Eric Leadbitter
Sir Eric Cyril Egerton Leadbitter KCVO (1891 – 1971) was a British civil servant and author.
In 1937 he was made Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.[1] In 1942 he became Clerk of the Privy Council, holding the position until 1951. He was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1951 Birthday Honours, having been made knight bachelor in 1946.[2][3]
He married Irene Lloyd in 1918.
Books
Leadbitter was the author of three books:
- The Road to Nowhere (1916)
- Perpetual Fires (1918)
- The Evil that Men Do (1923)
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 34396. p. 3084. 11 may 1937.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 37407. p. 2. 1 January 1946.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39243. p. 3065. 7 June 1951.
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| Preceded by Sir Rupert Howorth |
Clerk of the Privy Council 1942–1951 |
Succeeded by Major Francis Ford Fernau |
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