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Not to be confused with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Farming, Fisheries and Food.
United Kingdom
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government
Longest serving
Tom Williams
3 August 1945 – 26 October 1951
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
TypeMinister of the Crown
Member of
Reports toThe Prime Minister
SeatWestminster
NominatorThe Prime Minister
AppointerThe Monarch
(on the advice of the Prime Minister)
Term lengthAt His Majesty's pleasure
Formation9 September 1889
First holderPeter Walker
Final holderMargaret Beckett
Abolished27 March 2002

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.[citation needed]

List of Agriculture Ministers and Board Presidents

Presidents of the Board of Agriculture (1889–1903)

Post created by the Board of Agriculture Act 1889.[1]

President of the Board of Agriculture[2]
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Ministry
The Right Honourable
Henry Chaplin
MP for Sleaford
(1840–1923) 		9 September
1889 		11 August
1892 		Conservative Salisbury II
The Right Honourable
Herbert Gardner
MP for Saffron Walden
(1846–1921) 		25 August
1892 		21 June
1895 		Liberal Gladstone IV
Rosebery
The Right Honourable
Walter Long
MP for Liverpool West Derby
(1854–1924) 		4 July
1895 		16 November
1900 		Conservative Salisbury
(III & IV)
(Con.–Lib.U.)
The Right Honourable
Robert William Hanbury
MP for Preston
(1845–1903) 		16 November
1900 		28 April
1903 		Conservative
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.

President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries[2][3]
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Ministry
The Right Honourable
William Onslow
4th Earl of Onslow
GCMG PC DL
(1853–1911) 		19 May
1903 		12 March
1905 		Conservative Balfour
(Con.–Lib.U.)
The Right Honourable
Ailwyn Fellowes
MP for Ramsey
(1855–1924) 		12 March
1905 		4 December
1905 		Conservative
The Right Honourable
Charles Wynn-Carington
1st Earl Carrington
KG GCMG PC JP DL
(1843–1928) 		10 December
1905 		23 October
1911 		Liberal  
Campbell-Bannerman
 
Asquith
(I–III)
The Right Honourable
Walter Runciman
MP for Dewsbury
(1870–1949) 		23 October
1911 		6 August
1914 		Liberal
The Right Honourable
Auberon Herbert
9th Baron Lucas
PC
(1876–1916) 		6 August
1914 		25 May
1915 		Liberal
The Right Honourable
William Palmer
2nd Earl of Selborne
KG GCMG PC
(1859–1942) 		25 May
1915 		11 July
1916 		Conservative Asquith Coalition
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
The Right Honourable
David Lindsay
27th Earl of Crawford
PC FSA
(1871–1940) 		11 July
1916 		10 December
1916 		Conservative
The Right Honourable
Rowland Prothero
MVO
MP for Oxford University
(1851–1937) 		10 December
1916 		15 August
1919 		Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)

Ministers of Agriculture and Fisheries, (1919–1954)

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries[3]
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Ministry
The Right Honourable
Arthur Lee
1st Baron Lee of Fareham
GBE KCB PC
(1868–1947) 		15 August
1919 		13 February
1921 		Conservative Lloyd George
(I & II)
(Lib.–Con.–Lab.)
The Right Honourable
Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen
MP for Taunton
(1865–1946) 		13 February
1921 		24 October
1922 		Conservative
The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Sanders
Bt
MP for Bridgwater
(1867–1940)[Note 1] 		24 October
1922 		22 January
1924 		Conservative Law
Baldwin I
The Right Honourable
Noel Buxton
MP for North Norfolk
(1869–1948) 		22 January
1924 		3 November
1924 		Labour MacDonald I
The Right Honourable
E. F. L. Wood
MP for Ripon
(1881–1959) 		6 November
1924 		4 November
1925 		Conservative Baldwin II
The Right Honourable
Walter Guinness
DSO
MP for Bury St Edmunds
(1880–1944) 		4 November
1925 		4 June
1929 		Conservative
The Right Honourable
Noel Buxton
MP for North Norfolk
(1869–1948) 		7 June
1929 		5 June
1930 		Labour MacDonald II
The Right Honourable
Christopher Addison
FRCS
MP for Swindon
(1869–1951) 		5 June
1930 		24 August
1931 		Labour
The Right Honourable
Sir John Gilmour
Bt DSO TD JP DL
MP for Glasgow Pollok
(1876–1940) 		25 August
1931 		28 September
1932 		Conservative National I
(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)
National II
(N.Lab.–Con.–Lib.N.–Lib.)
The Right Honourable
Walter Elliot
MC FRSE
MP for Glasgow Kelvingrove
(1888–1958) 		28 September
1932 		29 October
1936 		Conservative
National III
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
The Right Honourable
William Morrison
MC QC
MP for Cirencester and Tewkesbury
(1893–1961) 		29 October
1936 		29 January
1939 		Conservative
National IV
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
The Right Honourable
Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith
GBE
MP for Petersfield
(1899–1977) 		29 January
1939 		14 May
1940 		Conservative
Chamberlain War
(Con.–N.Lab.–Lib.N.)
The Right Honourable
Robert Hudson
CH
MP for Southport
(1886–1957) 		14 May
1940 		26 July
1945 		Conservative Churchill War
(All parties)
Churchill Caretaker
(Con.–N.Lib.)
The Right Honourable
Tom Williams
MP for Don Valley
(1888–1967) 		3 August
1945 		26 October
1951 		Labour Attlee
(I & II)
The Right Honourable
Sir Thomas Dugdale
Bt TD
MP for Richmond
(1897–1977) 		31 October
1951 		20 July
1954 		Conservative Churchill III
The Right Honourable
Derick Heathcoat-Amory
TD
MP for Tiverton
(1899–1981) 		28 July
1954 		18 October
1954 		Conservative

