The Scottish and Scotland Offices

'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.

The Scottish Office, 7 th June 1935 - 14 th May 1940

National Government under Rt Hon Stanley Baldwin, later 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
7 June 1935 New administration	Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins MP, (National Liberal)	Archibald Noel Skelton MP, (Conservative)
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
28 November 1935 Following death of Noel Skelton on 22 nd November 1935	Rt Hon Sir Godfrey Pattison Collins MP, (National Liberal)	David John Colville, later 1 st Lord Clydesmuir, (Conservative)
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
29 October 1936 Reshuffle	Rt Hon Walter Elliot Elliot MP, (Conservative)	Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn MP, later 11 th Earl of Dundee, (Conservative)
National Government under Rt Hon Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
28 May 1937 New administration	Rt Hon Walter Elliot Elliot MP, (Conservative)	Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn MP, later 11 th Earl of Dundee, (Conservative)
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
16 May 1938 Following appointment of Walter Elliot as Secretary of State for Health	Rt Hon John Colville MP, later 1 st Baron Clydesmuir, (Conservative)	Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn MP, later 11 th Earl of Dundee, (Conservative)
Date	Secretary of State	PUSS
6 September 1939 Reshuffle	Rt Hon John Colville MP, later 1 st Baron Clydesmuir, (Conservative)	John McEwan MP, (Conservative)