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Christopher Herzig

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Christopher Herzig (24 October 1926 – 1 September 1993) was a British civil servant. He served as Principal Private Secretary to four cabinet ministers, including Lord Hailsham and Sir Edward Boyle.[1]

Christopher was the son of Leopold Adolf Herzig.[2]

Herzig was involved with Frank Cousins, C. P. Snow, Patrick Blackett and Maurice Dean in setting up the Ministry of Technology in 1964.[3]

Family life

He married Rachel Buxton, the daughter of P. A. Buxton on 19 July 1952. They had five children together.[2]

References

  1. ^ "The Times , 1993, UK, English". Internet archive. The Times. 1993. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Christopher Herzig". thepeerage.com. Darryl Lundy. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  3. ^ "Ministry of Technology". mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2018.