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| 1931 i | Earl Under Secretary-Foreign Off Robert Anthony Eden 1931-1934 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1934 i | Earl Lord Privy Seal Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| 1934 7th June | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Minister of the League of Nations |
| 1934 5th July | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Armament Britain | Speaks up in favour of British rearmament at a speech made in Stoke-on-Trent |
| 1934 28th May | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | Geneva Great Britain |
| Conference Disarmament | Final day of the conference but the French & German positions are irreconcilable |
| 1934 i | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Approves of Russia's membership of the League of Nations |
| 1934 17th April | Earl Under Secretary Robert Anthony Eden 1931-1934 | London Great Britain |
| Armament Germany | Attempts a 4 power convention for a rearmament settlement with the Germans |
| 1934 17th April | Earl Under Secretary Robert Anthony Eden 1931-1934 | London Great Britain |
| Armament Germany | The French refuse to negotiate & allow any increase in German arms |
| 1934 i | Minister-Transport Oliver Stanley 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Stanley | Appointed Minister of Transport |
| 1934 26th March | Minister-Transport Oliver Stanley 1934-1935 | Great Britain |
| Reform Driving Tests | Driving tests become mandatory |
| 1934 i | President-Saarland Comm Geoffrey Knox | Saarland Great Britain |
| Rule Saarland | Protests against Nazi hostile broadcasts & illegal detention of Saarland inhabitants |
| 1935 7th June | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Minister without Portfolio for the League of Nations |
| 1935 25th March | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Berlin Great Britain |
| Communique London | Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Commuique agreed with France |
| 1935 25th March | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Meets Hitler to discuss the terms of the London Commuique agreed with France |
| 1935 19th October | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Invasion Abyssinia | Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia |
| 1935 3rd December | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Saarland Great Britain |
| Referendum Saarland | Gains government support for an international peacekeeping force in the Saarland |
| 1935 6th December | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Saarland Great Britain |
| Referendum Saarland | Laval accepts Eden's offer of a British led peacekeeping force in the Saarland |
| 1935 i | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Great Britain |
| Sanctions Italy | Rallies the Assembly of the League of Nations against Italy if Abyssinia is invaded |
| 1935 19th October | Earl Minister-League of Nations Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Sanctions Italy | Britain supports the League of Nations sanctions against Italy for invading Abyssinia |
| 1935 i | Earl Trustee-National Gallery Robert Anthony Eden 1934-1935 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Trustee of the National Gallery |
| 1935 i | President-Saarland Comm Geoffrey Knox | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Knox | Appointed President of the Governing Commission for the Saarland Plebiscite |
| 1935 23rd November | President-Saarland Comm Geoffrey Knox | Saarland Great Britain |
| Referendum Saarland | Fears the Germans will use the strategy used in Austria when Dolfuss was assassinated |
| 1935 23rd November | President-Saarland Comm Geoffrey Knox | Saarland Great Britain |
| Referendum Saarland | Requests 2,000 troops to control the Saarland |
| 1936 i | Deputy Under Secretary Alexander Cadogan 1936-1937 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Cadogan | Appointed Deputy Unser Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1936 i | Viscount Minister-Agric & Fisheries Morrison 1936-1939 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Minister of Agriculture & Fisheries |
| 1937 i | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Foreign Minister, 2nd term |
| 1937 December | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Armament Britain | Supports a "genaral settlement" with Germany including a disarmament & a Western pact |
| 1937 16th November | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Armament Britain | Protests to Chamberlain about Halifax's visit to Germany |
| 1937 10th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | Mediterranean Powers discuss protection of shipping during the Spanish Civil War |
| 1937 9th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | Italy & Germany refuse to attend the conference, Eden promises to keep them informed |
| 1937 11th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | 9 powers agree Britain & France will patrol Mediterranean trade with 60 destroyers |
| 1937 11th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | The Eastern countries will patrol their own shores |
| 1937 14th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | Proposes submarine patrols to protect neutral vessels off Spain, France & Spain agree |
| 1937 14th September | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Nyon Great Britain |
