Sir Edward Christopher Ollard is a British public servant and former
Clerk of the Parliaments
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Ollard was appointed as Clerk of the Parliaments with the effect from 16 April 2017 for a term of three years. In April 2020, he was re-appointed for another three-year term. In September 2020, he announced though that he will retire from the office at Easter 2021. He was appointed
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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(KCB) in the
2021 Birthday Honours
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for services to Parliament.
He served earlier as Clerk Assistant of the
House of Lords
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References
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Clerks of the Parliaments
Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath