Minister of Supply

The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces. The position was campaigned for by many sceptics of the foreign policy of the National Government in the 1930s before ultimately being created in 1939.

During World War II there was a separate Ministry of Aircraft Production; the first minister Beaverbrook later became Minister of Supply. When W. A. Robotham was Chief Engineer of Tank Design in the Ministry of Supply, he demanded sound manganese steel castings for tank tracks, as a broken track could be a death warrant for the crew. The Beaver "rightly" accused him of holding up production, and took a poor view of Robotham's observation "that they had enough unreliable tanks to last us the rest of the war!". In July 1941, 25% of British tanks were immobilised from mechanical failure, although there was no enemy action in the theatres of war! [1]

The Ministry of Aircraft Production was amalgamated into the Ministry of Supply in July 1945.

In the post-war governments, the Ministry became increasingly unpopular with economy-minded Conservatives, who objected to it as a redundant middle-man. This point of view was shared by Reginald Maudling, who served as the Minister under Anthony Eden and refused to continue in office under Harold Macmillan, who had served in a junior role in the Ministry and believed in it. Nevertheless, he agreed to wind it up in 1959.

Minister of Supply 1939–1959

Portrait Name Term of office Political party Government
Leslie Burgin
MP for Luton 		14 July
1939 		12 May
1940 		Liberal National National IV
(Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)
Chamberlain War
(Cons.–Lab.Nat.–Lib.Nat.)
Herbert Morrison
MP for Hackney South 		12 May
1940 		3 October
1940 		Labour Churchill War
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan
MP for City of London 		3 October
1940 		29 June
1941 		National
Max Aitken
1st Baron Beaverbrook 		29 June
1941 		4 February
1942 		Conservative
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan
MP for City of London 		4 February
1942 		26 July
1945 		National
Churchill Caretaker
John Wilmot
MP for Deptford 		3 August
1945 		7 October
1947 		Labour Attlee
(I & II)
George Strauss
MP for Lambeth North before 1950
MP for Vauxhall after 1950 		7 October
1947 		26 October
1951 		Labour
Duncan Sandys
MP for Streatham 		31 October
1951 		18 October
1954 		Conservative Churchill III
Selwyn Lloyd
MP for The Wirral 		18 October
1954 		7 April
1955 		Conservative
Reginald Maudling
MP for Barnet 		7 April
1955 		16 January
1957 		Conservative Eden
Aubrey Jones
MP for Birmingham Hall Green 		16 January
1957 		22 October
1959 		Conservative Macmillan I

Further reading

  • Robotham, William Arthur (1970). Silver Ghosts and Silver Dawn. London: Constable.

References

  1. ^ Robotham 1970, pp. 143, 178, 179.

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