Cliveden visitors in 2017. As home of Nancy Astor, Cliveden was the meeting place of the Cliveden Set of the 1920s and 30s—a group of political intellectuals. Later, during the early 1960s, it became the setting for key events of the notorious Profumo Affair. During the 1970s, it was occupied by Stanford University, which used it as an overseas campus. Today the house is leased by the National Trust as a five-star hotel. Cliveden means "valley among cliffs" and refers to the dene (valley) which cuts through part of the estate, east of the house. Cliveden has been spelled differently over
Secretary of State for Transport subsumed by the Department for the Environment, headed by the Secretary of State for the Environment from 15 October 1970 to 10 September 1976. Colour key (for political parties): The junior ministers responsible for transport within the Department for the Environment: The Department for Transport was recreated as a separate department by James Callaghan in 1976. Colour key (for political parties): Not an official member of the cabinet. Colour key (for political parties): Colour key (for political parties): The super-department Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions was created in 1997 for Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott. Colour key