Neville Leigh

Sir Neville Egerton Leigh KCVO (4 June 1922 – 1 August 1994) was a senior British civil servant, descended from a Cheshire gentry family of medieval origin.

Life

The younger son of Captain Cecil Egerton Leigh and Gladys Durell Barnes, Neville Leigh was educated at Charterhouse School.

Commissioned in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, from 1951 Leigh served in the RAF Intelligence.[1][2] He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1967.[3]

Leigh served as Clerk to the Privy Council between 1974 and 1984, and was promoted Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1980 Birthday Honours.[4]

Leigh married Denise Branch, daughter of Colonel Cyril Denzil Branch MC, on 20 May 1944; they had two sons, the younger being the Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "No. 36570". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 June 1944. p. 2925.
  2. ↑ "No. 39309". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 August 1951. p. 4325.
  3. ↑ "No. 44326". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1967. p. 6272.
  4. ↑ "No. 48212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1980. p. 4.
Government offices
Preceded by
Sir Godfrey Agnew		 Clerk to the Privy Council
1974–1984		 Succeeded by
Sir Geoffrey de Deney
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