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 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry as president in the Balfour government in August 1902 the post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was established.
Under the provisions of the Education Act 1944, which was promoted by James Chuter Ede as Parliamentary Secretary (with Rab Butler as President) during the Churchill war ministry, the Board was in turn replaced by the Ministry of Education in August 1944. The post of Parliamentary Secretary to the Board was accordingly replaced by the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education. Chuter Ede remained in that position until the War coalition was dissolved in May 1945. pp. 153-9
Parliamentary Secretaries to the Board of Education, 1902-1944
Name Entered office Left officeSir William Anson, 3rd Baronet 11 August 1902 1905 Thomas Lough 1905 1908 Thomas McKinnon Wood 1908 1908 Charles Trevelyan 1908 1914 Christopher Addison 1914 1915 Herbert Lewis 1915 1923 Lord Eustace Percy 1923 1923 Richard Onslow, 5th Earl of Onslow 1923 1924 Morgan Jones 1924 1924 Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl 1924 1929 Morgan Jones 1929 1931 Sir Kingsley Wood 1931 1931 Herwald Ramsbotham 1931 1935 Herbrand Sackville, 9th Earl De La Warr 1935 1936 Geoffrey Shakespeare 1936 1937 Kenneth Lindsay 1937 1940 James Chuter Ede 1940 3 August 1944
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