Charles Cunningham (civil servant)
Sir Charles Craik Cunningham, Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office, its most senior civil servant. He had worked in the Scottish Office from 1929 until moving to the Home Office in 1957, and served as Secretary of the Scottish Home Department between 1948 and 1957.[1][2]
Early life and education
Cunningham was born on 7 May 1906 in Dundee, Scotland. He was educated at Harris Academy, a selective state school in Dundee. He studied at the University of St Andrews.[1]
Honours
In the
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) "for public services".[7]
References
- ^ Who's Who & Who Was Who (December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 December 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70186. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "No. 35029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1940. p. 8.
- ^ "No. 37598". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1946. p. 2759.
- ^ "No. 39421". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1951. p. 10.
- ^ "No. 42370". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1961. p. 4145.
- ^ "No. 46162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1973. p. 3.
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