Sir Alexander Percival Waterfield,

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, CB (16 May 1888 – 2 June 1965), commonly known as Percival Waterfield, was an English civil servant. Educated at

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, 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

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. His son was the diplomat

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."John Waterfield", '' The Times'' (London), 21 January 2003, p. 29. .

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{{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