Clerk of the House of Commons
The Clerk of the House of Commons is the chief executive of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and before 1707 of the House of Commons of England.
The formal name for the position held by the Clerk of the House of Comm ...
of the United Kingdom from 2006 to 2011. He began service with the
House of Commons
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in 1967. He was appointed Principal Clerk in 1991 and served as secretary to the
House of Commons Commission
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from 1995 to 2001. He then served as Clerk of the Journals (2001–03) and Clerk of Legislation (2003–06) before being appointed Clerk of the House of Commons in 2006. While in this office he was the editor of the 24th edition of '' Erskine May: Parliamentary Practice'' (2011).
As an author on history and philosophy he has published: ''Corruption and Progress: the Eighteenth-Century Debate'' (1989), ''William Beckford: An English Fidalgo'' (1997), ''Sintra: A Glorious Eden'' (2002) and ''Lisbon: City of the Sea'' (2007) as well as essays, articles and reviews in learned and literary journals in the UK, USA and South Africa.Who's Who 2017 169th annual edition, A&C Black Publishers Ltd London
He lectures at various universities in the UK, USA and Europe and was visiting professor of Enlightenment Studies at Nanyang Technogical University, Singapore in 2015.
He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2012, President of the Beckford Society in 2015 and President of the Johnson Club in 2016.
He was succeeded by
Robert Rogers Robert Rogers may refer to:
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on 1 October 2011.
Jack was appointed Knight Commander of the
Order of the Bath
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