* 1865 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis and most of his Cabinet flee the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia.

However, it was a sign of the party's lack of importance that they were not included in the War Cabinet.

At a War Cabinet meeting, held on 31 October 1917, Balfour suggested that a declaration favorable to Zionist aspirations would allow Great Britain " to carry on extremely useful propaganda both in Russia and America "

This declaration, which is always known as the Balfour Declaration, should rather be called " the Milner Declaration ," since Milner was the actual draftsman and was, apparently, its chief supporter in the War Cabinet.

At that time Ormsby-Gore, speaking for the government in Commons, said, " The draft as originally put up by Lord Balfour was not the final draft approved by the War Cabinet.

The particular draft assented to by the War Cabinet and afterwards by the Allied Governments and by the United States ... and finally embodied in the Mandate, happens to have been drafted by Lord Milner.

Churchill chaired the War Cabinet and the Defence Committee.

" A modest man, but then he has so much to be modest about ", is a quote about Attlee that is very commonly ascribed to Churchill ( although Churchill in fact denied saying it, and respected Attlee's service in the War Cabinet ).

Suspension of the writ in Canadian history occurred famously during the October Crisis, during which the War Measures Act was invoked by the Governor General of Canada on the constitutional advice of Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, who had received a request from the Quebec Cabinet.

Monroe made balanced Cabinet choices, naming a southerner, John C. Calhoun, as Secretary of War, and a northerner, John Quincy Adams, as Secretary of State.

When the British cabinet discussed the concept of the League during the First World War, Maurice Hankey, the Cabinet Secretary, circulated a memorandum on the subject.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is similar in name to the Medal of Freedom established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to honor civilian service during World War II, but much closer in meaning and precedence to the Medal for Merit: the Presidential Medal of Freedom is currently the supreme civilian decoration in precedence, whereas the Medal of Freedom was inferior in precedence to the Medal for Merit ; the Medal of Freedom was awarded by any of three Cabinet secretaries, whereas the Medal for Merit was ( and the PMOF is ) awarded by the president.

After the failure of Lord North's ministry ( 1770 – 1782 ) in March 1782 due to Britain's defeat in the American Revolutionary War and the ensuing vote of no confidence by Parliament, the Marquess of Rockingham reasserted the Prime Minister's control over the Cabinet.

He also had some public support for his staying on in the War Cabinet for the duration, which was strongly backed by Sir Maurice Hankey, former WW1 Colonel and member of both WW1 & WW2 War Cabinets.

A special War Cabinet was created ;– initially composed of Menzies and five senior ministers ( RG Casey, GA Street, Senator McLeay, HS Gullet and World War I Prime Minister Billy Hughes ).

In January 1941, Menzies flew to Britain to discuss the weakness of Singapore's defences and sat with Winston Churchill's British War Cabinet.

He at times clashed with Churchill in the War Cabinet, and was unable to achieve significant assurances for increased commitment to Singapore's defences, but undertook morale boosting excursions to war affected cities and factories and was well received by the British press and generally raised awareness in Britain of Australia's contribution to its war effort.

In August, Cabinet decided that Menzies should travel back to Britain to represent Australia in the War Cabinet – but this time the Labor caucus refused to support the plan.

The existence of the Cabinet dates back to the first President of the United States, George Washington, who appointed a Cabinet of four men: Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson ; Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ; Secretary of War Henry Knox ; and Attorney General Edmund Randolph to advise him and to assist him in carrying out his duties.

The inclusion of Curzon, a Cabinet Minister, and other political figures was intended to give the Air Board greater status than the Joint War Air Committee.

The Secretary of War was a member of the United States President's Cabinet, beginning with George Washington's administration.

" Designers Valerie Warrender and Gloria Clayton were given access to the Cabinet Rooms and the State Drawing Rooms.

* Neasden Bunker, Brook Road NW2-alternative Cabinet War Rooms ( open only on Open House London weekend ).

One exception is the famous, and now very popular tourist destination, Cabinet War Rooms, used by Winston Churchill during the Second World War.

Official papers bear a logo based on that of the Cabinet Office with the addition of the words " Briefing Rooms ".

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In 1984 the Cabinet War Rooms, an underground wartime command centre, was opened to the public.

Also during the 1970s the government raised the possibility of the museum taking over the historic Cabinet War Rooms in Whitehall.

The following year, in April 1984, the Cabinet War Rooms were opened to the public as a branch of the museum.

The Cabinet War Rooms opened in 1984, and Imperial War Museum North in 2002.

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The Cabinet War Rooms is an underground complex that served as a British government command centre throughout the Second World War.

In 2005 the War Rooms were rebranded as the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, with 850 m < sup > 2 </ sup > of the site redeveloped as a biographical museum exploring Churchill's life.

He rarely slept in his underground bedroom in the Cabinet War Rooms.

Reconstructed exactly as in the old Number 10 included the following: the garden floor, the door and entrance foyer, the stairway, the hallway to the Cabinet Room, the Cabinet Room, the garden and terrace, the Small and Large State Rooms and the three reception rooms.

The original door was put on display in the Churchill Museum at the Cabinet War Rooms.

The rooms are thought to be conversions of some of the tunnels built as part of the Cabinet War Rooms from the Second World War.

* Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms

The main wartime occupants of the station were the Emergency Railway Committee, but it was also used by Churchill and the war cabinet until the Cabinet War Rooms were ready for use.

Churchill's office-bedroom included BBC broadcasting equipment ; Churchill made four wartime broadcasts from the Cabinet War Rooms.