Shipping Controller was a post created by the
Lloyd George Coalition Government
Liberal David Lloyd George formed a coalition government in the United Kingdom in December 1916, and was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom by King George V. It replaced the earlier wartime coalition under H. H. Asquith, which had ...
in 1916 under the
New Ministries and Secretaries Act (6 & 7 George 5 c.68) to regulate and organize merchant shipping in order to supply the United Kingdom with the materials to fight
the war following severe losses.
Shipping Controllers
The first Shipping Controller was
Sir Joseph Maclay,
[ later Baron Maclay who was appointed on 10 December 1916.][
The second Shipping Controller was Lord Pirrie from 1918.]
See also
*Minister of Shipping The Minister of Shipping was a British government post created in the First World War and again in the Second World War. In 1941 it was merged into the position of Minister of Transport which was then renamed Minister of War Transport.
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References
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United Kingdom in World War I