APPENDIX I

Members of the Air Council, 1934–1941

	Date of Appointment
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Londonderry, K.G., P.C., M.V.O.	9th November 1931
The Rt. Hon. Viscount Swinton, P.C., G.B.E., M.C.	7th June 1935
The Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley Wood, M.P.	16th May 1938
The Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel J. G. Hoare, Bart., G.C.S.I., G.B.E., C.M.G., M.P.	5th April 1940
The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald Sinclair, Bart., K.T., C.M.G., M.P.	11th May 1940
PARLIAMENTARY UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR
The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D. Sassoon, Bart., G.B.E., G.M.G., M.P.	3rd September 1931
Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Muirhead, M.C., M.P.	28th May 1937
Captain The Rt. Hon. H. H. Balfour, M.C., M.P.	16th May 1938
Lord Sherwood (Under-Secretary of State, House of Lords)	22nd July 1941
CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward L. Ellington, G.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E.	22nd May 1933
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, G.C.B., C.M.G, C.B.E., A.M.	1st September 1937
Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A. Portal, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	25th October 1940
AIR MEMBER FOR PERSONNEL
Air Marshal Sir Frederick W. Bowhill, K.C.B, C.M.G, D.S.O.	31st July 1933
Air Marshal Sir William G. S. Mitchell, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.C., A.F.C.	1st July 1937
Air Marshal C. F. A. Portal, C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	1st February 1939
Air Marshal E. L. Gossage, C.B., C.V.O., D.S.O., M.C.	3rd April 1940
Air Marshal P. Babington, C.B., M.C., A.F.C.	1st December 1940
AIR MEMBER FOR SUPPLY AND ORGANIZATION
Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril L. N. Newall, K.C.B., C.M.G., C.B.E., A.M.	14th January 1935
Air Marshal W. L. Walsh, C.B., D.S.C., A.F.C.	1st September 1937
Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher L. Courtney, K.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O.	15th January 1940

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	Date of Appointment
AIR MEMBER FOR TRAINING
Air Marshal A. G. R. Garrod, C.B., O.B.E., M.C., D.F.C.	8th July 1940
AIR MEMBER FOR SUPPLY AND RESEARCH1
Air Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding, K.C.B., C.M.G.	1st September 1930
AIR MEMBER FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Air Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding, K.C.B., C.M.G.	14th January 1935
Air Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	1st April 1936
AIR MEMBER FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	1st August 1938
SECRETARY OF THE AIR MINISTRY2
Sir Christopher Ll. Bullock, K.C.B., C.B.E.	20th January 1931
Colonel Sir Donald Banks, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	9th August 1936
PERMANENT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AIR
Colonel Sir Donald Banks, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.	March 1938
Sir Arthur W. Street, K.C.B., K.B.E., C.M.G., C.I.E., M.C.	1st June 1939
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
The Rt. Hon. Earl Winterton, M.P. (Deputy to the Secretary of State for Air)	14th March 1938–15th May 1938
E. J. H. Lemon, Esq., O.B.E. M.I.MECH.E. (Director-General of Production)	Aug. 1938–April 1940
Sir Arthur W. Street, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G., C.I.E., M.C. (Acting Permanent Under-Secretary of State)	19th January–31st May 1939
Sir Harold G. Howitt, D.S.O., M.C., F.C.A.	18th September 1939 onwards
Sir Charles Craven, O.B.E. (Civil Member for Development and Production)	1st May–Nov. 1940
Air Marshal Sir Richard E. C. Peirse, K.C.B., D.S.O., A.F.C.
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff	30th October 1939–21st April 1940
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff	22nd April 1940–4th October 1940

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	Date of Appointment
Sir Henry Tizard, K.C.B., A.F.C., F.R.S.	June 1941 onwards
Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid R. Freeman, K.C.B., D.S.O., M.C.
Representing Ministry of Aircraft Production	August–Nov. 1940
Vice-Chief of the Air Staff	Nov. 1940–Oct. 1942
Air Marshal F. J. Linnell, C.B., O.B.E. (Controller of Research and Development, Ministry of Aircraft Production)	5th June 1941 onwards

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Footnotes

¹ This appointment became Air Member for Research and Development (14th January 1935) which in turn became Air Member for Development and Production (1st August 1938). The appointment ceased after the formation of the Ministry of Aircraft Production.

² Designated Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air, March 1938.