Kenneth Clucas

Sir Kenneth Henry Clucas (18 November 1921 – 27 August 2010) was an English civil servant. After retiring in 1982, he served as chairman of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux.

Early life and education He was born in Faversham, Kent, the son of Rev. John Henry Clucas, a Methodist minister, and his wife, Ethel Sim. He was educated at Kingswood School in Bath, where he became head boy. His education was interrupted by the Second World War. Called up at age 19, he served as an officer in the Royal Signals from 1941 to 1946. He was mentioned in dispatches, which he insisted was not for any braveness against the enemy but for a "bold effort to sort out organisational weaknesses in the Signals Office."

He retired from the Civil Service in 1982.

Honours Clucas was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1969 New Year Honours. He was knighted in the same order in the 1976 New Year Honours.

Personal life In 1960, Clucas married Barbara Hunter, eldest daughter of Rear-Admiral Raymond Paul Hunter of the U.S. Navy. They had two daughters: Jill Amanda (born 1967) and Susan Alison (born 1971).

He died aged 88, after suffering from Parkinson's disease.