England Objects to the Treaty of Versailles, June 1, 1919

Journal of Liberal History

On This Day

24 August 1931

Formation of the National Government

In the wake of the financial crisis which led to the fall of the second Labour government, Ramsay MacDonald obtains King George V’s consent to form an all-party National Government and Liberal leader Sir Herbert Samuel and Rufus Isaacs (Lord Reading) agree to become members of the cabinet. They are formally appointed Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary respectively over the next two days.