Alan Hitchman
Sir Edwin Alan Hitchman, KCB (16 November 1903 – 2 July 1980), commonly known as Alan Hitchman, was an English civil servant.[1]
Educated at Downing College, Cambridge, the Sorbonne and the Ecole des Sciences Politiques, he entered the civil service and joined the Ministry of Labour,[1] beginning in 1926 as a junior grade in the administrative class.[2] He worked in the ministry during the Second World War.[1]
In 1947, Hitchman was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB)[3] and moved to HM Treasury where he worked on plans for post-war reconstruction and was involved the devaluation of the pound. He was then Permanent Secretary of the new Ministry of Materials from 1950 to 1952[1] and was promoted to Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1952.[4] That year, he was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, serving until 1955 when it became the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF); he was Permanent Secretary of this new ministry until 1959. From 1959, he sat on the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, serving as its chairman from 1964 to 1966.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Alan Hitchman", The Times (London), 5 July 1980, p. 14. Gale CS238126821.
- ^ The London Gazette, 5 November 1926 (issue 33218), p. 7141.
- ^ The London Gazette, 30 December 1947 (issue 38161), p. 5.
- ^ The London Gazette, 30 May 1952 (supplement, issue 39555), p. 3010.