Henry Pelham (civil servant)

Sir Henry Pelham
black and white photo of man in suit and tie
Sir Henry Pelham, by Walter Stoneman, 1933
Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education
In office
1931–1937
Personal details
Born
Edward Henry Pelham

20 December 1876
North Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Died18 December 1949 (aged 72)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Spouse
Hon. Irene Lubbock
(m. 1905)
Parent
RelativesBishop John Pelham (grandfather)
Sir Edward Buxton, 2nd Baronet (grandfather)
Baron Avebury (father-in-law)
EducationHarrow School
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationCivil servant

Sir Edward Henry Pelham KCB (20 December 1876 – 18 December 1949) was a British civil servant who was Permanent Secretary at the Board of Education between 1931 and 1937.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Sir Henry Pelham". The Times. 20 December 1949. p. 7.
  2. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 772. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.