Walter Patrick Shovelton, CB,

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(18 August 1919 – 20 January 2012) was a British civil servant and subsequently a transport executive.

Career

Shovelton was educated at

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and

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. After wartime service in the Honourable Artillery Company he joined the

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in 1946. He held various posts in the Ministry of Transport until 1959 when he transferred to the new Ministry of Aviation, becoming its

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in 1966 before moving to the Ministry of Technology in the same year. In 1970 the Ministry of Technology was absorbed into the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and Shovelton was a leading member of the UK negotiating team for entry into the

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1970–72. When the DTI was broken up in 1974 Shovelton was posted to the

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. In 1976 he moved to the

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and led the UK negotiating team for the Bermuda II agreement in 1977 and the so-called "Bermuda 2A" agreement in 1978. In 1978 Shovelton retired from the Civil Service and was Director-General of the

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1978–85; later he was a UK director and then UK vice-chairman of the Maersk conglomerate. He also wrote obituaries for The Independent.

Awards/honours

Shovelton was appointed CMG in 1972 and CB in 1976.

Personal life

Shovelton married Marjorie Manners in 1942; they were divorced in 1967. In 1968 he married Helena Richards.

References

External links

SHOVELTON, (Walter) Patrick
Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Feb 2012, accessed 5 March 2012]
Patrick Shovelton: Senior civil servant and obituarist for 'The Independent'
The Independent, London, 3 February 2012. {{DEFAULTSORT:Shovelton, Patrick 1919 births 2012 deaths People educated at Charterhouse School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery officers Civil servants in the Ministry of Aviation Civil servants in the Department of Trade and Industry Civil servants in the Ministry of Transport (United Kingdom) British civil servants Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Honourable Artillery Company officers