STC373158 Government in Crisis: forming a National Cabinet as requested by King George V (pictured in the garden at No 10 Downing Street) 1931 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On steps, from left: Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) First ever Labour Prime Minister in 1924 and also PM 1929-35; James Henry Thomas (1874-1949) Labour politician made Secretary of State for Domninions in 1930; Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935) Foreign Secretary in 1931; Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947) Conservative politician, three times Prime Minister, Lord President in 1931; Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden (1864-1937) Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer; At top of stairs, from left: Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) Home Secretary in 1931; Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1937-40, Samuel Hoare (1880-1959) Conservative politican; John Sankey (1866-1948) Labour politician; Ramsay Macdonald formed a National Governement with Conservatives and Liberals which was seen as treachery by the Labour Party;); The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright.