John Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston

John Charles Wilmot, 1st Baron Wilmot of Selmeston PC (2 April 1893 – 22 July 1964) was a British Labour Party politician. He served under Clement Attlee as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946 and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947.

Education

Wilmot was educated at Hither Green central school, and went on to pursue evening classes at Chelsea Polytechnic and at King's College London.

Political career

Wilmot was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fulham East at a by-election in 1933, but lost his seat the 1935 general election. In November 1937 he was elected an alderman on London County Council, remaining a member until 1945. He returned to the House of Commons at another by-election, in 1939 as MP for Kennington. He was re-elected at the 1945 election for the Deptford constituency, and served in Clement Attlee's post-war government as Minister of Aircraft Production from 1945 to 1946, when that office was abolished, and as Minister of Supply from 1945 to 1947. He was admitted to the Privy Council in 1945. He retired from the House of Commons at the 1950 general election and was raised to the peerage as Baron Wilmot of Selmeston, of Selmeston in the County of Sussex, on 30 January 1950.

Personal life

Lord Wimot of Selmeston died in July 1964, aged 71.