The Scottish and Scotland Offices


saltire shield'The conflict that will determine Scotland's future is the antipathy between the Nationalists and Labour, between those whose model of sovereignty is the Scottish people and those whose loyalty lies with the Crown and Westminster.'
Parcel of Rogues, Channel 4 Television, April 1998.
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The Scottish Office, 6 th November 1924 - 7 th June 1929

Conservative Government under Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin, later 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Date Scottish Secretary PS Health for Scotland
6 November 1924
New administration
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt MP Walter Elliot Elliot MP
Sir John Gilmour Walter Elliot Elliot

Date Secretary of State PS Health for Scotland
15 th July 1926
Following coversion of post of Scottish Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland with a seat on the cabinet
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt MP Walter Elliot Elliot MP
Sir John Gilmour Walter Elliot Elliot

Date Secretary of State PUSS
26 th July 1926
Following coversion of post of Parliamentary Secretary for Health for Scotland to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour Bt MP Walter Elliot Elliot MP
Sir John Gilmour Walter Elliot Elliot

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