ALLIED LEADERS (28): Lord Woolton
HE man who clothed the British Army, Lord Woolton, is now the head of the Ministry of Food. On his shoulders rests the responsibility of feeding the tnillions in Britain, and maintaining sufficient food supplies to meet every emergency. He calls his department the biggest shop in the world. Lord Woolton was born Frederick Marquis, son of a store-keeper. He did not become known nationally until he established himself as chairman of Lewis’s, Limited, a huge chain of stores, with branches in all the large Midland towns. Hand in hand with this business, he was associated with Lewis’s Bank, Martin’s Bank, and the Royal Insurance Company. To-day, his influence and his interests are extraordinarily wide. He has served on many boards of inquiry, including a recent Committee of Inquiry into Civil Aviation. Lord Woolton was unfit for active service during the last war, but he did invaluable work at the War Office, assisting with supplies. He seems to have a special flair for organisation. After the last war, he reorganised the Boot Manufacturers’ Federation; he has been a member of the Council of the Manchester University; of the Overseas Trade Devel-: opment Council; Advisory Council of the Board of Trade; Advisory Council of the
Post Office; the Home Office Committee on Fire Brigades; President of the Drapers’ Chamber of Trade and the Industrial Research Health Board. Apart from his business activities, Lord Woolton is a lover of art; and a Governor of -the Royal College of Art.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/NZLIST19400614.2.3.2
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
252ALLIED LEADERS (28): Lord Woolton New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 51, 14 June 1940, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Material in this publication is protected by copyright.
Are Media Limited has granted permission to the National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa to develop and maintain this content online. You can search, browse, print and download for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Are Media Limited for any other use.
Copyright in the work University Entrance by Janet Frame (credited as J.F., 22 March 1946, page 18), is owned by the Janet Frame Literary Trust. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this article and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the New Zealand Listener. You can search, browse, and print this article for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from the Janet Frame Literary Trust for any other use.
Copyright in the Denis Glover serial Hot Water Sailor published in 1959 is owned by Pia Glover. The National Library has been granted permission to digitise this serial and make it available online as part of this digitised version of the Listener. You can search, browse, and print this serial for research and personal study only. Permission must be obtained from Pia Glover for any other use.
Log in