Robert Overbury
British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1949 to 1955
About Robert Overbury
Lived 1887 – 1955 (aged 67).
Sir Robert Leslie Overbury, KCB (26 July 1887 – 11 January 1955) was a British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1949 to 1955.
Privately educated, Overbury began his career as a third-class clerk in the Royal Courts of Justice. In 1915, he was appointed to represent the lower-grade clerks' grievances about their working practices to the Lord Chancellor's Department; he impressed the Permanent Secretary, Sir Claud Schuster, who had him transferred to the House of Lords. He was appointed to the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1923 as Secretary of Commissions, and in 1930 became Chief Clerk and Establishments Officer.
Overbury had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1941, and promoted to Knight Commander in 1950. He died on 11 January 1955.
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Who was Robert Overbury?
British public servant and Clerk of the Parliaments from 1949 to 1955
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Robert Overbury was born on 26 July 1887.
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Robert Overbury died on 11 January 1955.
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