"Preceded by
Alfred Scott","Member of Parliament for Ashton-under-Lyne
1910–1916","Succeeded by
Albert Stanley"
"New office","Minister of Information
1918","Succeeded by
The Lord Downham"
"Preceded by
Sir Frederick Cawley","Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
1918","Succeeded by
The Lord Downham"
"New office","Minister of Aircraft Production
1940–1941","Succeeded by
John Moore-Brabazon"
"Preceded by
Sir Andrew Duncan","Minister of Supply
1941–1942","Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Duncan"
"New office","Minister of War Production
1942","Succeeded by
Oliver Lyttelton
as Minister of Production"
"Preceded by
Viscount Cranborne","Lord Privy Seal
1943–1945","Succeeded by
Arthur Greenwood"
"New creation","Baron Beaverbrook
1917–1964","Succeeded by
John William Maxwell Aitken"
"New creation","Baronet(of Cherkley) 
1916–1964","Succeeded by
John William Maxwell Aitken"