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'''Sir Geoffrey Ivor de Deney''' {{post-nominals|KCVO}} (1931 – 2015) was a British civil servant.
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'''Sir Geoffrey Ivor de Deney''' {{post-nominals|KCVO}} (8 October 1931 – 19 November 2015) was a British civil servant.


He was educated at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], and then carried out [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]] as an officer in the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]].<ref>{{LondonGazette| issue=39165 |supp=x |startpage=1219 |endpage= |date=9 March 1951}}</ref> He subsequently joined [[Her Majesty's Civil Service]]. After a career in the [[Home Office]], he served as [[Clerk of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Clerk of the Privy Council]] between 1984 and 1992. He was made [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1992 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{LondonGazette| issue=52952 |supp=x |startpage=4 |endpage= |date=13 June 1992}}</ref>
He was educated at [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford]], and then carried out [[Conscription in the United Kingdom|National Service]] as an officer in the [[North Staffordshire Regiment]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=39165 |supp=y|page=1219 |date=9 March 1951}}</ref> He subsequently joined the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]]. After a career in the [[Home Office]], he served as [[Clerk of the Privy Council (United Kingdom)|Clerk of the Privy Council]] between 1984 and 1992. He was made [[Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order]] in the [[1992 Birthday Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette| issue=52952 |supp=y|page=4 |date=13 June 1992}}</ref> In 1990, he was awarded the [[New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=118}}</ref>


After retirement from the Civil Service in 1992 he worked as the first Chief Executive of the [[Royal College of Anaesthetists]].<ref>[http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/obituaries/professor-alastair-spence-cbe Royal College of Anaesthetists website]. Retrieved 7 September 2016.</ref>
After retirement from the Civil Service in 1992 he worked as the first Chief Executive of the [[Royal College of Anaesthetists]].<ref>[http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/obituaries/professor-alastair-spence-cbe Royal College of Anaesthetists website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916065359/http://www.rcoa.ac.uk/obituaries/professor-alastair-spence-cbe |date=16 September 2016 }}. Retrieved 7 September 2016.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 12:17, 20 September 2024

Sir Geoffrey Ivor de Deney KCVO (8 October 1931 – 19 November 2015) was a British civil servant.

He was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and then carried out National Service as an officer in the North Staffordshire Regiment.[1] He subsequently joined the Civil Service. After a career in the Home Office, he served as Clerk of the Privy Council between 1984 and 1992. He was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the 1992 Birthday Honours.[2] In 1990, he was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[3]

After retirement from the Civil Service in 1992 he worked as the first Chief Executive of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 39165". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 March 1951. p. 1219.
  2. ^ "No. 52952". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1992. p. 4.
  3. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 118. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  4. ^ Royal College of Anaesthetists website Archived 16 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
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