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First Civil Service Commissioner
The First Civil Service Commissioner heads the Civil Service Commission, a statutory body which ensures that appointments to the Civil Service in the United Kingdom are made openly and on merit, and hears appeals from civil servants under the Civil Service Code. The post was created in 1855 following publication of the Northcote–Trevelyan Report by Charles Trevelyan and Stafford Northcote that advocated the decoupling of appointments of senior civil servants from ministers to insure the impartiality of the Civil Service. Following a report of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, ''"Defining the Boundaries within the Executive: Ministers, special advisers and the permanent Civil Service"'' in 2003, the appointment of the First Civil Service Commissioner is made by Government after consultation with the leaders of the main opposition parties. They are then appointed by the Queen under Royal Prerogative. List of first civil service commissioners *Sir Edward Ryan (1855–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of The United Kingdom
The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag. The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801 which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England (which also represents Wales)), edged in white, superimposed on the saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), also edged in white, which are superimposed on the saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland). Wales is not represented in the Union Flag by Wales's patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed whilst Wales was part of the Kingdom of England. The flag proportions on land and the war flag used by the British Army have the proportions 3:5. The flag's height-to-length proportions at sea are 1:2. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Courthope
William John Courthope, (17 July 184210 April 1917) was an English writer and historian of poetry, whose father was rector of South Malling, Sussex. Life From Harrow School he went to New College, Oxford; took first-classes in classical moderations and greats; and won the Newdigate prize for poetry (1864) and the Chancellors English essay (1868). He seemed destined for distinction as a poet, his volume of ''Ludibria Lunae'' (1869) being followed in 1870 by the remarkably fine ''Paradise of Birds''. But a certain academic quality of mind seemed to check his output in verse and divert it into the field of criticism. Apart from many contributions to the higher journalism, his literary career is associated mainly with his continuation of the edition of Pope's works, begun by Whitwell Elwin, which appeared in ten volumes from 1871 to 1889; his life of Addison (''Men of Letters'' series, 1882); his ''Liberal Movement in English Literature'' (1885); and his tenure of the professors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Fraser (civil Servant)
Angus McKay Fraser (10 March 1928 – 27 May 2001) was a senior British Civil Servant politician and cabinet minister from 1979 until 1992, and a lifelong scholar of Gypsies, and of the author George Borrow. Early life He was born at Dumfries, the son of a prison officer. He grew up in Falkirk, attending Falkirk High School where his interest in the life and writings of George Borrow was first kindled. After school he studied modern languages at the University of Glasgow. After graduating he did Military Service in the Royal Artillery. He continued his association with the military as a member of the Territorial Army, receiving the Territorial Efficiency Decoration in 1966, at which time he held the rank of Major. Career Fraser joined the Customs and Excise in 1952. His career tended to alternate between central Whitehall departments (Civil Service Department, The Treasury) and his own department. He rose to become Deputy Chairman of the Customs and Excise in 1978, followed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fergus Allen
Fergus Hamilton Allen CB FRSL (3 September 1921 – 22 July 2017) was a civil servant and author. Allen was educated at Newtown School, Waterford before going up to Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ... ( MA, MAI, ScD). References External links Debrett's People of Today {{DEFAULTSORT:Allen, Fergus 1921 births 2017 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. Since 2018, the paper's main news ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Clucas
Sir Kenneth Henry Clucas (18 November 1921 – 27 August 2010) was an English civil servant. After retiring in 1982, he served as chairman of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux. Early life and education He was born in Faversham, Kent, the son of Rev. John Henry Clucas, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Ethel Sim. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath, where he became head boy. His education was interrupted by the Second World War. Called up at age 19, he served as an officer in the Royal Signals from 1941 to 1946. He was mentioned in dispatches, which he insisted was not for any braveness against the enemy but for a "bold effort to sort out organisational weaknesses in the Signals Office." Following the war, he went to Emmanuel College, Cambridge, to read English literature. However, his university life was cut short when he was successful in the Civil Service exam, which he sat for entry to the Administrative Class. The Civil Service Commission would n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hunt, Baron Hunt Of Tanworth
