Series
Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Senior Officers: Unregistered Private...
Catalogue reference: MAF 393
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MAF 393
This series contains selected unregistered private office papers of senior officers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, dealing with a wide variety of subjects for which they were responsible at the time.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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MAF 393
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Senior Officers: Unregistered Private Office Files
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Date (When the record was created)
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1954-1987
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains selected unregistered private office papers of senior officers in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, dealing with a wide variety of subjects for which they were responsible at the time.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
Arrangement is by senior officer, and then by private office file reference, or date, where appropriate.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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For earlier Ministry of Food senior officer's private office papers see MAF 128
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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79 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 1999 Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
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Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Frank Hollins (1907-1967) joined the Ministry of Food when it was set up in 1939 on loan from his previous employment as one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. He was Director General of Food and Agriculture in the Control Commission for Germany between 1944 and 1946, after which he returned to the ministry. He became under secretary in 1950, and subsequently an under secretary in the new Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (still dealing with food issues) when it was formed in 1955. He left the ministry in 1961 to become Managing Director of the Covent Garden Market Authority.
Sir Edmund Harwood (c.1900-1964) joined the Ministry of Food when it was set up in 1939 on loan from his previous employment in the Paymaster-General's Office. He served with the ministry 1939-1946 and 1948-1955 where he became an under secretary in 1953, (the interval being spent as Civilian Director of the Imperial Defence College). He left the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in 1959 when he became a member of the Milk Marketing Board.
Sir John Winnifrith (1908-) was permanent secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food between 1959 and 1968, and the minutes and papers of meetings between the Permanent Secretary and his under secretaries relate chiefly to his period in post. He joined the ministry from his post as third secretary in HM Treasury, a department he joined in 1934 having spent two years in the Board of Trade.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10793/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: MAF
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Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Senior Officers: Unregistered Private Office Files