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

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food[3]
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Term of office Party Ministry Ref.
The Right Honourable
Derick Heathcoat-Amory
TD
MP for Tiverton
(1899–1981) 		18 October
1954 		6 January
1958 		Conservative Churchill III [4]
Eden
Macmillan
(I & II)
The Right Honourable
John Hare
OBE
MP for Sudbury and Woodbridge
(1911–1982) 		6 January
1958 		27 July
1960 		Conservative [5]
The Right Honourable
Christopher Soames
CBE
MP for Bedford
(1920–1987) 		27 July
1960 		16 October
1964 		Conservative [6]
Douglas-Home
The Right Honourable
Fred Peart
MP for Workington
(1914–1988) 		16 October
1964 		6 April
1968 		Labour Wilson
(I & II) 		[7]
The Right Honourable
Cledwyn Hughes
MP for Anglesey
(1916–2001) 		6 April
1968 		19 June
1970 		Labour [8]
The Right Honourable
Jim Prior
MP for Lowestoft
(1927–2016) 		20 June
1970 		5 November
1972 		Conservative Heath [9]
The Right Honourable
Joseph Godber
MP for Grantham
(1914–1980) 		5 November
1972 		4 March
1974 		Conservative [10]
The Right Honourable
Fred Peart
MP for Workington
(1914–1988) 		5 March
1974 		10 September
1976 		Labour Wilson
(III & IV)
Callaghan
The Right Honourable
John Silkin
MP for Lewisham Deptford
(1923–1987) 		10 September
1976 		4 May
1979 		Labour [11]
The Right Honourable
Peter Walker
MBE
MP for Worcester
(1932–2010) 		5 May
1979 		11 June
1983 		Conservative Thatcher I [12]
The Right Honourable
Michael Jopling
MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale
(1930–) 		11 June
1983 		13 June
1987 		Conservative Thatcher II [13]
The Right Honourable
John MacGregor
OBE
MP for South Norfolk
(1937–) 		13 June
1987 		24 July
1989 		Conservative Thatcher III [14]
The Right Honourable
John Gummer
MP for Suffolk Coastal
(1939–) 		24 July
1989 		27 May
1993 		Conservative [15]
Major I
Major II
The Right Honourable
Gillian Shephard
MP for South West Norfolk
(1940–) 		27 May
1993 		20 July
1994 		Conservative [16]
The Right Honourable
William Waldegrave
MP for Bristol West
(1946–) 		20 July
1994 		5 July
1995 		Conservative [17]
The Right Honourable
Douglas Hogg
QC
MP for Grantham
(1945–) 		5 July
1995 		2 May
1997 		Conservative [18]
The Right Honourable
Jack Cunningham
DL
MP for Copeland
(1939–) 		3 May
1997 		27 July
1998 		Labour Blair I [19]
The Right Honourable
Nick Brown
MP for Newcastle upon
Tyne East and Wallsend
(1950–) 		27 July
1998 		8 June
2001 		Labour [20]
The Right Honourable
Margaret Beckett
MP for Derby South
(1943–) 		8 June
2001 		27 March
2002 		Labour Blair II [21][better source needed]

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

  1. ^ Sanders lost his seat at the 1923 general election.

Citations

  1. ^ Board of Agriculture Act 1889 (52 and 53 Vict c 30)
  2. ^ a b Cook, Chris; Keith, Brendan (1975). British Historical Facts 1830–1900. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. p. 52.
  3. ^ a b c Butler, David; Butler, Gareth (1994). British Political Facts 1900–1994. London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd. pp. 53–54.
  4. ^ "Mr Derick Heathcoat-Amory". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Mr John Hare". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Mr Christopher Soames". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Mr Thomas Peart". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Mr Cledwyn Hughes". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Lord Prior". UK Parliament. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  10. ^ "Mr Joseph Godber". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Rt Hon John Silkin". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  12. ^ "The Lord Walker of Worcester". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Lord Jopling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  14. ^ "Lord MacGregor of Pulham Market". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Lord Deben". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  16. ^ "Baroness Shephard of Northwold". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  17. ^ "Lord Waldegrave of North Hill". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  18. ^ "Viscount Hailsham". UK Parliament. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  19. ^ "Lord Cunningham of Felling". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Rt Hon Nicholas Brown MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  21. ^ "Rt Hon Margaret Beckett MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
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