Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply explained

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply was a role in the Government of the United Kingdom.[1] The office was abolished on 22 October 1959.

List of officeholders

OfficeDatesPartyPrime MinisterMinistry
John Llewellin14 July 1939 – 1940ConservativeNeville Chamberlain & Winston ChurchillNational Government, Chamberlain war ministry
Harold Macmillan15 May 1940 – 4 February 1942ConservativeWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
Lord Portal4 September 1940 – 22 February 1942ConservativeWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
Ralph Assheton4 February 1942 – 7 February 1943ConservativeWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
Charles Peat4 March 1942 – 22 March 1945ConservativeWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
Duncan Sandys7 February 1943 – 21 November 1944ConservativeWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
John Wilmot21 November 1944 – 23 May 1945LabourWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
James de Rothschild22 March 1945 – 23 May 1945LabourWinston ChurchillChurchill war ministry
William Leonard4 August 1945 – 7 October 1947LabourClement AttleeAttlee ministry
Arthur Woodburn1 April 1946 – 7 October 1947LabourClement AttleeAttlee ministry
John Freeman7 October 1947 – 23 April 1951LabourClement AttleeAttlee ministry
John Henry Jones7 October 1947 – 2 March 1950LabourClement AttleeAttlee ministry
Michael Stewart2 May 1951 – 26 October 1951LabourClement AttleeAttlee ministry
Toby Low3 November 1951ConservativeWinston ChurchillThird Churchill ministry
Sir Edward Boyle28 July 1954ConservativeWinston ChurchillThird Churchill ministry
Frederick Erroll7 April 1955ConservativeAnthony EdenEden ministry
Ian Harvey11 November 1956ConservativeAnthony EdenEden ministry
William Taylor18 January 1957ConservativeHarold MacmillanConservative government, 1957–1964

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministry Of Supply Volume 376: debated on Wednesday 17 December 1941 . UK parliament.

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