The Minister of Supply was a position in the British Government which existed to co-ordinate the supplying of equipment to the armed forces.
The position was campaigned for by many sceptics of the foreign policy of the National Government in the 1930s before finally being created in 1939. The position was wound up in 1959.
Minister of Supply 1939-1959
- Leslie Burgin (July 14, 1939 - May 12, 1940)
- Herbert Stanley Morrison (May 12, 1940 - October 3, 1940)
- Sir Andrew Duncan (October 3, 1940 - June 29, 1941)
- Lord Beaverbrook (June 29, 1941 - February 4, 1942)
- Sir Andrew Duncan (February 4, 1942 - July 26, 1945)
- John Wilmot (August 3, 1945 - October 7, 1947)
- George Strauss (October 7, 1947 - October 26, 1951)
- Duncan Sandys (October 31, 1951 - October 18, 1954)
- Selwyn Lloyd (October 18, 1954 - April 7, 1955)
- Reginald Maudling (April 7, 1955 - January 16, 1957)
- Aubrey Jones (January 16, 1957 - October 22, 1959)
