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Jun 14, 1885 Died on 04 Apr 1964 (aged 78)
British civil servant
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About Maurice Gerald Holmes
- Sir Maurice Gerald Holmes GBE KCB (14 June 1885 - 4 April 1964) was a British civil servant. Holmes joined the Board of Education in 1909, where he was to stay until 1945, except for the First World War, when he joined the Army and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.Holmes rose to become Director of Establishments in 1923-26, reaching the position of Deputy Secretary in 1931.
- In 1937, he replaced Sir Henry Pelham as the Permanent Secretary.
- During the Second World War, Holmes was given the task of developing the Green Book which served as the basis for the landmark Education Act 1944.
- He retired in 1945, to be replaced by Sir John Redcliffe-Maud. After his retirement, Holmes served as the Chairman of the East African Salaries Commission in 1947, the Colonial Office inquiry into Civil Services of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, the 1948 Caribbean Public Services Unification Commission, and the Lord Chancellor's Committee on Office of Public Trustee in 1954.
