Burke Trend, Baron Trend

Burke St. John Trend, Baron Trend, of Greenwich in Greater London PC GCB CVO (* January 2, 1914, † 21 July 1987) was a British government official who for ten years Cabinet Secretary ( Cabinet Secretary ) under the Prime Ministers of Alec Douglas - Home, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath was and 1974 was as a life peer, due to the Life peerages Act 1958 a member of the House of Lords. Most recently, he spent ten years 1973-1983 Rector of Lincoln College, University of Oxford.

Life

Government official and climb to the Cabinet Secretary

Trend graduated after attending the Whitgift School study of classical archeology at Merton College, where he graduated with honors. After he joined the Civil Service (Civil Service ) and worked throughout his professional career after a short stint from 1936 to 1937 in the Ministry of Education (Ministry of Education) 1937-1955 the Treasury (HM Treasury). He was from 1945 to 1949 Senior Private Secretary ( Principal Private Secretary ) of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer ( Chancellor of the Exchequer ) Hugh Dalton and Richard Stafford Cripps and then 1949-1955 Under-Secretary ( Under- Secretary ) at the Treasury. For his service in the administration, he was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath on 1 June 1953 to the Commander of the Royal Victorian Order ( CVO ) and on 1 January 1955.

After working for a year from 1955 to 1956 in the office of Lord Privy Seal ( Lord Privy Seal) Rab Butler was trend 1956-1959 Deputy Cabinet Secretary ( Deputy Cabinet Secretary ) and thus representative of Norman Brook, who was 1947-1962 Cabinet Secretary and at the same time of 1956 to 1962 in personal union also head of the civil service ( Head of Her Majesty's Civil service ) was.

1959 trend only third Permanent Secretary and one year later in 1960 Second Permanent Secretary ( Second Permanent Secretary ) of the Treasury, where he was responsible for the public service until his replacement by Philip Allen in 1963. On 2 June 1962 he was Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath and led henceforth the additional name "Sir".

Subsequently, he was in 1963 Successor of Norman Brook as cabinet secretary and held this position as Principal of the Cabinet Office under the Prime Ministers of Alec Douglas -Home, Harold Wilson and Edward Heath for ten years until his replacement by John Hunt in 1973., The same time exerted by Brook function as head of the civil service, however, was taken over by Laurence Helsby. He was also appointed Privy Councillor in 1972. During his term as cabinet secretary, he worked on issues of defense and disarmament policy and foreign policy, including as adviser and close associate of the respective prime ministers.

House of Lords member and Rector of Lincoln College

By Letters Patent of 7 March 1974 trend due to the Life peerages Act 1958 as Life peer with the title Baron trend of Greenwich was raised in Greater London to the peerage, and thus belonged to his death in the House of Lords as a member.

After completing his work as cabinet secretary, he followed in 1973 Walter Oakeshott as Rector of Lincoln College, University of Oxford and has held this office also for ten years until he was in 1983 replaced by Vivian HH Green, who was 1951-1983 Fellow and Tutor of History and already functioned from 1972 to 1973 as managing principal.

From his 1949 concluded with the mathematics teacher Patricia Charlotte Shaw married his son Michael trend emerged, who was representing the Conservative Party Member of the House of Commons between 1992 and 2005. Patricia trend, Baroness trend, died 2008.

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