Lord Woolton: A Life of 'Social Work' and Humanitarianism

Between 1943 and 1963, Frederick James Marquis, Lord Woolton, was the Chairman of Executive Committee British Red Cross Society (BRCS) held key roles in International Movement aftermath war. This article examines how director a department store chain, Lewis’s, who became member Conservative Party’s Cabinet 1951, chair BRCS at such time its history – reframing charity after Second World War launch National Health Service. Woolton not only had experience retail but also social work Manchester Liverpool, supporting governments both wars, famously as Minister Food during War, latterly party politics. research takes biographical approach, utilising Woolton’s memoir his personal papers Bodleian Libraries, University Oxford, together with archives, to explore contextualised career through background work, constructing humanitarian narrative memoir.