| Conference Nyon | The Nyon powers sign decisions agreed at the conference, without Mussolini |
| 1937 December | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Supports a "genaral settlement" with Germany including a disarmament & a Western pact |
| 1937 17th August | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Calls a Council of Ministers after Italian submarines attack oil tankers |
| 1937 i | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Great Britain |
| Treaty Mediterranean | Makes a "gentlemen's agreement" with Ciano about the Mediterranean balance of power |
| 1937 i | Earl Prime Minister-Britain Stanley Baldwin 1935-1937 | London Great Britain |
| Dismissal Hoare Great Brita | Dismisses his Foreign Secretary in order to save his administration |
| 1937 i | Earl Prime Minister-Britain Stanley Baldwin 1935-1937 | Great Britain |
| Rule Aden | Aden becomes a crown colony |
| 1938 i | Baron Chief Diplomatic Adviser Vansittart 1938-1941 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Vansittart | Appointed Chief Diplomatic Adviser |
| 1938 19th February | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Resignation Eden | Eden offers Chamberlain his resignation, Chamberlain agrees to "sleep on the matter" |
| 1938 20th February | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | London Great Britain |
| Resignation Eden | Resigns over Chamberlain's relations with Italy but generally critical of appeasement |
| 1938 October | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1935-1938 | Munich Germany Great Britain |
| Treaty Munich Agreement | Abstains in the Commons on the Munich Agreement vote |
| 1938 i | Permanent Under Secretary Alexander Cadogan 1938-1946 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Cadogan | Appointed Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1938 i | Under Secretary-Foreign Off Warren Fisher | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Fisher | Appointed Under Secretary at the Foreign Office |
| 1939 i | Earl Secretary-Dominions Robert Anthony Eden 1939-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Dominions Secretary |
| 1939 23rd August | Neville Henderson | London Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Hands over a letter to Hitler from Chamberlain saying that Britain will defend Poland |
| 1939 9th May | Prime Minister-Britain Neville Chamberlain 1937-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Resignation Chamberlain | Appeals for unity & invites Greenwood & Attlee to join the government with him as PM |
| 1939 i | Secretary State-Air Kingsley Wood | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Wood | Appointed Secretary of State for Air |
| 1939 i | Viscount Minister-Dominions Thomas Inskip 1939-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Inskip | Appointed Minister for the Dominions |
| 1940 15th May | Attorney General Donald Somerville | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Somerville | Appointed Attorney General |
| 1940 i | Baron Minister-Aircraft William Maxwell Aitken 1940-1941 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Aitken | Appointed Minister of Aircraft Production |
| 1940 14th May | Baron Minister-Economic Warfare Dalton | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Dalton | Appointed Minister for Economic Warfare |
| 1940 11th May | Baron Minister-Supply Morrison 1940-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Minister of Supply |
| 1940 i | Baron Minister-Supply Morrison 1940-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Foundation Fire Service | Founds the National Fire Service |
| 1940 4th October | Baron Secretary-Home Morrison 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Home Secretary |
| 1940 4th October | Baron Secretary-Home Morrison 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Bombing London | Former Leader of the London County Council, useful during the blitz |
| 1940 i | Earl Lord Privy Seal Clement Richard Attlee 1940-1942 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Attlee | Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| 1940 11th May | Earl Member-War Cabinet Clement Richard Attlee | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Attlee | Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
| 1940 11th May | Earl Member-War Cabinet Edward Frederick Lindley Wood | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Wood | Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
| 1940 i | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Foreign Minister, 3rd term |
| 1940 May | Earl Secretary-War Robert Anthony Eden 1940-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Eden | Appointed Secretary for War, May-December |
| 1940 11th May | First Lord of the Admiralty Albert Alexander 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Alexander | Appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, 2nd term |
| 1940 i | Leader-House of Commons Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1942 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Churchill | Appointed Leader of the House of Commons |
| 1940 i | Lord President-Council Neville Chamberlain 1940-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Chamberlain | Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| 1940 11th May | Lord President-Council Neville Chamberlain 1940-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Chamberlain | Given 11 Downing St as part of his appointment as Lord President |
