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Percy Emerson Watkins
Sir Percy Emerson Watkins (3 December 1871 – 5 May 1946) was a Welsh civil servant and public administrator. Born on 3 December 1871 at Llanfyllin, he attended the high school in Oswestry before he was appointed clerk of the Central Welsh Board in 1896. He was Chief Clerk to the Education Department of the West Riding of Yorkshire from 1904 to 1911, and was then registrar of the University College, Cardiff, from 1911 to 1913 and Assistant Secretary to the Welsh Insurance Commission from 1913 to 1925. In the latter year, he became Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Department of the Board of Education, serving until 1933. At the Welsh Department, he improved the relations between the department and the Central Welsh Board, prompted surveys on Welsh language teaching, and was an advocate of adult education. From 1933, he led the Council of Social Services in Wales. In the view of the historian R. Lewis, Watkins belonged to a "social radical coterie"; for him, unemployment in the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Llanfyllin
Llanfyllin ( – ) is a market town, community and electoral ward in a sparsely populated area in Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales. Llanfyllin's community population in 2011 was 1,532, of whom 34.1% could speak Welsh. Llanfyllin means ''church or parish'' (llan) ''of St Myllin'' ('m' frequently mutates to 'f' in Welsh). The community includes the tiny settlements of Bodfach, Ty Crwyn, Abernaint and several farms. Geography The town lies in the valley of the River Cain near the Berwyn Mountains in Montgomeryshire, southwest of Oswestry and from Montgomery. The River Cain is joined by the small River Abel in Llanfyllin (presumably named after Cain and Abel in the Bible), and meanders through the valley, flowing into the River Vyrnwy at Llansantffraid. History The town lies between Shrewsbury and Bala, for a long time the key market towns in this area of Wales and the Welsh borders. At nearby Bodyddon there is evidence of an early British settlement. Llanfyllin may be the "Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Council Of Social Services
A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or national level are not considered councils. At such levels, there may be no separate executive branch, and the council may effectively represent the entire government. A board of directors might also be denoted as a council. A committee might also be denoted as a council, though a committee is generally a subordinate body composed of members of a larger body, while a council may not be. Because many schools have a student council, the council is the form of governance with which many people are likely to have their first experience as electors or participants. A member of a council may be referred to as a councillor or councilperson, or by the gender-specific titles of councilman and councilwoman. In politics Notable examples of types of coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
