Minister of Food

The Minister of Food was a British government job separated from that of the Minister of Agriculture from 1939 until 1954. A major task was to oversee food rationing in Britain arising out of the war.

Minister of Food 1939-1954

• William Shepherd Morrison (September 4 1939 - April 3 1940)
• Frederick Marquis, 1st Baron Woolton (April 3 1940 - November 11 1943)
• John Llewellin (November 11 1943 - August 3 1945)
• Sir B. Smith (August 3 1945 - May 27 1946)
• John Strachey (May 27 1946 - February 28 1950)
• M. Webb (February 28 1950 - October 31 1951)
• Gwilym Lloyd George (October 31 1951 - October 18 1954)