Sir
Neville Leigh
KCVO
Clerk to the Privy Council
In office
1974–1984
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterEdward Heath
Harold Wilson
James Callaghan
Margaret Thatcher
Preceded byGodfrey Agnew
Succeeded byGeoffrey de Deney
Personal details
Born
Neville Egerton Leigh

4 June 1922
Died1 August 1994
Children3, including Edward Leigh
EducationCharterhouse School
OccupationCivil Servant
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch/service Royal Air Force
UnitRAF Intelligence
Battles/warsSecond World War
Los Negros, Admiralty Islands, New Guinea. 28 May 1944

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 a daughter and 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 bySir Godfrey Agnew Clerk to the Privy Council 1974–1984 Succeeded bySir Geoffrey de Deney
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