John Joseph Benedict Hunt, Baron Hunt of Tanworth, (23 October 1919 – 17 July 2008) was a British civil servant. Born in Minehead, Somerset to Major A. L. Hunt MC by his wife Daphne (''née'' Ashton Case), he was educated at Downside School and Magdalene College, Cambridge before joining the Civil Service in 1946. Hunt became Cabinet Secretary from 1973 to 1979, being the first Roman Catholic to hold this post since its creation in 1916. Lord Hunt of Tanworth married firstly in 1941 The Hon. Mary Robinson (died 1971) and, by his second wife Madeleine, Lady Charles (''née'' Hume), was a brother-in-law of the late Basil Hume, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. Honours and awards Hunt was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1968 Birthday Honours, promoted Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1973 Birthday Honours and was advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1977 Birthday Honours. Hunt was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Abell (civil Servant)
George Abell may refer to: * George O. Abell (1927–1983), American astronomer and educator *Sir George Abell (civil servant) (1904–1989), English civil servant in UK and colonial Indian service and cricketer See also * George Abel (1916–1996), Canadian ice-hockey player * George Clayton Abel, Royal Canadian Air Force officer * Abell (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Abell, George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mallaby (public Servant)
Sir (Howard) George Charles Mallaby (17 February 1902 – 18 December 1978), was an English schoolmaster and public servant. He received the US Legion of Merit in 1946 and was knighted in 1958. From 1957 to 1959, he was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand. Early life and family Born in 1902 at Worthing, Mallaby was the youngest child of actor and acting company manager William Calthorpe Mallaby (né William Calthorpe Deeley- his father had insisted on a stage name; d. 1912) and his wife Katharine Mary Frances Miller. He was educated at Radley College and Merton College, Oxford, where he was a classicist and an exhibitioner. Gittings, Robert, 'Mallaby, Sir (Howard) George Charles (1902–1978), public servant and headmaster' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''online version(subscription required), accessed 10 August 2008 At Radley, he was Cadet CSM of the school's Officer Training Corps. At Oxford, he graduated BA in 1923 and MA in 1935.'MALLABY, Sir (Howar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence Helsby, Baron Helsby
Laurence Norman Helsby, Baron Helsby (27 April 1908 – 5 December 1978) was a British civil servant. Early life Laurence Helsby was born on 27 April 1908 and educated at Sedbergh School in Cumbria, before studying at Keble College, Oxford. He lectured in economics at the University College of the South West of England (a predecessor institution of the University of Exeter) between 1930 and 1931 and at the University of Durham between 1931 and 1945. Career In 1946, he joined the Civil Service, initially as an Assistant Secretary in the Treasury, before becoming Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, between 1947 and 1950. After a period working in the Ministry of Food, he was appointed First Civil Service Commissioner in 1954, transferring in 1959 to become Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour. In 1963, he was made joint Permanent Secretary to the Treasury and Head of the Home Civil Service. Following his retirement, he was created a life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Sinker
Sir Algernon Paul Sinker, KCMG, CB (13 April 1905 – 26 February 1977), commonly known as Paul Sinker, was an English civil servant and classicist. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was elected to a fellowship in 1928. In 1940, he was made a temporary civil servant to contribute to the war effort, and was noted for his competency; convinced to stay in 1945, he left his fellowship and became a permanent member of HM Civil Service. From 1951 to 1954, he was First Civil Service Commissioner. He then served as Director-General of the British Council from 1954 to 1968 and chairman of the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas from 1968 to 1976.J. M. LeeSinker, Sir (Algernon) Paul" ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (online ed., Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been offici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Waterfield
Sir Alexander Percival Waterfield, KBE, CB (16 May 1888 – 2 June 1965), commonly known as Percival Waterfield, was an English civil servant. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he entered the civil service in 1911 and served as the Treasury Remembrancer for Ireland from 1920 to 1922; from 1939 to 1955, he was First Civil Service Commissioner. His son was the diplomat John Waterfield."John Waterfield", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...'' (London), 21 January 2003, p. 29. . References {{DEFAULTSORT:Waterfield, Percival 1888 births 1965 deaths English civil servants Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor Companions of the Order of the Bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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