Ernest Symons
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Ernest Vize Symons CB
(19 June 1913 – 5 November 1990) was a British Civil Servant who became Director General of the Board of Inland Revenue
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He was educated at the Stationers' Company School and University College London
(UCL), serving on the UCL Council in 1975 and becoming a fellow of UCL in 1979.
He became an Assistant Inspector of Taxes in 1934. He was a Deputy Chief Inspector of Taxes, 1964-1973, Chief Inspector of Taxes until 1975 then Director General until his retirement in 1977. In 1975 he was made a Companion of the Bath.
He was Honorary Treasurer of the National Association for the Care of Offenders in 1979. From 1978, he was on the council of the London Welsh Trust (Vice-Chairman, 1981-1985). He was Honorary Treasurer of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion from 1980. He was a governor of the English-Speaking Union
from 1978 and its deputy chairman from 1983 to 1986.
His daughter is Elizabeth Symons (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean).
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(19 June 1913 – 5 November 1990) was a British Civil Servant who became Director General of the Board of Inland Revenue
Inland Revenue
The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct taxation, including income tax, national insurance contributions, capital gains tax, inheritance tax, corporation tax, petroleum revenue tax and stamp duty...
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He was educated at the Stationers' Company School and University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
(UCL), serving on the UCL Council in 1975 and becoming a fellow of UCL in 1979.
He became an Assistant Inspector of Taxes in 1934. He was a Deputy Chief Inspector of Taxes, 1964-1973, Chief Inspector of Taxes until 1975 then Director General until his retirement in 1977. In 1975 he was made a Companion of the Bath.
He was Honorary Treasurer of the National Association for the Care of Offenders in 1979. From 1978, he was on the council of the London Welsh Trust (Vice-Chairman, 1981-1985). He was Honorary Treasurer of the Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion from 1980. He was a governor of the English-Speaking Union
English-Speaking Union
The English-Speaking Union is an international educational charity which was founded by the journalist Evelyn Wrench in 1918. The ESU aims to "bring together and empower people of different languages and cultures," by building skills and confidence in communication, such that individuals realize...
from 1978 and its deputy chairman from 1983 to 1986.
His daughter is Elizabeth Symons (Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean).
Sources
- Who Was Who, personal knowledge.