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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Defunct United Kingdom cabinet position

Field	Value
post	United Kingdom
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
insignia	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (St Edwards Crown).svg
insigniacaption	Royal Arms of HM Government
image	Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh.jpg
imagecaption	**Longest serving
Tom Williams**
3 August 1945 – 26 October 1951
department	Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
type	Minister of the Crown
member_of
reports_to	The Prime Minister
seat	Westminster
nominator	The Prime Minister
appointer	The Monarch
appointer_qualified	(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
termlength	At His Majesty's pleasure
first	Peter Walker
formation	9 September 1889
last	Nick Brown
abolished	27 March 2002

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Tom Williams** 3 August 1945 – 26 October 1951 The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a United Kingdom cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The post was originally named President of the Board of Agriculture and was created in 1889. In 1903, an Act was passed to transfer to the new styled Board of Agriculture and Fisheries certain powers and duties relating to the fishing industry, and the post was renamed President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries.

In 1919, it was renamed Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. In 1954, the separate position of Minister of Food was merged into the post and it was renamed Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.

On 8 June 2001, the Ministry merged with Secretary of State for the Environment into the office of Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. However, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was not formally abolished until The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Dissolution) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/794) came into force on 27 March 2002.

Until the Dissolution Order also made the necessary amendments to the law when it did come into force, many statutory functions were still vested in the holder of the office of Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, rather in the Secretary of State at large. For that reason, in a final twist, Margaret Beckett had to be appointed formally as the last Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as well as becoming the first Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

The position was the last cabinet role (except that of Prime Minister) in the United Kingdom government to bear the 'Minister' title; since its abolition, heads of all government departments have been Secretaries of State. The title continues to be used for junior ranking ministers in charge of sub-portfolios, styled Ministers of State.

List of Agriculture Ministers and Board Presidents

Presidents of the Board of Agriculture (1889–1903)

Post created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Ministry
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Review of reviews and world's work (1890) (14594862499).jpg	75px]]	Henry Chaplin
MP for Sleaford
(1840–1923)	9 September
1889	11 August
1892
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Herbert Gardner, Vanity Fair, 1886-04-07.jpg	75px]]	Herbert Gardner
MP for Saffron Walden
(1846–1921)	25 August
1892	21 June
1895
	Rosebery
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Lord Long .jpg	75px]]	Walter Long
MP for Liverpool West Derby
(1854–1924)	4 July
1895	16 November
1900
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Robert Hanbury.JPG	75px]]	Robert William Hanbury
MP for Preston
(1845–1903)	16 November
1900	28 April
1903
	Balfour
(Con.–Lib.U.)

Presidents of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries (1903–1919)

Board of Agriculture superseded by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1903.

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Ministry
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Lord Onslows.jpg	75px]]	William Onslow
4th Earl of Onslow
(1853–1911)	19 May
1903	12 March
1905
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Ailwyn Fellowes.JPG	75px]]	Ailwyn Fellowes
MP for Ramsey
(1855–1924)	12 March
1905	4 December
1905
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:1stMarquessOfLincolnshire.jpg	75px]]	Charles Wynn-Carington
1st Earl Carrington
(1843–1928)	10 December
1905	23 October
1911
Asquith
(I–III)
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Portrait of Walter Runciman, 1st Viscount Runciman of Doxford.jpg	75px]]	Walter Runciman
MP for Dewsbury
(1870–1949)	23 October
1911	6 August
1914
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		[[File:The Lord Lucas.jpg	75px]]	Auberon Herbert
9th Baron Lucas
(1876–1916)	6 August
1914	25 May
1915
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne.png	75px]]	William Palmer
2nd Earl of Selborne
(1859–1942)	25 May
1915	11 July
1916
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Crawford27.JPG	75px]]	David Lindsay
27th Earl of Crawford
(1871–1940)	11 July
1916	10 December
1916
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Rowland Edmund Prothero.jpg	75px]]	Rowland Prothero
MP for Oxford University
(1851–1937)	10 December
1916	15 August
1919

Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, (1919–1954)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Ministry
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Viscount Lee of Fareham.JPG	75px]]	Arthur Lee
1st Baron Lee of Fareham
(1868–1947)	15 August
1919	13 February
1921
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Arthur Griffith-Boscawen.png	75px]]	Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
MP for Taunton
(1865–1946)	13 February
1921	24 October
1922
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Lord Bayford.jpg	75px]]	Sir Robert Sanders
1st Baronet
MP for Bridgwater
(1867–1940)Sanders lost his seat at the 1923 general election.	24 October
1922	22 January
1924
	Baldwin I
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Noel Noel-Buxton.jpg	75px]]	Noel Buxton
MP for North Norfolk
(1869–1948)	22 January
1924	3 November
1924
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:1st Earl of Halifax 1947.jpg	75px]]	E. F. L. Wood
MP for Ripon
(1881–1959)	6 November
1924	4 November
1925
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Walter Guinness, 1st Baron Moyne.png	75px]]	Walter Guinness
MP for Bury St Edmunds
(1880–1944)	4 November
1925	4 June
1929
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Noel Noel-Buxton.jpg	75px]]	Noel Buxton
MP for North Norfolk
(1869–1948)	7 June
1929	5 June
1930
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Dr. Christopher Addison LOC 16027831872 (cropped).jpg	75px]]	Christopher Addison
MP for Swindon
(1869–1951)	5 June
1930	24 August
1931
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Sir John Gilmour.jpg	75px]]	Sir John Gilmour
"2ndBaronet
MP for Glasgow Pollok
(1876–1940)	25 August
1931	28 September
1932
National II
(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Walter Elliott MP.jpg	75px]]	Walter Elliot
MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove
(1888–1958)	28 September
1932	29 October
1936
National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Lord Dunrossil-02.jpg	75px]]	William Morrison
MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury
(1893–1961)	29 October
1936	29 January
1939
National IV
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Reginald Dorman Smit.jpg	75px]]	Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith
MP for Petersfield
(1899–1977)	29 January
1939	14 May
1940
	Chamberlain War
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Viscount Hudson.jpg	75px]]	Robert Hudson
MP for Southport
(1886–1957)	14 May
1940	26 July
1945
	Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–N.Lib.)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Tom Williams, Baron Williams of Barnburgh.jpg	75px]]	Tom Williams
MP for Don Valley
(1888–1967)	3 August
1945	26 October
1951
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Thomas Dugdale, 1st Baron Crathorne.jpg	75px]]	Sir Thomas Dugdale
1st Baronet
MP for Richmond
(1897–1977)	31 October
1951	20 July
1954
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory.png	75px]]	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
MP for Tiverton
(1899–1981)	28 July
1954	18 October
1954

Ministers of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1954–2001)

Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term of office	Party	Ministry	Ref.
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Derick Heathcoat-Amory cropped.png	75px]]	Derick Heathcoat-Amory
MP for Tiverton
(1899–1981)	18 October
1954	6 January
1958	Conservative
	Eden
Macmillan
(I & II)
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:John Hare 1929.jpg	75px]]	John Hare
MP for Sudbury and Woodbridge
(1911–1982)	6 January
1958	27 July
1960		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Christopher Soames (cropped).jpg	75px]]	Christopher Soames
MP for Bedford
(1920–1987)	27 July
1960	16 October
1964	Conservative
	Douglas-Home
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Fred Peart
MP for Workington
(1914–1988)	16 October
1964	6 April
1968		Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Cledwyn Hughes
MP for Anglesey
(1916–2001)	6 April
1968	19 June
1970		Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Jim Prior
MP for Lowestoft
(1927–2016)	20 June
1970	5 November
1972		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Joseph Godber
MP for Grantham
(1914–1980)	5 November
1972	4 March
1974		Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Fred Peart
MP for Workington
(1914–1988)	5 March
1974	10 September
1976	Labour
Callaghan
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:John Silkin.png	75px]]	John Silkin
MP for Lewisham Deptford
(1923–1987)	10 September
1976	4 May
1979		Labour
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Peter Walker, 1980 (cropped).tif	75px]]	Peter Walker
MP for Worcester
(1932–2010)	5 May
1979	11 June
1983		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Michael Jopling
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
(1930–)	11 June
1983	13 June
1987		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:official portrait of Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market crop 2.jpg	75px]]	John MacGregor
MP for South Norfolk
(1937–)	13 June
1987	24 July
1989		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:John GUMMER 1991.jpg	100x100px]]	John Gummer
MP for Suffolk Coastal
(1939–)	24 July
1989	27 May
1993	Conservative
	Major I
Major II
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Gillian Shephard official portrait (cropped).jpg	100x100px]]	Gillian Shephard
MP for South West Norfolk
(1940–)	27 May
1993	20 July
1994		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:William Waldegrave.gif	106x106px]]	William Waldegrave
MP for Bristol West
(1946–)	20 July
1994	5 July
1995		Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)}}"		[[File:DouglasHogg 20040917.jpg	75px]]	Douglas Hogg
MP for Grantham
(1945–)	5 July
1995	2 May
1997		Conservative
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:No image.svg	75px]]	Jack Cunningham
MP for Copeland
(1939–)	3 May
1997	27 July
1998		Labour
Labour Party (UK)}}"		[[File:Official portrait of Mr Nicholas Brown crop 2.jpg	75px]]	Nick Brown
MP for Newcastle upon
Tyne East and Wallsend
(1950–)	27 July
1998	8 June
2001		Labour

From 2002 the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was dissolved and ministerial responsibility formerly transferred to the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Notes

Citations

References

"The Ministry and the Malady {{!}} History Today".
Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 and 53 Vict c 30)
(1975). "British Historical Facts 1830–1900". The Macmillan Press Ltd.
(1994). "British Political Facts 1900–1994". The Macmillan Press Ltd.
"Mr Derick Heathcoat-Amory".
"Mr John Hare".
"Mr Christopher Soames".
"Mr Thomas Peart".
"Mr Cledwyn Hughes".
"Lord Prior". UK Parliament.
"Mr Joseph Godber".
"Rt Hon John Silkin". UK Parliament.
"The Lord Walker of Worcester". UK Parliament.
"Lord Jopling". UK Parliament.
"Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament.
"Lord Deben". UK Parliament.
"Baroness Shephard of Northwold". UK Parliament.
"Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament.
"Viscount Hailsham". UK Parliament.
"Lord Cunningham of Felling". UK Parliament.
"Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP". UK Parliament.

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