Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale
- Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale
Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale, GCB (8 July 1912 – 27 November 2007) was a British civil servant.
He was educated at King Edward VII School (Sheffield) ( [http://nlc.oldedwardians.org.uk/utconcinamus/DMNPrize61.html photo] ) and Queens' College, Cambridge.
Allen joined the Home Office in 1934. He served in the Offices of the War Cabinet 1943-44, then returned as Deputy Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1955-60.He became Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Home Office 1960-62; Second Secretary, HM Treasury 1963-66; then Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Home Office 1966-72.
Allen was created a life peer as Baron Allen of Abbeydale, of the City of Sheffield, in 1976. He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. From 1973 to 1978 he was a member of the Pearson commission.
Allen was married to his late wife, Marjorie, for 64 years.
External links
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/29/db2901.xml Obituary] from "The Telegraph" (29 November 2007)
* [http://politics.guardian.co.uk/whitehall/story/0,,2225501,00.html Obituary] from "The Guardian" (11 December 2007)
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