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Ludovic James Dunnett
Sir Ludovic James Dunnett, GCB, CMG (12 February 1914 – 30 December 1997) was an English civil servant. Born in India, he was the son of Sir James Macdonald Dunnett, a senior official in the Indian Civil Service. He grew up in Edinburgh before attending University College, Oxford. He entered the civil service in 1936 as an official in the Air Ministry. From 1938 to 1945, he was private secretary to the Permanent Secretary. In 1945, he moved to the Ministry of Civil Aviation and later moved to the Ministry of Supply, where he was a deputy secretary. He was then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport (from 1959 to 1962), the Ministry of Labour (from 1962 to 1966) and the Ministry of Defence (from 1966 to 1972). In retirement, he was chairman of the International Maritime Industries Forum from 1976 to 1979, and president of the Institute of Manpower Studies from 1977 yo 1988. His second wife was the Hungarian-born artist Clarisse, ''née'' Feher. She was the widow of Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knight Grand Cross Of The Order Of The Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as "Knights of the Bath". George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order". He did not (as is commonly believed) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred. The Order consists of the Sovereign (currently King Charles III), the Great Master (currently vacant) and three Classes of members: *Knight Grand Cross ( GCB) ''or'' Dame Grand Cross ( GCB) *Knight Commander ( KCB) ''or'' Dame Commander ( DCB) *Companion ( CB) Members belong to either the Civil or the Military Division.''Statutes'' 1925, arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Charles Grover
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the ''Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton, a son of Heracles. Anthony is an English name that is in use in many countries. It has been among the top 100 most popular male baby names in the United States since the late 19th century and has been among the top 100 male baby names between 1998 and 2018 in many countries including Canada, Australia, England, Ireland and Scotland. Equivalents include ''Antonio'' in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Maltese; ''Αντώνιος'' in Greek; ''António'' or ''Antônio'' in Portuguese; ''Antoni'' in Catalan, Polish, and Slovene; ''Anton'' in Dutch, Galician, German, Icelandic, Romanian, Russian, and Scandinavian languages; ''Antoine'' in French; '' Antal'' in Hungarian; and ''Antun'' or '' Ante'' in Croatian. The usual abbreviated form is Ton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 – The Sakurajima volcano in Japan begins to erupt, becoming effusive after a very large earthquake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cary
Sir Arthur Lucius Michael Cary GCB (3 April 1917 - 6 March 1976) was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence. Early life and education Cary was born to Joyce Cary and Gertrude Margaret Ogilvie at Harrow, Middlesex. Cary was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford. Career Cary joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1939. He served as Secretary of the Cabinet, 1961–64; Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, 1964–68. Cary was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence. Honours Cary was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1964, advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1965 and advanced to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Secretary Of The Ministry Of Defence
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence, also called the Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, is the permanent secretary at the Ministry of Defence. The office holder is the government's principal civilian adviser on Defence matters. The office holder is a member of the Defence Council and the Defence Board. The position has existed in its current format since the formation of the modern Ministry of Defence in 1964. It was preceded by the Permanent Secretary at the earlier Ministry of Defence (1947–1964), and by the Permanent Secretaries at the government departments that were absorbed into the Ministry of Defence in 1964: the Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for War, and the Permanent Secretary to the Air Ministry. The current Permanent Secretary to the MOD is David Williams. Permanent Secretaries to the Ministry of Defence (1947–1964) The Permanent Secretaries at the earlier Ministry of Defence (1947–196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Hardman
Sir Henry Hardman, KCB (15 December 1905 – 17 January 2001) was an English civil servant and, briefly, an academic economist. Early life Hardman was born in December 1905, the son of Harry Hardman of Old Trafford, Manchester, and Bertha Cook Hardman. He was educated at Manchester Central High School and read Commerce at the University of Manchester, graduating in 1927. He taught for the Workers’ Educational Association from 1929 until 1934 when he was appointed an economics tutor at the University of Leeds. Civil Service career After the outbreak of the Second World War, Hardman was drafted into the civil service in 1940 and served in the Ministry of Food. He was Deputy Head of the British Food Mission in Washington, DC (1946–48) and was the Minister of the UK's Permanent Delegations in Paris from 1953 to 1955. When the Ministry of Food merged with the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in 1955, he transferred to the new Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Barnes
Sir Denis Charles Barnes, KCB (15 December 1914 – 6 May 1992) was an English civil servant. Educated at Merton College, Oxford, he entered the civil service in 1937 as an official in the Ministry of Labour, where he was private secretary to the minister from 1945 to 1947, deputy secretary from 1963 to 1966, and the Permanent Secretary from 1966; the Ministry became the Department of Employment and Productivity in 1968 and the Department of Employment in 1970; he remained head, retiring in 1973. He was much concerned with industrial relations; he oversaw the creation of the Health and Safety Executive, the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, the Training Services Agency, and the Employment Services Agency, the latter of which were merged into the Manpower Services Commission; he served as its chairman from 1974 to 1976."Sir Denis Barnes", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Permanent Secretary
A permanent secretary (also known as a principal secretary) is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service Chief executive officer, chief executives of government departments or ministries, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing political secretaries of state to whom they report and provide advice. Country Australia In Australia, the position is called the "department secretary", “secretary of the department”, or “director-general of the department” in some states and territories. Barbados Canada In Canada, the senior civil service position is a "deputy minister", who within a government ministry or department is outranked only by a Minister (government), Minister of the Crown. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denzil Dunnett
Denzil is a Cornish given name. It may refer to: People *Denzil Batchelor, British journalist and writer *Denzil Best, American jazz percussionist *Denzil Botus, Trinidadian pannist *Denzil Davies, British politician *Denzil Dean Harber, British Trotskyist leader *Denzil Dennis, Jamaican reggae singer *Denzil Dolley, South African field hockey player *Denzil Douglas, former Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis *Denzil Dowell, police shooting victim *Denzil Doyle, Canadian entrepreneur *Denzil Fernando (1923-2010), Sri Lankan Sinhala lawyer and politician *Denzil Forrester, Grenada artist *Denzil Fortescue, 6th Earl Fortescue, British lieutenant colonel *Denzil Foster, one half of the American R&B duo Foster & McElroy *Denzil Franco, Indian footballer *Denzil Freeth, British politician * Denzil Hale, English footballer *Denzil Haroun, Manchester United Football Club club director *Denzil Hoaseb, Namibian footballer *Denzil Ibbetson, English administrator of British India *Denzil J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over ''The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
