Sir Henry Beresford-Peirse, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Campbell de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, 5th Baronet, CB, FRSE (24 April 1905 – 11 August 1972) was a British civil servant.
Born on 24 April 1905, he was the son of Sir Henry Bernard de la Poer Beresford-Peirse, 4th Baronet (1875–1949), and his wife Lady Mabel Marjorie Campbell (1876–1966). After attending Eton College, he studied at Magdalen College, Oxford, graduating in 1927 with a BA and in 1929 with a BSc in forestry.[1] He inherited the baronetcy from his father in 1949.[2]
Beresford-Peirse entered the Forestry Commission in 1931 as a district officer.[3] After serving in the Second World War,[4] he was appointed Director of Forestry for Scotland in 1947 (succeeding Arthur Gosling);[5] he served in that office until 1953, when he succeeded W. H. Guillebaud as Deputy Director-General of the Forestry Commission (he was succeeded by A. H. H. Ross in Scotland).[6][7] From 1960 to 1962, he was seconded as Deputy Director of the Forestry Division of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (with James Macdonald acting for him at the Forestry Commission in his absence).[2][8] In 1962, he was appointed Director-General of the Forestry Commission, succeeding Sir Arthur Gosling.[9] Macdonald took over his position as Deputy Director-General.[10] In 1965, Beresford-Peirse was also appointed Deputy Chairman of the Commission, holding both offices until he retired in 1968.[2] He died on 11 August 1972 and his baronetcy was inherited by his son, Henry.[2] He had been appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1957 New Year Honours[11] and received the Gold Medal of the Royal Forestry Society in 1963.[2] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE) in 1952.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ Charles Mosley (ed.), Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th ed. (Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), vol. 1, p. 346.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir H. Beresford-Peirse", The Times (London), 15 August 1972, p. 12. Gale CS203781903.
- ^ The London Gazette, 6 February 1931 (issue 33687), p. 841.
- ^ "Beresford-Peirse, Sir Henry (Campbell de la Poer)", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2021). Retrieved 4 February 2022.
- ^ "Forestry Appointments", The Times (London), 29 April 1947, p. 2. Gale CS35210397.
- ^ "Director of Forestry for Scotland", The Times, 26 March 1953, p. 3. Gale CS52252794.
- ^ Thirty-Fourth Annual Report of the Forestry Commissioners for the Year Ended September 30th 1953 (London: HMSO, 1953), p. 22.
- ^ "To F.A.O. from Forestry Commission", The Times, 12 December 1959, p. 4. Gale CS69688716.
- ^ "Forestry Commission's New Chief", The Times, 17 January 1962, p. 4. Gale CS70083121.
- ^ "Mr. J. Macdonald", The Times (London), 29 April 1963, p. 14. Gale CS235365533.
- ^ The London Gazette, 1 January 1957 (supplement, issue 40960), p. 4.
- ^ Former RSE Fellows, 1783–2002 (Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh), p. 137.