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{{Short description|Former UK Government department (1942–1969)}}
The '''Ministry of Power''' was a [[United Kingdom]] government [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] dealing with issues concerning energy.
{{About|the British Ministry|its Indian counterparts|Ministry of Power (India)}}
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{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name = Ministry of Power
|type = Department
|formed = 11 June 1942
|preceding4 = [[Secretary for Mines]]
|preceding3 = [[Secretary for Petroleum]]
|preceding2 = [[Ministry of War Transport]]
|preceding1 = [[Board of Trade]]
|dissolved = 6 October 1969
|superseding = [[Ministry of Technology]]
|jurisdiction = United Kingdom
}}


The '''Ministry of Power''' was a United Kingdom government [[Ministry (government department)|ministry]] dealing with issues concerning energy.
The Ministry of Power (then named '''Ministry of Fuel and Power''') was created on [[11 June]] [[1942]] from functions separated from the [[Board of Trade]]. It took charge of coal production, allocation of fuel supplies, control of energy prices and petrol rationing.


The Ministry of Power (then named '''Ministry of Fuel and Power''') was created on 11 June 1942 from functions separated from the [[Board of Trade]]. It took charge of coal production, allocation of fuel supplies, control of energy prices and petrol rationing. These had previously been dealt with by the [[Secretary for Mines]] and in the case of petroleum since 1940 by the [[Secretary for Petroleum]]. The [[Petroleum Board]], responsible for the coordination of the war-time petroleum 'pool' for oil supplies (except oil for the Royal Navy), continued in this role until the Board was dissolved in 1948. It also took over responsibility for electricity from the [[Ministry of War Transport]] and its predecessor the [[Ministry of Transport (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Transport]].
The Ministry of Fuel and Power was renamed the Ministry of Power in January 1957. The Ministry of Power later became part of the [[Ministry of Technology]] on [[6 October]] [[1969]], which merged into the [[Department of Trade and Industry]] on [[20 October]] [[1970]].


The Ministry of Fuel and Power was renamed the Ministry of Power in January 1957. The Ministry of Power later became part of the [[Ministry of Technology]] on 6 October 1969, which merged into the [[Department of Trade and Industry (United Kingdom)|Department of Trade and Industry]] on 20 October 1970. In 1974, its responsibilities were split out to form the [[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)|Department of Energy]], and then merged back into DTI in 1992; a separate [[Department of Energy and Climate Change]] was created in 2008 and then merged back in 2016 to the [[Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy]].
Amongst those who worked at the Ministry include:

Those who worked at the Ministry include:


* [[Arthur Boissier]], Director of Public Relations (1943–1945) and formerly Headmaster of [[Harrow School]].
* [[Arthur Boissier]], Director of Public Relations (1943–1945) and formerly Headmaster of [[Harrow School]].
* [[Maurice Bridgeman]], [[Principal Assistant Secretary]] in the Petroleum Division (1944–1946).
* [[Maurice Bridgeman]], Principal Assistant Secretary in the Petroleum Division (1944–1946).
* Sir [[Donald Fergusson]] (1891–1963), [[Permanent Secretary]] (1945–1952).
* Sir [[Donald Fergusson]], [[Permanent Secretary]] (1945–1952).
* [[Lancelot Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford]], government minister (1951–1955).
* [[John Maud]], later Lord Redcliffe-Maud, [[civil servant]] (1952–1958).
* [[John Maud]], later Lord Redcliffe-Maud, [[civil servant]] (1952–1958).
* [[Harold Wilson]], Director of Economics and Statistics (1943–1944) and later [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]].
* [[Harold Wilson]], Director of Economics and Statistics (1943–1944) and later [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]].
* [[Malcolm Patrick Murray]], Under Secretary in the Electricity Division (1946–1959).

