Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency

Members:

A

• Harry Surtees Altham - Board of Control Selection Committee, 1954. Likely false herring as is cricketer.
• Sir Isaac Frederick Armer Chm., Board of Control, 1952–60. Likely positive as is health dude.

B

• Hon. Herbert Crawshay Bailey, Chairman, Board of Control, 1952–60. also
• Sir Percy Barter, Chairman of the Board of Control and Under Secretary, Ministry of Health, 1945–52
• Henry Campbell Alchorne Bingley, appointed by the Lord Chancellor a temporary member of the Board of Control in Lunacy, 1915
• Sir Hubert Bond, Commissioner of Board of Control, 1914–30
• Robert Welsh Branthwaite, Inspector of the Board of Control (Lunacy and Mental Deficiency), 1913; Commissioner, 1916–26
• Sir Laurence George Brock Chairman, Board of Control, 1928–45
• Robert Cunyngham Brown, a Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1926–32
• Rt Hon. Sir William Patrick Byrne, Chairman Board of Control, Home Office, 1913–19

C

• Sir (Edward) Marriott Cooke; Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1914–21; Chairman of that Board, 1916–18; Commissioner in Lunacy, 1898–1914
• Sidney Coupland; Commissioner in Lunacy, 1898–1914; Board of Control, 1914–21

D

• Ruth Darwin; Hon. Commissioner, 1921–31, Commissioner, 1931–32, a Senior Commissioner of Board of Control, 1932–49
• Mary Dendy; late Commissioner of the Board of Control; retired, 1921
• Willoughby Hyett Dickinson, 1st Baron Dickinson; formerly a Commissioner (unpaid) of the Board of Control of the Mentally Defective

E

F

• FLETCHER, Lt-Col Sir Henry Arthur -- another false herring?
• FORBES, James Wright -- another false herring?

G

henry Rupert Green; Legal Senior Commissioner of Board of Control, 1953–60, later Ministry of Health; retired 1977

H

• Surgeon-Rear-Admiral John Falconer Hall, Commissioner, Board of Control, 1931–38
• Lt-Col Barnard Thornton Hodgson; Secretary to Commissioners in Lunacy, 1908–12; Commissioner in Lunacy, 1912–14; Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1914–36

I

J

K

L

M

Simon John Frase MacLeod - late Senior Commissioner of the Board of Control; retired 1936

N

None.

O

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P

• Cyril Frederick Penton; Commissioner, Board of Control, 1931; Legal Senior Commissioner until 1952
• Bedford Pierce; late Comr of the Board of Control
• Ellen Pinsent late one of the Senior Commissioners of Board of Control

Q

R

• Sir George Ramsey - NB: likely false herring
• William Rees-Thomas; Medical Senior Commissioner Board of Control, 1932, retired
• Michelangelo Refalo - likely false herring
• Arthur Rotherham; Senior Commissioner of the Board of Control; a Lord Chancellor’s Visitor in Lunacy, 1931–44; retired, 1944. Is the rugby international.

S

• Lionel Lancelot Shadwell (son of Lancelot Shadwell); Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1913–20

T

• Arthur Hill Trevor; Barrister-at-Law; Commissioner, Board of Control, since 1914

U

V

• Ralph Vincent;Consulting Physician to the Board of Control. not a psychiatrist?

W

• Sir Frederick James Willis; Chairman, Board of Control, 1921–28
• Isabel Grace Hood Wilson; Medical Commissioner, Board of Control, 1931–49; Senior Medical Commissioner, Board of Control, 1949–60

X

Y

Z

Chairmen

• Rt Hon. Sir William Patrick Byrne, Chairman Board of Control, Home Office, 1913–19
• Sir (Edward) Marriott Cooke; Commissioner of the Board of Control, 1914–21; Chairman of that Board, 1916–18; Commissioner in Lunacy, 1898–1914
• Sir Frederick James Willis; Chairman, Board of Control, 1921–28
• Sir Laurence George Brock Chairman, Board of Control, 1928–45
• Sir Percy Barter, Chairman of the Board of Control and Under Secretary, Ministry of Health, 1945–52
• Hon. Herbert Crawshay Bailey, Chairman, Board of Control, 1952–60. also
• Sir Isaac Frederick Armer Chm., Board of Control, 1952–60