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Heather Hancock
Heather Jane Hancock (born 27 August 1965) is a former civil servant who has held numerous positions related to North Yorkshire. Since 1 October 2020, she has been Master of St John's College, Cambridge. Early life and education Hancock was born Heather Jane Wilkinson on 27 August 1965 in Colne, Lancashire, England. She was educated at Park High School, Colne and Nelson and Colne College. She studied land economy at St John's College, Cambridge, gaining a first class degree. She was made an honorary fellow of the College in February 2019. In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin. and of Darwin College, Cambridge. Career Hancock joined the Government Economic Service in 1988, and served as Private Secretary to three Home Secretaries: David Waddington, Kenneth Baker, and Kenneth Clarke. She was part of the team which created the new Department of National Heritage (now the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), established after the 1992 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Commission
The Millennium Commission, a United Kingdom public body, was set up to celebrate the turn of the millennium. It used funding raised through the UK National Lottery to assist communities in marking the close of the second millennium and celebrating the start of the third. The body was wound up in 2006. Composition Set up in 1993 by the National Lottery etc. Act 1993, the Commission was an independent non-departmental public body. Commissioners were appointed by the Queen on the advice of the Prime Minister; the Chair of the Commission was, for most of its life, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and for most of its life a second government minister was also a Commissioner. During Tessa Jowell's tenure as Chair the second Minister was Richard Caborn, as Minister for Sport, who preceded Jowell in the department by one day, and who left the department contemporaneously (when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister). Closure The Commission was wound up in Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |