When were Education Secretaries born? By lmcinerney Oct 13, 1889 Florence Horsbrugh (Conservative 1951 - 54) Mar 21, 1890 George Tomlinson (Labour: 1947 - 51) Oct 8, 1891 Ellen Wilkinson (Labour: 1945 - 47) Feb 27, 1901 Richard Law (Conservative: 1945) Jan 17, 1902 Geoffrey Lloyd: (Conservative 1957-59) Dec 9, 1902 R.A. Butler (Conservative: 1941-45) Sep 18, 1904 David Eccles (Conservative: 1954-57 & 1959-62) Nov 6, 1906 Michael Stewart (Labour: 1964-65) Apr 7, 1907 Patrick Gordon Walker (Labour: 1967-68) Oct 9, 1907 Quintin Hogg (Conservative: 1957 & 1964) Dec 17, 1912 Edward Short (Labour 1968-70) Jan 17, 1918 Keith Joseph (Conservative: 1981-86) Jul 3, 1918 Fred Mulley (Labour: 1975-76) Aug 29, 1918 Anthony Crosland (Labour: 1965-67) Aug 31, 1923 Edward Boyle (Conservative: 1962-64) Oct 13, 1925 Margaret Thatcher (Conservative: 1970 - 74) Jul 7, 1929 Mark Carlisle (Conservative: 1979-81) Jul 27, 1930 Shirley Williams (Labour: 1976-79) Nov 3, 1934 Kenneth Baker (Conservative: 1986-89) Feb 14, 1937 John MacGregor (Conservative: 1989-90) Jan 22, 1940 Gillian Shephard (Conservative: 1994-97) Jul 2, 1940 Ken Clarke (Conservative: 1990-92) Jul 17, 1945 John Patten (Conservative: 1992-94) Jun 6, 1947 David Blunkett (Labour: 1997-2001) May 17, 1950 Alan Johnson (Labour: 2006-07) Sep 21, 1950 Charles Clarke (Labour: 2002-04) Jun 17, 1952 Estelle Morris (Labour 2001-02) Feb 25, 1967 Ed Balls (Labour: 2007-10) Aug 26, 1967 Michael Gove (Conservative: 2010-) May 9, 1968 Ruth Kelly (Labour: 2004-06)