Alan Dawtry

Sir Alan Graham Dawtry CBE TD (8 April 1915 – 27 January 2018)^[1] was a British municipal government official. He was an Assistant solicitor at Sheffield City Council between 1938 and 1948, deputy town clerk at Bolton, England between 1948-1952 and Leicester, England between 1952-1954 and town clerk Wolverhampton, England, 1954–1956.^{[citation needed]} He was Chief Executive of the Westminster City Council between 1956 and 1977.^[2] During his career, he was also Town Clerk for the City of Westminster. In the 1974 New Year Honours, Dawtry was knighted.

Sir Alan Dawtry CBE TD
Born	Alan Graham Dawtry (1915-04-08)8 April 1915 Sheffield, England
Died	27 January 2018(2018-01-27) (aged 102) Westminster
Education	King Edward VII School, Sheffield
Alma mater	Sheffield University
Parent(s)	Melancthon and Kate Nicholas (Kevan) Dawtry

Early life and education

Dawtry was born in Sheffield; his parents were Melancthon and Kate Dawtry. After King Edward VII School, he studied law at Sheffield University,^[3] graduating in 1937.^[4]

References

1. Obituary: Solace’s co-founder who helped redraw London boundaries
2. "Sir Alan Dawtry, 'last of the great patrician town clerks' – obituary". The Telegraph. 13 February 2018. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
3. Brooke, Rodney (8 February 2018). "Sir Alan Dawtry obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
4. "Sir Alan Dawtry, CBE, TD (1915-2018) obituary". www.sheffield.ac.uk. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 1 November 2022.

Further reading

• Terry Gourvish (31 July 2014). Dolphin Square: The History of a Unique Building. A&C Black. pp. multiple. ISBN 978-1-4729-1111-7.