Maurice Hankey (1877-1963: ODNB) senior and wide-ranging civil servant; Royal Marines (retired as Colonel in 1929) and naval intelligence, 1895-1912; secretary, committee of imperial defence, 1912-38; cabinet secretary, 1916-38; clerk of the privy council, 1923-38, 1st Baron Hankey 1939; cabinet ministerial positions 1939-41. See also Volume 59, 68, 86, 87.

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• 31 Jul 1927