Shipping Controller was a post created by the Lloyd George Coalition Government 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.[1][2]
| Shipping Controller of Ministry of Shipping | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Appointer | Lloyd George Coalition Government |
| Constituting instrument | New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916 |
| Formation | 10 December 1916 |
| First holder | Sir Joseph Maclay |
| Final holder | Lord Pirrie |
| Abolished | 1921 |
Shipping Controllers
editThe first Shipping Controller was Sir Joseph Maclay,[1] later Baron Maclay who was appointed on 10 December 1916.[2]
The second Shipping Controller was Lord Pirrie from 1918.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Hurwitz, Samuel J (15 Oct 2013). "Chapter XI – The "Jugular Vein": Shipping". State Intervention in Great Britain: Study of Economic Control and Social Response, 1914–1919. Routledge. p. 194. ISBN 9781136931864. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- ^ a b "British Shipping Controller – Count Dohna and His SeaGull". Smsmoewe.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
- ^ Lettens, Jan (25 April 2012). "TSC - The Shipping Controller (WWI)". WreckSite.
External links
edit- Finch, Ted; Provost, Gilbert. "WWI Standard Built Ships". Mariners.
- "British Shipping Controller". Marlborough Express. 7 August 1917 – via Papers Past.
- "Records inherited and created by the Ministry of Transport, Shipping Divisions". The National Archives.