==Ministers==
===Fuel and power===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Notes
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Gwilym Lloyd George, 1st Viscount Tenby|Gwilym Lloyd-George]]
| 3 June 1942
| 26 July 1945
| Liberal
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Emanuel Shinwell]]
| 3 August 1945
| 7 October 1947
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hugh Gaitskell]]
| 7 October 1947
| 28 February 1950
| Labour
| Office no longer in Cabinet
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Philip Noel-Baker]]
| 28 February 1950
| 31 October 1951
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Geoffrey William Lloyd|Geoffrey Lloyd]]
| 31 October 1951
| 20 December 1955
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Aubrey Jones]]
| 20 December 1955
| 13 January 1957
| Conservative
|
|-

|}

===Power===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Political party
! Notes
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Percy Mills, 1st Viscount Mills|The Lord Mills]]
| 13 January 1957
| 14 October 1959
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Richard Wood, Baron Holderness|Richard Wood]]
| 14 October 1959
| 20 October 1963
| Conservative
| Office not in Cabinet
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Frederick James Erroll, 1st Baron Erroll of Hale|Frederick Erroll]]
| 20 October 1963
|
| Conservative
| Office back in Cabinet
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Frederick Lee, Baron Lee of Newton|Fred Lee]]
| 18 October 1964
| 6 April 1966
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh|Richard Marsh]]
| 6 April 1966
| 6 April 1968
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ray Gunter]]
| 6 April 1968
| 1 July 1968
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Roy Mason]]
| 1 July 1968
| 6 October 1969
| Labour
| Office abolished: Amalgamated with [[Ministry of Technology]]
|-
|}

== Parliamentary secretaries ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan=2 | Name
! Took office
! Left office
! Party
! Notes
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Geoffrey William Lloyd|Geoffrey Lloyd]]
| 3 June 1942
| 23 May 1945
| Conservative
| Jointly
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Tom Smith (Labour politician)|Tom Smith]]
| 3 June 1942
| 23 May 1945
| Labour
| Jointly
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Sir Austin Hudson, 1st Baronet|Sir Austin Hudson, Bt]]
| 26 May 1945
| 26 July 1945
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[William Foster (British politician)|William Foster]]
| 4 August 1945
| 10 May 1946
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Hugh Gaitskell]]
| 10 May 1946
| 7 October 1947
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Alfred Robens]]
| 7 October 1947
| 26 April 1951
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Harold Neal]]
| 26 April 1951
| 31 October 1951
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Lancelot William Joynson-Hicks, 3rd Viscount Brentford|Lancelot Joynson-Hicks]]
| 5 November 1951
| 20 December 1955
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Lockhart-Mure Renton]]
| 20 December 1955
|
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[David Renton, Baron Renton|David Renton]]
| 18 January 1957
| 17 January 1958
| Conservative
| To Ministry of Power
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Ian Horobin|Sir Ian Horobin]]
| 17 January 1958
| 22 October 1959
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John George (Conservative politician)|John George]]
| 22 October 1959
| 25 June 1962
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil|John Peyton]]
| 25 June 1962
| 18 October 1964
| Conservative
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[John Morris, Baron Morris of Aberavon|John Morris]]
| 21 October 1964
| 10 January 1966
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[George Lindgren, Baron Lindgren|Lord Lindgren]]
| 10 January 1966
| 6 April 1966
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Jeremy Bray]]
| 6 April 1966
| 7 January 1967
| Labour
|
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
| [[Reginald Freeson]]
| 7 January 1967
| 6 October 1969
| Labour
| Office abolished
|-
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Ministry of Power (India)]]
* [[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)]]
* [[Department of Energy (United Kingdom)]]


==References==
===External links===
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.dti.gov.uk/about/aboutus/history/outlines/The%20Department%20of%20Energy%201974%20-%201992/page24456.html History of the Department of Energy]

==External links==
{{commons category|Ministry of Fuel and Power}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061209071507/http://www.dti.gov.uk/about/aboutus/history/outlines/The%20Department%20of%20Energy%201974%20-%201992/page24456.html History of the Department of Energy]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp76751 H. W. Grimmitt, Ministry of Fuel and Power] portrait at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]], [[London]]
* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp76751 H. W. Grimmitt, Ministry of Fuel and Power] portrait at the [[National Portrait Gallery (London)|National Portrait Gallery]], [[London]]

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Latest revision as of 16:27, 20 November 2024

This article is about the British Ministry. For its Indian counterparts, see Ministry of Power (India).

