Ministry of Food

Ministry of Food
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The Minister of Food Control (1916-1921) and the Minister of Food (1939-1954) were British government Ministerial posts separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture. A major task of the latter office was to oversee food rationing in Britain arising out of World War II.

Minister of Food Control 1916-1921

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	Entered office	Left office	Political party
The Lord Devonport	10 December 1916	19 June 1917	Liberal
The Lord Rhondda	19 June 1917	9 July 1918	Liberal
John Robert Clynes	9 July 1918	10 January 1919	Labour
George Roberts	10 January 1919	19 March 1920	Labour
Charles McCurdy	19 March 1920	31 March 1921	Liberal

Minister of Food 1939-1958

	Entered office	Left office	Political party
Rt Hon W S Morrison (later Lord Dunrossil)	September 4, 1939	April 3, 1940	Conservative
Rt Hon Baron Woolton	April 3, 1940	November 11, 1943	Independent
Colonel the Rt Hon J J Llewellin (later Lord Llewellin)	November 11, 1943	July 26, 1945	Conservative
Sir Ben Smith	August 3, 1945	May 26, 1946	Labour
Rt Hon John Strachey	May 27, 1946	February 28, 1950	Labour
Rt Hon Maurice Webb	February 28, 1950	October 26, 1951	Labour
Major the Rt Hon Gwilym Lloyd-George (later Lord Tenby)	October 31, 1951	October 18, 1954	Conservative
Rt Hon Derick Heathcoat-Amory (later Lord Amory) (Combined the separate posts of Minister of Agiculture & Fisheries and Minister of Food, pending the merger of 1955)	October, 1951	January, 1958	Conservative

Reference

For Minister of Food 1939-1958: Foreman, Susan. "Appendix A", Loaves and fishes : an illustrated history of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, 1889-1989. London: HMSO, p. 127. ISBN 9780112428237. OCLC 20525761.

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