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British civil servant (1922–1996)

Ian Powell Bancroft, Baron Bancroft GCB (23 December 1922 – 19 November 1996) was a British senior civil servant.

Life

He was born at Barrow-in-Furness, the son of a teacher. He was educated at Sir William Turner's Grammar School, Coatham and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read English. He served with the Rifle Brigade in France from 1942 to 1943, reaching the rank of Captain.

After leaving the Army he joined the Civil Service, serving as Private Secretary to the Second Secretary to the Treasury Sir Henry Wilson Smith from 1948 to 1950, to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rab Butler from 1953 to 1955, and also to Butler as Lord Privy Seal from 1955 to 1957. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer Reginald Maudling in 1964, continuing under James Callaghan until 1966, when he became an Under-Secretary to the Treasury.

In 1968 he moved to the same position in the new Civil Service Department, then to the Department of the Environment as Deputy Secretary and Director General of Organisation and Establishments from 1970 to 1972. From 1972 to 1973 he was a Commissioner of HM Customs and Excise, then Second Permanent Secretary at the Civil Service Department until 1975.

He returned to the Department of the Environment as Permanent Secretary from 1975 to 1977 before becoming Permanent Secretary to the Civil Service Department and Head of the Home Civil Service in 1978. In 1981 Margaret Thatcher abolished the Civil Service Department, effectively ending his career.

Honours

He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1971 Birthday Honours, a Knight Commander in the 1975 New Year Honours, and a Knight Grand Cross in 1979 New Year Honours.

On 15 February 1982 he was created a life peer as Baron Bancroft, of Coatham in the County of Cleveland, and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Personal life

He was married in 1950 to Jean Swaine, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Lord Bancroft died in London in 1996.

References

^ Dalyell, Tam, Obituary: Lord Bancroft, The Independent, 22 November 1996.
"No. 45384". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1971. p. 5959.
"No. 46444". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1975. p. 3.
"No. 47723". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1978. p. 2.
"No. 48890". The London Gazette. 15 February 1982. p. 2083.

Government offices
Preceded bynone office last held by Sir David Pitblado	Second Permanent Secretary of the Civil Service Department 1973–1975	Succeeded bySir John Herbecq
Preceded bySir James Jones	Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment 1975–1977	Succeeded bySir John Garlick

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