ), to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
   &nbspCary, Robert Archibald, 1st Bt. ( 1939-1942 ), to the Civil Lords of Admiralty
   &nbspMcCorquodale, Malcolm Stewart, 1st and last Baron McCorquodale of Newton ( 1939 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspBracken, Brendan Rendall, 1st and last Viscount Bracken ( 1940-1941 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspCust, Peregrine Francis Adelbert, 6th Baron Brownlow of Belton ( 1940-1941 ), to the Minister of Aircraft Production
   &nbspSeely, Hugh Michael, 1st and last Baron Sherwood ( 1940 ), to the Secretary of State for Air
   &nbspThomas, James Purdon Lewes, 1st and last Viscount Cilcennin ( 1940 ), to the Secretary of State for War
   &nbspPearson, Weetman John Churchill, 3rd Viscount Cowdray ( 1941-1942 ), to the Under-Secretary of Air
   &nbspBeaumont, Ralph Edward Blackett ( 1942-1945 ), to the Secretary of State for War
   &nbspCary, Robert Archibald, 1st Bt. ( 1942-1945 ), to Secretary of India and Burma
   &nbspMcCorquodale, Malcolm Stewart, 1st and last Baron McCorquodale of Newton ( 1942-1945 ), to the Minister of labour
   &nbspMcEntee, Valentine La Touche, 1st and last Baron McEntee ( 1942-1945 ), to the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of Worls
   &nbspAgnew, Peter Garrett, 1st Bt. ( 1945-1950 ), to the President of the Chief Government Whip
   &nbspAgnew, Peter Garrett, 1st Bt. ( 1945-1945 ), to the President of the Assistant Government Whip
   &nbspBruce, Donald William Trevor, Baron Bruce of Donington ( 1945-1950 ), to the Minister of Health
   &nbspRobens, Alfred, Baron Robens of Woldingham ( 1945-1947 ), to the Minister of Transport
   &nbspSidney, William Philip, 1st Viscount De L’Isle, V.C. ( May 1945 ), Minister of Food
   &nbspDiamond, John, Baron Diamond ( 1947 ), Minister of Works
   &nbspAstor, John Jacob ( 1951-1953 ), to the Finance Secretary of Treasury
   &nbspBoyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Baron Boyle of Handsworth ( 1951-1952 ), to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Air
   &nbspCarr, Leonard Robert, Baron Carr of Hadley ( 1951-1955 ), to the Foreign Secretary
   &nbspCary, Robert Archibald, 1st Bt. ( 1951-1955 ), to Lord Privy Seal and Leader of the House of Commons
   &nbspFairfax, Thomas Brian McElvie, 13th Lord Fairfax of Cameron ( 1951 ), to the Lord President of the Council
   &nbspStanley, Richard Oliver ( 1951-1955 ), to the First Lord of the Admiralty
   &nbspWood, Richard Frederick, Baron Holderness ( 1951-1953 ), to the Minister of Pensions
   &nbspArbuthnot, John Sinclair-Wemyss, 1st Bt. ( 1952-1955 ), for the Minister of Pensions
   &nbspBarber, Anthony Perrinott Lysberg, Baron Barber ( 1952-1955 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Air
   &nbspBoyle, Edward Charles Gurney, Baron Boyle of Handsworth ( 1952 ), to Minister of Defence
   &nbspFinlay, Graeme Bell, 1st Bt. ( 1952-1955 ), to the Minister of Health
   &nbspWood, Richard Frederick, Baron Holderness ( 1953-1954 ), to the Minister of State, Board of Trade
   &nbspLambton, Antony Claude Frederick ( 1954 ), to the Minister of Supply
   &nbspWood, Richard Frederick, Baron Holderness ( 1954-1955 ), to the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries
   &nbspCarr, Leonard Robert, Baron Carr of Hadley ( 1955 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspDance, James Cyril Aubrey George ( 1955-1961 ), to the Secretary of State for Air
   &nbspLambton, Antony Claude Frederick ( 1955-1957 ), to the Foreign Secretary
   &nbspLindsay, Robert Alexander, 29th Earl of Crawford ( 1955-1957 ), to the Finance Secretary of the Treasury
   &nbspArbuthnot, John Sinclair-Wemyss, 1st Bt. ( 1956-1957 ), for the Minister of Health
   &nbspWhitelaw, William Stephen Ian, 1st and last Viscount Whitelaw ( 1956 ), to the President of the Board of Trade
