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, 25 th August 1931 - 7 th June 1935

National Government under Rt Hon James Ramsay MacDonald
Date Secretary of State PUSS
25 August 1931
New administration
Rt Hon Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair Bt MP, later 1 st Viscount Thurso, (Liberal) Archibald Noel Skelton MP, (Conservative)
Sir Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair Archibald Noel Skelton MP

Date Secretary of State PUSS
28 September 1932
Following resignation of Sir Archibald Sinclair over tariff agreements
Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins MP, (Liberal National) Archibald Noel Skelton MP, (Conservative)
Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins Archibald Noel Skelton MP

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