Ivan Lloyd-Phillips

Ivan Lloyd-Phillips CBE (June 1910 – 14 January 1984) was a British national who served in the Colonial Administrative Service. He was the son of Arthur Lloyd-Phillips, Vicar of Ware.

Appointments First appointed to the Colonial Service in 1934, with appointments to: Gold Coast (1934–1938); Palestine (1938–1947); District Commissioner of Gaza District (1946–1947); Colonial Office (1947–1948); Cyprus (1948–1951); Commissioner, Nicosia-Kyrenia (1950–1951); Singapore (1951–1953); Commissioner-General's Office (1951–1952); Dep. Secretary for Defence (1952–1953); Malaya (1953–1962); Secretary to Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs (1955–1957); Secretary, Ministry of the Interior (1957–1962).

Later roles: Deputy Director, Oxford Colonial Records Project, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of Oxford, (1965–1970).

Honours Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE; 1959) Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE; 1963)

Education Selwyn College, Cambridge; Balliol College, Oxford (Doctor of Philosophy {DPhil}).

Quotes What a fantastic mess we are all in, and how different the world would have been if only Hitler had gone to Balliol! (written to his father from Jerusalem in October 1939)