John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC was a British Labour Party politician. He served under Clement Attlee as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946 and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947.
John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston
The Minister of Supply was the minister in the British Government responsible for the Ministry of Supply, which existed to co-ordinate the supply of equipment to the national armed forces. The position was campaigned for by many sceptics of the foreign policy of the National Government in the 1930s before ultimately being created in 1939.
Image: Herbert Morrison 1947
Image: Lord Beaverbrook 1947b