Conservative government, 1922–1924
The Conservative Government of the United Kingdom that began in 1922 and ended in 1924 consisted of two ministries: the Law ministry and then the first Baldwin ministry.
Bonar Law
Stanley Baldwin
Bonar Law led the British Government from 1922–1923 and was succeeded by Stanley Baldwin.
Baldwin led the Government through 1924. He resigned after losing the confidence of the House of Commons.
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929, and from June 1935 to May 1937.
Portrait by Walter Stoneman, 1920
Astley Hall near Stourport On Severn, Baldwin's home between 1902 and 1947
Baldwin, unknown date
W. L. Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada (left) and Baldwin at the Imperial Conference, October 1926