Aubrey Vere Symonds
Sir Aubrey Vere Symonds (18 October 1874 – 24 March 1931) was a senior United Kingdom, British Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant. Biography Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, Symonds was the eldest son of Arthur Gibb Symonds and Florence Mary Kay. Physician John Addington Symonds (physician), John Addington Symonds was his great-uncle. He was educated at Bedford School and at University College, Oxford. He was Permanent Secretary, Second Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health (United Kingdom), Ministry of Health between 1919 and 1925, and Permanent Secretary at the Department for Education, Board of Education between 1925 and 1931. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1916 Birthday Honours and promoted to Knight Companion in the same order (KCB) in the 1919 Birthday Honours. In 1926, he married Alice Frances Denison Des Vœux, the former Lady Montgomery-Cuninghame (previously married to Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Ba ...
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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