Alan Dawtry

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Sheffield University
Parent(s)Melancthon and Kate Nicholas (Kevan) Dawtry

Sir Alan Graham Dawtry

CBE TD (8 April 1915 – 27 January 2018)[1] was a British municipal government official. He was an Assistant solicitor at Sheffield City Council between 1938 and 1948, deputy town clerk at Bolton, England between 1948-1952 and Leicester, England between 1952-1954 and town clerk Wolverhampton, England, 1954–1956.[citation needed] He was Chief Executive of the Westminster City Council between 1956 and 1977.[2] During his career, he was also Town Clerk for the City of Westminster. In the 1974 New Year Honours
, Dawtry was knighted.

Early life and education

Dawtry was born in Sheffield; his parents were Melancthon and Kate Dawtry. After

Sheffield University,[3] graduating in 1937.[4]

References

  1. ^ Obituary: Solace’s co-founder who helped redraw London boundaries
  2. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  3. ^ Brooke, Rodney (8 February 2018). "Sir Alan Dawtry obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Sir Alan Dawtry, CBE, TD (1915-2018) obituary". www.sheffield.ac.uk. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

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