Burke Trend, Baron Trend
Burke St John Trend, Baron Trend GCB CVO PC (2 January 1914 – 21 July 1987)[1] was a British civil servant and later Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Trend was educated at Whitgift School and Merton College, Oxford, where he obtained first class honours in classics. He then joined the Civil Service, spending most of his career in the Treasury. He became Cabinet Secretary under both Harold Wilson and Ted Heath between 1963 to 1973.
Trend was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1953 Birthday Honours.[2] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1955 New Year Honours,[3] promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the 1962 Birthday Honours[4] and a Knight Grand Cross in the 1968 New Year Honours.[5] On 7 March 1974 he was created a life peer as Baron Trend, of Greenwich in Greater London.[6]
He led an investigation in the 1970s into allegations of penetration of the British Secret Services from before World War II until the 1960s. His conclusion was that there was insufficient evidence to support the allegations. Peter Wright in his memoirs, Spycatcher, discusses Trend and his report.[7]
A son, Michael Trend, was a Member of Parliament(Conservative) in the period 1992--2005. Another son, Dr. Patrick Trend, FRCP, has worked as a consultant neurologist. The eldest of the three children was Caroline Trend. Grandchildren are Alexander, Cassandra, Hector, and Tabitha.
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39863. p. 2947. 1 June 1953.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40366. p. 4. 1 January 1955.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42683. p. 4309. 2 June 1962.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44484. p. 3. 1 January 1968.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 46231. p. 3167. 11 March 1974.
- ↑ Peter Wright, Spycatcher. Viking Adult, 1987. ISBN 978-0-670-82055-9.
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| Preceded by | Cabinet Secretary 1963–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford 1973–1983 |
Succeeded by Vivian H. H. Green |
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