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1-670: Shipping Controller was a post created by the Lloyd George Coalition Government in 1916 under the New Ministries and Secretaries Act (6 & 7 George 5 c.68) to regulate and organize merchant shipping in order to supply the United Kingdom with the materials to fight the war following severe losses. The first Shipping Controller was Sir Joseph Maclay , later Baron Maclay who was appointed on 10 December 1916. The second Shipping Controller