Rupert Howorth

Sir Rupert Beswicke Howorth KCMG KCVO CB JP (1880 – 1964) was a British barrister and senior civil servant.

Howorth was the son of Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth and Katherine Brierley.

He entered the Board of Education in 1908 and transferred to HM Treasury in 1915. In 1919 he was seconded to the Cabinet Office, and he served as the Secretary at the Imperial Conferences of 1923, 1926, 1930 and 1937. In 1930 he became Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet, holding the position until 1942. He was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1933.[1] Between 1938 and 1942 he was Clerk of the Privy Council.[2] Howorth was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1942 Birthday Honours.[3] He was Secretary of the Commissions of the Peace between 1945 and 1946.

References

  1. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 33898. p. 5. 2 January 19332.
  2. T. G. Otte (Ed), An Historian in Peace and War: The Diaries of Harold Temperley (Routledge, 15 Apr 2016), p.523. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35586. p. 2481. 11 June 1942.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Maurice Hankey
Clerk of the Privy Council
19381942
Succeeded by
Sir Eric Leadbitter
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