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Frederick James Marquis

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Data Last Updated: 27 February 2026
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Also Known As

Frederick Marquis

Born: 23 August 1883, Salford, Lancashire

Died: 14 December 1964

Peerages

1st Baron Woolton - 7 July 1939

1st Viscount Woolton - 2 July 1953

1st Earl of Woolton - 9 January 1956

Knighted - 1935

Member of Privy Council - 1940

son of Margaret Ormerod

son of Thomas Robert Marquis

father of Roger David Marquis

Appointments

Minister of Food	April 1940	1943
Minster of Reconstruction	1943	May 1945
Lord President of the Council	25 May 1945	26 July 1945
Lord President of the Council	28 October 1951	25 November 1952
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	24 November 1952	20 December 1955