Frederick Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton

The Earl of Woolton
Minister of Materials
In office
1 September 1953 – 16 August 1954
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byArthur Salter
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
In office
24 November 1952 – 20 December 1955
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Preceded byThe Viscount Swinton
Succeeded byThe Earl of Selkirk
Lord President of the Council
In office
28 October 1951 – 24 November 1952
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byThe Viscount Addison
Succeeded byThe Marquess of Salisbury
In office
28 May 1945 – 27 July 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byClement Attlee
Succeeded byHerbert Morrison
Chairman of the Conservative Party
In office
1 July 1946 – 1 November 1955
LeaderWinston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Preceded byRalph Assheton
Succeeded byOliver Poole
Minister of Reconstruction
In office
11 November 1943 – 23 May 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Food
In office
3 April 1940 – 11 November 1943
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byWilliam Morrison
Succeeded byJohn Llewellin
Member of the House of Lords
Hereditary peerage
7 July 1939 – 14 December 1964
Succeeded byThe 2nd Earl of Woolton
Personal details
Born
Frederick James Marquis

(1883-08-23)23 August 1883
Ordsall, Salford, Lancashire, England
Died14 December 1964(1964-12-14) (aged 81)
Arundel, Sussex, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Maud Smith
(m. 1912; died 1961)

Margaret Thomas
(m. 1962)
Children2
Alma materVictoria University of Manchester
OccupationBusinessman, politician

Frederick James Marquis, 1st Earl of Woolton, CH, PC (23 August 1883 – 14 December 1964), was an English businessman and politician who served as chairman of the Conservative Party from 1946 to 1955.

In April 1940, he was appointed Minister of Food and established the rationing system. During this time, he maintained food imports from America and organised a programme of free school meals. The vegetarian Woolton pie was named after Woolton, as one of the recipes commended to the British public due to a shortage of meat, fish, and dairy products during the Second World War. In 1943, Woolton was appointed Minister of Reconstruction, planning for post-war Britain.