Christopher Herzig (24 October 1926 – 1 September 1993) was a British

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. He served as Principal Private Secretary to four cabinet ministers, including Lord Hailsham and Sir Edward Boyle. Christopher was the son of Leopold Adolf Herzig. Herzig was involved with

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, C. P. Snow,

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and Maurice Dean in setting up the Ministry of Technology in 1964.

Family life

He married Rachel Buxton, the daughter of

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on 19 July 1952. They had five children together.

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