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Waterfield, Sir Alexander Percival, son of William Waterfield (q.v.) by his second wife; b. May 16, 1888; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; Mure Scholar 1904; Capt. of the School 1906; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon., 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Public School Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society 1907; 1st class Classics (Mods.) 1909; Hertford Scholar 1909; prox. acc. Craven Scholar 1909; 1st class Lit. Hum. 1911; B.A. and M.A. 1943; hon. LL. D. Wesleyan Univ., Ohio, U.S.A.; a second-class clerk in the Treasury 1911, a principal clerk 1919; Treasury Remembrancer and acting principal asst. secretary in Ireland 1920-2; member of the Overseas Settlement Board 1936; of the Palestine Partition Commission 1938; First Civil Service Commissioner 1939; one-man commission on Wages and Salaries in Malta 1957; retired 1951; C.B. Jan. 1, 1923; knighted 1951; K.B.E. June 3, 1952; m. Oct. 16, 1920, Doris Mary, daughter of Otto Siepmann, of Godalming, Surrey; d. 1965.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1883 to Election 1960, Volume 3, compiled by J.B. Whitmore, G.R.Y. Radcliffe and D.C. Simpson, Barnet, 1963