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379: 421: 304: 47: 958: 756:(British Council, 1972), p. 2: "There have been many tributes in the press to the late Sir Leslie Rowan who died suddenly on 29 April 1972. In the all too brief time he was the Council's Chairman he never spared himself..." 406: 287:, before joining the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., as economic minister. After some years heading the Overseas Finance Section of the Treasury, in 1966 he moved into the private sector as head of 951: 475:, and they had four children, Sarah Josephine Rowan, Susannah V. Rowan, Charles Rowan and Mark D. R. Rowan. Their daughter Susannah married Johnson Tamlyn, and their granddaughter Joanna Tamlyn married 1858: 944: 428:
In 1947, Rowan was briefly Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Minister for Economic Affairs, then from 1947 to 1949 returned to HM Treasury as Second Secretary, gaining a
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clergyman and headmaster who became a missionary in British India, where Rowan spent most of his early childhood.
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before his death. Lady Rowan later said of the occasion "It was sad to see such a great man become so frail".
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On 13 October 1964, Rowan and his wife were the last dinner guests Winston Churchill entertained at
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He served in the Colonial Office and HM Treasury, and was Principal Private Secretary to
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Investment and Development: The Role of Private Investment in Developing Countries
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Order of service for memorial service of Sir Thomas Leslie Rowan (1908-1972)
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later described Rowan as "A bit too pi for me. School prefect type."
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At the time of his death on 29 April 1972, Rowan was living in
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Beresford-Peirse, of Bagnall, Waterford (UK Baronet, 1814)
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From 1920 to 1926, Rowan was educated as a day boy at
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In 1941, Rowan became Assistant Private Secretary to
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until 1947, but with responsibilities outside of it.
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The Register for Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965
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Index

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Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
John Martin
Laurence Helsby
Dunlavin
Ireland
London
Tonbridge School
Alma mater
Queens' College, Cambridge
CB
(1946)
CVO
KCB
(1949)
Sir
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CVO
civil servant
Winston Churchill
Clement Attlee
Vickers
British Council

Dunlavin
County Wicklow

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