Burke Frederick St John Trend, Baron Trend, (2 January 1914 – 21 July 1987) was a British

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and later Rector of

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Biography

Trend was educated at

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and

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, where he took first class honours in Classics. He then joined the

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, spending most of his career in the

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. He became

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under

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and

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between 1963 and 1973. Trend was appointed a

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(CVO) in the

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. He was appointed a

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(CB) in the

1955 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 1955 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced on 1 January 1955 to celebra ...

, promoted to

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(KCB) in the

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and a

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in the 1968 New Year Honours. On 7 March 1974 he was created a

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as Baron Trend, of

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in Greater London. He led an investigation in the 1970s into allegations of penetration of the British Secret Services from before

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until the 1960s. His conclusion was that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations. Peter Wright in his memoirs, ''

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'', discusses Trend and his report. Peter Wright, ''

''.

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, 1987. . Trend married Patricia Charlotte Shaw in 1949; they had three children. One son,

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, was a Member of Parliament (

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) from 1992 to 2005.

References

1914 births 1987 deaths People educated at Whitgift School Alumni of Merton College, Oxford Cabinet Secretaries (United Kingdom) Second Permanent Secretaries of HM Treasury Crossbench life peers Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Fellows of Lincoln College, Oxford Rectors of Lincoln College, Oxford Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Life peers created by Elizabeth II {{Life-peer-stub