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Sir Laurence George Brock CB (7 May 1879 – 29 April 1949) was a British civil servant. He was chairman of the
Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency The Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency was a body overseeing the treatment of the mentally ill in England and Wales. It was created by the Mental Deficiency Act 1913 to replace the Commissioners in Lunacy, under the Home Office howe ...
from 1928 to 1945. Brock was born in
Islington Islington () is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a mainly residential district of Inner London, extending from Islington's High Street to Highbury Fields, encompassing the ar ...
, London to George William Frederick Brock, a clerk, and Eliza Jane Wilkins. His younger sister,
Dorothy Brock Dame Madeline Dorothy Brock (18 November 1886 – 31 December 1969) was an English educationist. She served as Headmistress of the Mary Datchelor Girls' School, Camberwell, London from 1918 to 1950. She oversaw the evacuation of the school durin ...
, was a headmistress of the
Mary Datchelor School Mary Datchelor School was an endowed grammar school for girls on Camberwell Grove in Camberwell, Greater London, England. It was established in 1877 and closed in 1981. It was known for its innovations in encouraging teacher training, and for i ...
, Prior to becoming chairman of the Board of Control, Brock served as private secretary to the Financial Secretary to the Admiralty (1905–12), assistant secretary to the National Health Insurance Commission (1912–16), assistant secretary to the Ministry of Health (1919–25), and principal assistant secretary of the Board of Control (1925–28). He was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain, George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved Bathing#Medieval ...
in 1919 and was knighted in 1935. He was also a Chevalier of the
Order of the Crown of Italy The Order of the Crown of Italy ( it, Ordine della Corona d'Italia, italic=no or OCI) was founded as a national order in 1868 by King Vittorio Emanuele II, to commemorate the unification of Italy in 1861. It was awarded in five degrees for civi ...
. He died in 1949 in Oxford. Eight portraits are held by the National Portrait Gallery in London. He married Ellen Margery Williams on 31 July 1917. They had two sons and one daughter. Lady Brock died in 1976.


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1879 births 1949 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Knights Bachelor British civil servants People from the London Borough of Islington {{UK-gov-bio-stub