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Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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The Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food was a UK cabinet position, responsible for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. Until 1979 the office was styled Minister instead, but the department remained a ministry after this was changed.

List

President of the Board of Agriculture

Henry Chaplin (1889-1892)
? 1892-1895
Walter Hume Long (1895-1900)
R. W. Hanbury (1900-1903)
Lord Onslow (1903-1905)
Ailwyn Fellowes (1905)
Lord Carrington (1905-1911)
Walter Runciman (1911-1914)
Lord Lucas (1914-1915)
Lord Selborne (1915-1916)
Lord Crawford (1916)
? 1916-1919
R. E. Prothero (1919)

Minister of Agriculture

Lord Lee (1919-1921)

Arthur Griffith-Boscawen (1921-1922)

R. Sanders (1922-1924)

N. Buxton (1924)

E.F.L. Wood (1924-1925)
Walter Guinness (1925-1929)
N. Buxton (1929-1931)
John Gilmour (1931-1935)
W. Elliot (1935-1937)
William Shepherd Morrison (1937-1939)
Sir Reginald Dorman Smith (1939-1940)

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

James Prior (1970-1972)
Joseph Godber (1972-1974)
Fredrick Peart (1974-1976)
John Silkin (1976-1979)

Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Peter Walker (1979-1983)

Michael Jopling (1983-1997)

John MacGregor (1987-1989)
John Gummer (1989-1993)
Gillian Shephard (1993-1994)
William Waldegrave (1994-1995)
Douglas Hogg (1995-1997)
Jack Cunningham (1997-1998)
Nick Brown (1998-2001)

After 2001, it merged with Secretary of State for the Environment into the office of Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

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