| Post | Shipping Controller |
|---|---|
| Body | Ministry of Shipping |
| Appointer | Lloyd George Coalition Government |
| Constituting instrument | New Ministries and Secretaries Act 1916 |
| Formation | 10 December 1916 |
| First | Sir Joseph Maclay |
| Last | Lord Pirrie |
| Abolished | 1921 |
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 Controllers
The 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
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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
- 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