Anthony John Aglen
Anthony John Aglen
FRSE (1911–1984) was a Scottish civil servant who served as Fisheries Secretary. He was a founder of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board
.
Life
He was born in
Peking on 30 May 1911 the second son of Francis Aglen of Alyth in Perthshire and his wife, Isabel Marion Agnes Bayley Balfour (nicknamed Senga), daughter of Isaac Bayley Balfour. His father was a servant of the Chinese Imperial Customs, later to be the Chinese Maritime Customs, rising through the service to become Inspector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service from 1911 to 1927.[1]
He was educated at
Ernest Brown.[3]
In 1942 he became Assistant Secretary to the Scottish Home Department. From 1946 to 1971 he was Fisheries Secretary for Scotland to the
White Fish Authority both of which did much to promote and expand the fishing industry and market at home and abroad.[citation needed
]
In the 1940s and 50s he was living at Newmills Farm in Balerno to the south-west of Edinburgh.[4][5]
In 1963 he was elected a Fellow of the
Vero Wynne-Edwards and John Barclay Tait.[6]
From 1963 to 1966 he was President of the North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission.[7] At this period he was living at Birkhill in Earlston in the Scottish Borders.[8]
He retired in 1971 and died in Edinburgh on 25 April 1984.
Family
In 1946 he married Audrey Louise Murray (1914-2009), his second cousin, daughter of Andrew E. Murray WS of 48 Murrayfield Gardens.[9]
References
- ^ "Person:Isabel Balfour (1) - Genealogy". www.werelate.org.
- ^ London Gazette 9 November 1934
- ^ Who Was Who 1897-2000
- ^ "Person:Anthony Aglen (1) - Genealogy". www.werelate.org.
- ^ Journal of the House of Lords vol.106
- ^ Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 – 2002
- ^ Who Was Who vol.8: Aglen
- ^ Royal Society of Edinburgh Yearbook 1963
- ^ The Times (newspaper) 17 Jan 1946