Sir Cyril Hurcomb

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Sir Cyril Hurcomb was a senior British civil servant and transport administrator who became the first chairman of the British Transport Commission, overseeing the early years of postwar nationalized transport.

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instanceOf British civil servant ⓘ
human ⓘ
transport administrator ⓘ
appliesToPosition Chairman of the British Transport Commission ⓘ
appointedBy Clement Attlee ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1883-03-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-08-26 ⓘ
educatedAt New College, Oxford ⓘ
Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys ⓘ
employer British Transport Commission ⓘ
British government ⓘ
linked to: UK government

Ministry of Transport ⓘ
Ministry of War Transport ⓘ
endTime 1953 ⓘ
fieldOfWork public administration ⓘ
transport policy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf British Civil Service ⓘ
linked to: UK civil service
name Cyril Hurcomb ⓘ
notableFor being the first chairman of the British Transport Commission ⓘ
overseeing early years of postwar nationalized transport in Britain ⓘ
occupation civil servant ⓘ
transport executive ⓘ
participatedIn administration of British transport nationalization after World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Leicester ⓘ
Leicestershire ⓘ
placeOfDeath England ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
positionHeld Chairman of the British Transport Commission ⓘ
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transport ⓘ
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of War Transport ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
startTime 1947 ⓘ
workPeriod 20th century ⓘ

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British Transport Commission → chairperson → Sir Cyril Hurcomb ⓘ