Osmund Somers Cleverly

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Sir
Osmond Cleverly
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1935–1939
Serving with Sir Harold Vincent
during 1935–1936
Prime MinisterStanley Baldwin
Neville Chamberlain
Preceded bySir Harold Vincent
Succeeded byArthur Rucker
Personal details
Born
Osmond Somers Cleverly

1891 (1891)
London
Died21 October 1966(1966-10-21) (aged 74–75)
Gomshall, Surrey
NationalityBritish
Spouse
Priscilla Simpson
​
(m. 1920)​
Relations
Civil servant
AwardsCVO (1937)
CB (1939)
Knight Bachelor (1951)
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1914–1919
RankCaptain
UnitQueen's Regiment (TF)
Battles/warsFirst World War

Sir Osmund Somers Cleverly

Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister.[2][3]

Early life

Osmund Cleverly was born in 1891 at London to artist, Charles Frederick Moore Cleverly and Mary Isabel Cleverly.[4] His baptism is recorded as having taken place on 10 December 1891 in the parish of St. Mary the Virgin.[4] For his schooling he was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College, Oxford. Following the outbreak of the First World War he saw active service in India and Mesopotamia between 1914 and 1919.[2][3]

Career

War Office

After the war he entered the British Civil Service, where he worked at the War Office between 1919 and 1935.[3]

Principal Private Secretary

In 1935 he was appointed

Private Secretary and then Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. In this capacity he served the British Prime Ministers Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain between 1935 and 1939.[2][3]

Ministry of Supply

He served as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Supply in the early years of the Second World War between 1939 and 1941.[3]

Commissioner of Crown Lands

From 1941 to 1952 he was

Commissioner of Crown Lands and was called out of retirement to fill the role between 1954 and 1955 after the Crichel Down Affair.[2][3]

Personal life

Cleverly married Priscilla Simpson, daughter of Prof. Frederick Moore Simpson

Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the King's Birthday Honours 1939,[7] and Knighted in The King's Birthday Honours 1951.[8][3]

He died on 21 October 1966 with his funeral held at St. James's Church in Shere, Surrey.[2][9]

References

  1. ^ "Sir Osmund Somers Cleverly - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Sir Osmund Cleverly". The Times. No. 56769. 22 October 1966. p. 10.
  3. ^
    OCLC 15550694.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  4. ^ a b London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p81/mrv/002
  5. OCLC 927026022.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link
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  6. ^ "Page 3084 | Supplement 34396, 11 May 1937 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Page 3855 | Supplement 34633, 6 June 1939 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Page 3061 | Supplement 39243, 1 June 1951 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 56771. 25 October 1966. p. 14.
Government offices
Preceded by
Principal Private Secretary
to the Prime Minister
1935–1939
alongside Sir Harold Vincent
in 1935–1936 		Succeeded by


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