Sir Arthur Lucius Michael Cary
GCB (3 April 1917 - 6 March 1976) was a British civil servant who served as
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence.
Early life and education
Cary was born to
Joyce Cary
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary (7 December 1888 – 29 March 1957) was an Anglo-Irish novelist and colonial official.
Early life and education
Arthur Joyce Lunel Cary was born in his grandparents' home, above the Belfast Bank in Derry, Ireland in 1 ...
and Gertrude Margaret Ogilvie at
Harrow,
Middlesex
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.
Cary was educated at
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and
Trinity College, Oxford
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.
Career
Cary joined
HM Diplomatic Service
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in 1939. He served as Secretary of the Cabinet, 1961–64; Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, 1964–68. Cary was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the
Ministry of Defence.
Honours
Cary was appointed a
Companion of the Order of the Bath
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(CB) in 1964, advanced to
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
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(KCB) in 1965 and advanced to
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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(GCB) in 1976.
References
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1917 births
1976 deaths
People educated at Eton College
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
British civil servants
Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Permanent Under-Secretaries of State for Defence
Lords of the Admiralty