Alan Barlow

Sir
Alan Barlow
Sir Alan Barlow, 2nd Baronet in 1938
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1933–1934
Prime MinisterRamsay MacDonald
Preceded bySir Patrick Duff
Succeeded bySir Harold Vincent
Personal details
Born
James Alan Noel Barlow

(1881-12-25)25 December 1881
London, England
Died28 February 1968(1968-02-28) (aged 86)
Spouse
Nora Barlow (nee Darwin)
(m. 1911)
Children6
ParentSir Thomas Barlow (Father)
EducationMarlborough College
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationCivil servant
AwardsCBE (1918)
CB (1928)
KBE (1938)
KCB (1942)
GCB (1947)

Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet GCB KBE FSA (25 December 1881 – 28 February 1968) was a British civil servant and collector of Islamic and Chinese art. He was Principal Private Secretary to Ramsay MacDonald, 1933–1934, and later Under-secretary at HM Treasury.[1]

  1. ^ BARLOW, Sir (James) Alan (Noel)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2011