Sydney Caine

Sir Sydney Caine KCMG (27 June 1902 – 2 January 1991) was an educator and economist.

Early life On 27 June 1902, Caine was born. Caine's father was Harry Caine, a railway clerk. Caine's mother was Jane. Caine attended Harrow County School in London, England.

In 1937, Caine was appointed as the Financial Secretary of Hong Kong, until 1940.

Between 1952 and 1957 he was the vice-chancellor of the University of Malaya in Singapore.

Caine was appointed the director of the LSE between 1957 and 1967. He was an alumnus of the LSE, and, before his appointment as director of the school, he was a well-known economist who had acted as a consultant for the World Bank for a period of time and had worked as a diplomat, being appointed minister at the British Embassy in Washington, US.

Between 1963 and 1970 he was the chairman of the governing board of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning.

Personal life In 1925, Caine married Muriel Ann Harris. Their son, Michael, was born in 1927. His wife died in 1962.

Caine married secondly, in 1965, Doris Winifred Folkard (died 1973). He married, thirdly, in 1975, Elizabeth Bowyer (died 1996).