Ministry of Power
Department overview
Formed11 June 1942
Preceding agencies
Dissolved6 October 1969
Superseding Department
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

The Ministry of Power was a United Kingdom government ministry dealing with issues concerning energy.

The Ministry of Power (then named Ministry of Fuel and Power) was created on 11 June 1942 from functions separated from the Board of Trade. It took charge of coal production, allocation of fuel supplies, control of energy prices and petrol rationing. These had previously been dealt with by the Secretary for Mines and in the case of petroleum since 1940 by the Secretary for Petroleum. The Petroleum Board, responsible for the coordination of the war-time petroleum 'pool' for oil supplies (except oil for the Royal Navy), continued in this role until the Board was dissolved in 1948. It also took over responsibility for electricity from the Ministry of War Transport and its predecessor the Ministry of Transport.

The Ministry of Fuel and Power was renamed the Ministry of Power in January 1957. The Ministry of Power later became part of the Ministry of Technology on 6 October 1969, which merged into the Department of Trade and Industry on 20 October 1970. In 1974, its responsibilities were split out to form the Department of Energy, and then merged back into DTI in 1992; a separate Department of Energy and Climate Change was created in 2008 and then merged back in 2016 to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.

Those who worked at the Ministry include:

Ministers

[edit]

Fuel and power

[edit]
Name Took office Left office Political party Notes
Gwilym Lloyd-George 3 June 1942 26 July 1945 Liberal
Emanuel Shinwell 3 August 1945 7 October 1947 Labour
Hugh Gaitskell 7 October 1947 28 February 1950 Labour Office no longer in Cabinet
Philip Noel-Baker 28 February 1950 31 October 1951 Labour
Geoffrey Lloyd 31 October 1951 20 December 1955 Conservative
Aubrey Jones 20 December 1955 13 January 1957 Conservative

Power

[edit]
Name Took office Left office Political party Notes
The Lord Mills 13 January 1957 14 October 1959 Conservative
Richard Wood 14 October 1959 20 October 1963 Conservative Office not in Cabinet
Frederick Erroll 20 October 1963 Conservative Office back in Cabinet
Fred Lee 18 October 1964 6 April 1966 Labour
Richard Marsh 6 April 1966 6 April 1968 Labour
Ray Gunter 6 April 1968 1 July 1968 Labour
Roy Mason 1 July 1968 6 October 1969 Labour Office abolished: Amalgamated with Ministry of Technology

Parliamentary secretaries

[edit]
Name Took office Left office Party Notes
Geoffrey Lloyd 3 June 1942 23 May 1945 Conservative Jointly
Tom Smith 3 June 1942 23 May 1945 Labour Jointly
Sir Austin Hudson, Bt 26 May 1945 26 July 1945 Conservative
William Foster 4 August 1945 10 May 1946 Labour
Hugh Gaitskell 10 May 1946 7 October 1947 Labour
Alfred Robens 7 October 1947 26 April 1951 Labour
Harold Neal 26 April 1951 31 October 1951 Labour
Lancelot Joynson-Hicks 5 November 1951 20 December 1955 Conservative
David Lockhart-Mure Renton 20 December 1955 Conservative
David Renton 18 January 1957 17 January 1958 Conservative To Ministry of Power
Sir Ian Horobin 17 January 1958 22 October 1959 Conservative
John George 22 October 1959 25 June 1962 Conservative
John Peyton 25 June 1962 18 October 1964 Conservative
John Morris 21 October 1964 10 January 1966 Labour
Lord Lindgren 10 January 1966 6 April 1966 Labour
Jeremy Bray 6 April 1966 7 January 1967 Labour
Reginald Freeson 7 January 1967 6 October 1969 Labour Office abolished

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
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