- First Commissioner of Works
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Lord John Manners, later 7th Duke of Rutland, who served thrice as First Commissioner of Works in the 1850's and 1860's
The First Commissioner of Works and Public Buildings was a position within the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It took over some of the functions of the First Commissioner of Woods and Forests in 1851 when the portfolio of Crown holdings was divided into the public and the commercial. The position was frequently of cabinet level. The office was renamed Minister of Works and Buildings and First Commissioner of Works in 1940, Minister of Works and Planning in 1942, Minister of Works in 1943 and finally Minister of Public Buildings and Works in 1962. On 15 October 1970 the Ministry was amalgamated in the Department of the Environment.
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First Commissioners of Works, 1851-1940
Name Entered office Left office Lord Seymour 1 August 1851 21 February 1852 Lord John Manners 4 March 1852 17 December 1852 Sir William Molesworth, Bt 5 January 1853 21 July 1855 Sir Benjamin Hall, Bt 21 July 1855 21 February 1858 Lord John Manners 26 February 1858 11 June 1859 Henry FitzRoy 18 June 1859 9 February 1860 Hon. William Cowper 9 February 1860 26 June 1866 Lord John Manners 6 July 1866 1 December 1868 Austen Henry Layard 9 December 1868 26 October 1869 Acton Smee Ayrton 26 October 1869 11 August 1873 William Patrick Adam 11 August 1873 17 February 1874 Lord Henry Lennox 21 March 1874 14 August 1876 Gerard Noel 14 August 1876 21 April 1880 William Patrick Adam 3 May 1880 1880 George Shaw-Lefevre 29 November 1881 13 February 1885 The Earl of Rosebery 13 February 1885 9 June 1885 Hon. David Plunket 24 June 1885 28 January 1886 The Earl of Morley 17 February 1886 16 April 1886 The Earl of Elgin 16 April 1886 20 July 1886 Hon. David Plunket 5 August 1886 11 August 1892 George Shaw-Lefevre 18 August 1892 18 August 1892 Herbert Gladstone 10 March 1894 21 June 1895 Aretas Akers-Douglas 4 July 1895 8 August 1902 The Lord Windsor 8 August 1902 4 December 1905 Lewis Vernon Harcourt 10 December 1905 3 November 1910 The Earl Beauchamp 3 November 1910 6 August 1914 The Lord Emmott 6 August 1914 25 May 1915 Lewis Vernon Harcourt 25 May 1915 10 December 1916 Sir Alfred Mond, Bt 10 December 1916 1 April 1921 The Earl of Crawford 1 April 1921 19 October 1922 Sir John Baird, Bt 31 October 1922 22 January 1924 Fred Jowett 22 January 1924 3 November 1924 The Viscount Peel 10 November 1924 18 October 1928 The Marquess of Londonderry 18 October 1928 4 June 1929 George Lansbury 7 June 1929 24 August 1931 The Marquess of Londonderry 25 August 1931 5 November 1931 Hon. William Ormsby-Gore 5 November 1931 16 June 1936 The Earl Stanhope 16 June 1936 27 May 1937 Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt 27 May 1937 7 June 1939 Herwald Ramsbotham 7 June 1939 3 April 1940 The Earl De La Warr 3 April 1940 18 May 1940 The Lord Tryon 18 May 1940 3 October 1940 Minister of Works & Buildings and First Commissioner of Works, 1940-1942
Name Entered office Left office Sir John Reith
(Baron Reith from 21 October 1940)3 October 1940 11 February 1942 Minister of Works and Planning, 1942-1943
Name Entered office Left office The Lord Reith 11 February 1942 22 February 1942 The Lord Portal 22 February 1942 February 1943 Minister of Works, 1943-1962
Name Entered office Left office The Lord Portal February 1943 21 November 1944 Duncan Sandys 21 November 1944 26 July 1945 George Tomlinson 4 August 1945 10 February 1947 Charles Key 10 February 1947 28 February 1950 Richard Stokes 28 February 1950 26 April 1951 George Brown 26 April 1951 26 October 1951 David Eccles 1 November 1951 18 October 1954 Nigel Birch 18 October 1954 20 December 1955 Patrick Buchan-Hepburn 20 December 1955 16 January 1957 Hugh Molson 16 January 1957 22 October 1959 Lord John Hope 22 October 1959 16 July 1962 Minister of Public Buildings and Works, 1962-1970
Name Entered office Left office Geoffrey Rippon 16 July 1962 10 October 1964 Charles Pannell 19 October 1964 6 April 1966 Reginald Prentice 6 April 1966 29 August 1967 Bob Mellish 29 August 1967 30 April 1969 Hon. John Silkin 30 April 1969 19 June 1970 Julian Amery 23 June 1970 15 October 1970 Categories:- Lists of British people
- Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
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