   &nbspGibson-Watt, James David, Baron Gibson-Watt ( 1957 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the War Office
   &nbspLindsay, Robert Alexander, 29th Earl of Crawford ( 1957-1960 ), to the Minister of Housing and Local Government
   &nbspWhitelaw, William Stephen Ian, 1st and last Viscount Whitelaw ( 1957-1958 ), to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
   &nbspBarber, Anthony Perrinott Lysberg, Baron Barber ( 1958-1959 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspChichester-Clark, Robert ( 1958 ), for the Finance Secretary to Treasury
   &nbspBossom, Clive, 2nd Bt. ( 1960-1961 ), to the Joint Parliamentary Secretaries for the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance
   &nbspFerranti, Basil Reginald Vincent Ziani ( 1960-1962 ), to the Minister of State, Home Office
   &nbspRoyle, Anthony Henry Fanshawe, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond ( 1960 ), to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies
   &nbspRoyle, Anthony Henry Fanshawe, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond ( 1960-1962 ), to the Secretary for Air
   &nbspBossom, Clive, 2nd Bt. ( 1962-1964 ), to the Secretary of State for the Air
   &nbspMontagu Douglas Scott, Walter Francis John, 9th Duke of Buccleuch ( 1962-1964 ), to the Secretary of State, Scotland
   &nbspRoyle, Anthony Henry Fanshawe, Baron Fanshawe of Richmond ( 1962-1964 ), to the Minister of Aviation
   &nbspWhitelaw, William Stephen Ian, 1st and last Viscount Whitelaw ( 1962-1964 ), to the Minister of Labour
   &nbspPonsonby, Frederick Edward Neuflize, 10th Earl of Bessborough ( 1963-1964 ), to the Minister of Science
   &nbspBossom, Clive, 2nd Bt. ( 1964 ), to the Ministry of Defence (RAF)
   &nbspBoston, Terence George, Baron Boston of Faversham ( 1964-1966 ), to the Minister of Public Buildings and Works
   &nbspDalyell, Thomas, of the Binns ( 1964-1970 ), to Rt. Hon. R. H. S. Crossman
   &nbspShore, Peter David, Baron Shore of Stepney ( 1965-1966 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspBoston, Terence George, Baron Boston of Faversham ( 1966-1968 ), to the Minister of Power
   &nbspCarmichael, Neil George, Baron Carmichael of Kelvingrove ( 1966-1967 ), to the Minister of Technology
   &nbspArcher, Peter Kingsley, Baron Archer of Sandwell ( 1967-1970 ), to the Attorney-General
   &nbspAshley, Jack, Baron Ashley of Stoke ( 1967-1968 ), to the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs
   &nbspBoston, Terence George, Baron Boston of Faversham ( 1968-1969 ), to the Minister of Transport
   &nbspMolloy, William John, Baron Molloy ( 1969-1970 ), to the Minister of Posts and Telecommunication
   &nbspAstor, John ( 1970 ), to the Minister of Overseas Development
   &nbspBossom, Clive, 2nd Bt. ( 1970-1972 ), to the Home Secretary
   &nbspSpencer-Churchill, Winston ( 1970-1972 ), to the Minister of Housing and Construction
   &nbspCunningham, John Anderson, Baron Cunningham of Felling ( 1972-1976 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspGummer, John Selwyn, Baron Deben ( 1972 ), to the Minister of Agriculture
   &nbspSpencer-Churchill, Winston ( 1972-1973 ), to the Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office
   &nbspAshley, Jack, Baron Ashley of Stoke ( 1974-1976 ), to the Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security
   &nbspDean, Joseph Jabez, Baron Dean of Beswick ( 1974-1977 ), to the Minister of State, Civil Service Department
   &nbspHughes, Royston John, Baron Islwyn ( 1974-1975 ), to the Secretary of State, Transport
   &nbspGow, Ian ( 1979-1983 ), to the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher
   &nbspMiller, Hilary Duppa ( 1979-1981 ), to the Secretary of State, Defence
   &nbspSainsbury, Timothy Alan Davan ( 1979-1983 ), to the Secretary of State for the Environment
