London, Jan. 28.
The following changes in the British Cabinet were officially announced today:
Lord Chatfield, Admiral of the Fleet, to be Minister for the Ca-ordination of Defence; Sir Thomas Inskip to be Secretary of State for the Dominions; Major Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith to be Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries; Mr. W. S. Morrison to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
Lord Winterton, former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who has now been replaced by Mr. W. S. Morrison, pecumes Paymaster General, supplanting the Earl of Munster. Mr. Morrison will assist Lord Chatfield, and represent him in the House of Commons.
Lord Chatüeld, who succeeds Sir Thomas Inskip as Minister for the Ca-ordination of Defence, was First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1933 to 1938. He achieved the rank of Admiral in 1930, Admiral of the Fleet in 1935, was Third Sea Lor: and Controller of the Navy from 1925 to 1928, Comraander-in-Ch: ef, Atlantic Fleet, from 1929 to 1930, and Com-ni ander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Fleet from 1930 to 1932, The other newcomer to the Cabinet, Major Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith, who succeeds Mr. W. S. Morrison as Minister of Agriculture and Fisher has represented the Petersfield Divi-ince 1935, He was ident of the National Farmers' from 1931-35.
The appointment of Sir Thomas Inskip as Dominion: Secretary separates the Dominions and Colonial Ofices. Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, who has been-hoüng both posts, will re-n in the Colonial office, and, in this capacity, he will continue to deal with the Palestine question.
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