POWER OF ATTORNEY



Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and

appoints each of Robert W. Skelton and W. Geoffrey Carpenter, signing singly,

the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1) to execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's

capacity as an officer and/or director of McCormick & Company, Incorporated

(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and Form 144 in

accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933;



(2) to do and perform such acts for and on behalf of the undersigned as may

be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5

and Form 144 timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3) to take any other actions as such attorney-in-fact, on advice of counsel

may deem to be of benefit to, in the best interests of, or legally required

by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of

Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions

as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.



The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers

herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might

or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or

such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause

to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein

granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,

in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not

assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934, or the undersigned's responsibilities  to comply with the Securities

Act of 1933.



This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to

the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the

Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing

delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be

executed as of this 9th day of December, 2003.





Signature:  /s/  Mark T. Timbie

Witness:  /s/ Annette Schoeberlein