   &nbspStewart, Bernard Harold Ian Halley, Baron Stewartby ( 1979-1983 ), to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
   &nbspEvans, John, Baron Evans of Parkside ( 1980-1983 ), to the Leader of the Opposition
   &nbspGarel-Jones, William Armand Thomas Tristan, Baron Garel-Jones ( 1981 ), to the Minister of State, Civil Service Department
   &nbspLee, John Robert Louis, Baron Lee of Trafford ( 1981-1983 ), to the Minister of State for Industry
   &nbspLennox-Boyd, Mark Alexander ( 1981-1983 ), to the Energy Secretary
   &nbspMackay, John Jackson, Baron Mackay of Ardbrecknish ( 1982 ), to the Secretary of State, Scotland
   &nbspDouglas-Hamilton, James Alexander, Baron Selkirk of Douglas ( 1983-1986 ), to the Foreign and Commonwelath Office Minister
   &nbspFoster, Derek, Baron Foster of Bishop Auckland ( 1983-1985 ), to the Leader of the Opposition
   &nbspLee, John Robert Louis, Baron Lee of Trafford ( 1983 ), to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry
   &nbspLennox-Boyd, Mark Alexander ( 1983-1984 ), to Chancellor of the Exchequer
   &nbspNeedham, Richard Francis ( 1983-1984 ), to the Northern Ireland Secretary
   &nbspSainsbury, Timothy Alan Davan ( 1983 ), to the Secretary of State for Defense
   &nbspLennox-Boyd, Mark Alexander ( 1984-1986 ), to the Assistant Government Whip
   &nbspNeedham, Richard Francis ( 1984-1985 ), to the Environment Secretary
   &nbspSoames, Arthur Nicholas Winston, Baron Soames of Fletching ( 1984-1992 ), to Minister for State Employment
   &nbspDouglas-Hamilton, James Alexander, Baron Selkirk of Douglas ( 1986-1987 ), to the Secretary of State [Scotland]    &nbspForsyth, Michael Bruce, Baron Forsyth of Drumlean ( 1986-1987 ), to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
   &nbspLennox-Boyd, Mark Alexander ( 1986-1988 ), to the Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
   &nbspArbuthnot, James Norwich, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom ( 1988-1990 ), to the Minister of State, Armed Forces
   &nbspLennox-Boyd, Mark Alexander ( 1988-1990 ), to the Prime Minister
   &nbspArbuthnot, James Norwich, Baron Arbuthnot of Edrom ( 1990-1992 ), to the Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry
   &nbspBellingham, Henry Campbell, Baron Bellingham ( 1990-1992 ), to the Secretary of State, Transport
   &nbspBellingham, Henry Campbell, Baron Bellingham ( 1992-1995 ), to the Secretary of State, Defence
   &nbspCoe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe ( 1994-1995 ), to the Ministers of State for Defence and for the Armed Forces
   &nbspFaber, David James Christian ( 1994-1996 ), to the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
   &nbspBellingham, Henry Campbell, Baron Bellingham ( 1995-1997 ), to the Secretary of State, Foreign Affairs
   &nbspCoe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe ( 1995-1996 ), to the Deputy Prime Minister
   &nbspFaber, David James Christian ( 1996-1997 ), to the Secretary of State for Health
   &nbspCoe, Sebastian Newbold, Baron Coe ( 1997-2001 ), to the Leader of the Opposition
    Count equals 190 individuals.

Parliamentary Private Secretary (P.P.S.)
   &nbspHamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Basil Sheridan, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ( 1932 ), Parliamentary Under-Secretary to India
   &nbspHamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Basil Sheridan, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ( 1932-1935 ), President of teh Board of Education
   &nbspHamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Basil Sheridan, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ( 1935 ), Secretary of State for War
   &nbspHamilton-Temple-Blackwood, Basil Sheridan, 4th Marquess of Dufferin and Ava ( 1935-1936 ), Lord Privy Seal
    Count equals 4 individuals.

Total count equals 194 individuals.