Sir Francis Lewis Castle Floud KCB KCSI

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(18 May 1875 – 17 April 1965) was a British civil servant and diplomat. Very unusually, he received three knighthoods for his public services. Francis Floud came from a clerical family. He was educated at

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, having refused to go to Oxford University because he did not wish to enter the church; his younger brother went in his stead. He entered the Board of Agriculture at a junior level in 1894 and, while working there, qualified as a barrister of

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. He served in a variety of posts before being appointed, in 1920, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. He was Chairman of the Board of Customs and Excise from 1927 to 1930 and then Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour (1930-1934) during the very difficult period following the financial crisis, when unemployment and other benefits were cut by the National government. He served as

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from 1934 to 1938. and was invested as a

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(KCMG) in the

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. From 1938 to 1940 he chaired the Bengal Land Revenue Commission, for which he was appointed a Knight Commander to the

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(KCSI) in the

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and, in his retirement, a number of other public bodies.Who Was Who 2014 Francis Floud married, in 1909, Phyllis, daughter of Colonel Everard A. Ford. They had two sons,

Peter Floud Peter Castle Floud CBE, (1 June 1911 – 22 January 1960) was a British civil servant and official of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, administering missions in Egypt, Iran, and Albania. He was also an authority on Will ...

and

Bernard Floud Bernard Francis Castle Floud (22 March 1915 – 10 October 1967) was a British farmer, television company executive and politician. He was the father of the economic historian Sir Roderick Floud. Early life He was born in Epsom, Surrey, the son o ...

MP and a daughter Phyllis, who married Peter du Sautoy.

External links

The Papers of Sir Francis Floud
held at

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1875 births 1965 deaths Place of birth missing Place of death missing People educated at Cranleigh School Alumni of King's College London Members of Lincoln's Inn High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub