Aubrey Symonds

Sir Aubrey Vere Symonds KCB (18 October 1874 – 24 March 1931) was a senior British civil servant.[3][4]

Sir Aubrey Symonds
Born	Aubrey Vere Symonds 18 October 1874[1] Pendleton, Lancashire, England[2]
Died	24 March 1931 (aged 56) Folkestone, Kent, England
Occupation	British civil servant

Biography

Born in Pendleton, Lancashire, Symonds was the eldest son of Arthur Gibb Symonds and Florence Mary Kay. Physician John Addington Symonds was his great-uncle. He was educated at Bedford School and at University College, Oxford. He was Second Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Health between 1919 and 1925, and Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education between 1925 and 1931.[5]

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1916 Birthday Honours[6] and promoted to Knight Companion in the same order (KCB) in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[7]

In 1926, he married Alice Frances Denison Des Vœux, the former Lady Montgomery-Cuninghame (previously married to Sir Thomas Montgomery-Cuninghame, 10th Baronet, 1904–1925), daughter of Sir William Des Vœux.[8]

Sir Aubrey died in 1931, six months after contacting pleurisy.[3]

References

1. Manchester, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813–1915
2. 1911 England Census
3. "Obituary: Sir Aubrey Symonds – An Able Civil Servant". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 25 March 1931. p. 16.
4. "Symonds, Sir Aubrey (Vere), (1874–24 March 1931), Permanent Secretary, Board of Education, since 1925". Who's Who. 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u217898.
5. Richard Aldrich and Peter Gordon, Dictionary of British Educationists, London 1989, ISBN 0-7130-0177-1, p.241
6. "No. 29608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1916. p. 5556.
7. "No. 31391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1919. p. 7296.
8. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 707. ISBN 0-00-082331-7.