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Laurence Brock

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Sir Laurence George Brock CB (1879 – 29 April 1949) was a British civil servant. He was chairman of the Board of Control for Lunacy and Mental Deficiency from 1928 to 1945.[1] He was knighted in 1935. Eight portraits are held by the National Portrait Gallery in London.[2]

References

  1. ^ "BROCK, Sir Laurence George", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2012; online edn, October 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
    - "SIR LAURENCE BROCK". The Lancet. 253: 788. 7 May 1949. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(49)92230-8.
  2. ^ Sir Laurence George Brock (1879-1949), Chairman, National Portrait Gallery database