Overbury, Robert Edward, son of Sir Robert Leslie Overbury KCB, Clerk of the Parliaments, and Ethel, d. of James H. Stapleton of Nottingham; b. 15 Aug. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left July 1934; Univ. of London, BSc 1938; RAFVR (Met.) in WW2 (Flt Lieut.); a civil servant, ACIS 1949; Min. of Technology 1962-8; Civil Service Coll. Sunningdale 1969-70; Nat. Environmental Research Council 1970-3; retd 1973; m. 1st 24 May 1947 Lily Lydia. d. of Frank Leonard Cooper of Ilford, Essex; 2nd Nov. 1974 Violet Maud, d. of George Roffey, builder, of Bletchley, Bucks; d. 6 Nov. 1982.
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