| 1940 11th May | Member-War Cabinet Neville Chamberlain | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Chamberlain | Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
| 1940 14th May | Minister-Agriculture Robert Hudson | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Hudson | Appointed Minister for Agriculture |
| 1940 i | Minister-Defence Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Churchill | Appointed Minister of Defense |
| 1940 10th May | Minister-Defense Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Churchill | Appointed Minister of Defence |
| 1940 11th May | Minister-Labour Ernest Bevin 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Bevin | Appointed Minister of Labour & National Service |
| 1940 14th May | Minister-Shipping Ronald Cross | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Cross | Appointed Minister for Shipping |
| 1940 14th May | Minister-Transport John Reith | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Reith | Appointed Minister for Transport |
| 1940 3rd October | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Bevan | Churchill appoints Ernest Bevin as Minister of |
| 1940 10th May | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Churchill | Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1st term |
| 1940 14th May | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Foundation Home Guard | Eden announces the formation of the Home Guard |
| 1940 20th May | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | Dunkirk Great Britain |
| Operation Dynamo | Orders the Admiralty to round up shipping in order to evacuate the BEF |
| 1940 i | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Policy Food Rationing | Opposes food rationing, encourages the Ministry of Food to increase imports |
| 1940 13th May | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Speech Churchill | In the Commons says "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat" |
| 1940 13th May | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Vote Confidence | Wins a unanimous vote of confidence from the Commons for the new administration |
| 1940 14th May | Secretary-Scotland Ernest Brown | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Brown | Appointed Secretary of State for Scotland |
| 1940 i | Secretary-War Cabinet Edward Bridges | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Bridges | Appointed Secretary to the War Cabinet |
| 1940 15th May | Solicitor General William Jowitt | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Jowitt | Appointed Solicitor General |
| 1940 i | Viscount Lord Chancellor-Britain Thomas Inskip 1939-1940 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Inskip | Appointed Lord Chancellor |
| 1940 i | Viscount Postmaster General Morrison 1940-1942 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Postmaster General |
| 1940 11th May | Viscount Secretary State-Air Sinclair 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Sinclair | Appointed Secretary of State for Air |
| 1941 i | Baron Minister-Supply William Maxwell Aitken 1941-1942 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Aitken | Appointed Minister of Aircraft Production |
| 1941 i | Baron Secretary-Home Morrison 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Ban Daily Worker | Persuades the War Cabinet to have the Daily Worker suppressed |
| 1941 i | Baron Vansittart 1938-1941 | London Great Britain |
| Peerage Vansittart | Created Baron Denham, 1st |
| 1942 22nd November | Baron Member-War Cabinet Morrison 1942-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Member of the War Cabinet |
| 1942 i | Baron President-Board of Trade Dalton 1942-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Dalton | Appointed President of the Board of Trade |
| 1942 i | Earl Deputy Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee 1942-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Attlee | Appointed Deputy Prime Minister, serves under Winston Churchill |
| 1942 i | Earl Secretary-Dominions Clement Richard Attlee 1942-1943 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Attlee | Appointed Dominions Secretary |
| 1943 i | Baron Lord Privy Seal William Maxwell Aitken 1943-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Aitken | Appointed Lord Privy Seal |
| 1943 i | Earl Lord President-Council Clement Richard Attlee 1943-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Attlee | Appointed Lord President of the Council |
| 1943 i | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1940-1945 | Istanbul Great Britain |
| Diplomacy | Tries to get Turkish alliance with a Balkan bloc, Russia dissaproves & Eden withdraws |
| 1943 2nd December | Minister-Labour Ernest Bevin 1940-1945 | Great Britain |
| Conscription Mines | Bevin announces conscription to coal mines |
| 1943 21st March | Prime Minister-Britain Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Speech Churchill | Makes a public broadcast outlining plans for a post-war Britain |
| 1943 i | Viscount Minister-Planning Morrison 1943-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Appointment Morrison | Appointed Minister of Planning |
| 1944 16th June | Earl Minister-Foreign Robert Anthony Eden 1940-1945 | London Great Britain |
| Trail War Crimes | Draws up a list of 33 top German war criminals |