Percival Waterfield

Sir Alexander Percival Waterfield, KBE, CB (16 May 1888 – 2 June 1965), commonly known as Percival Waterfield, was an English civil servant. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, he entered the civil service in 1911 and served as the Treasury Remembrancer for Ireland from 1920 to 1922; from 1939 to 1951, he was First Civil Service Commissioner.^[1]^[2] His son was the diplomat John Waterfield.^[3]

References

^ "Sir Percival Waterfield", The Times (London), 4 June 1965, p. 14. Gale CS237463748.
^ Richard A. Chapman, Waterfield, Sir (Alexander) Percival", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2008). Retrieved 11 August 2021.
^ "John Waterfield", The Times (London), 21 January 2003, p. 29. Gale IF0502666777.

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Roderick Meiklejohn	First Civil Service Commissioner 1939–1951	Succeeded by Sir Paul Sinker

[1] "Sir Percival Waterfield", The Times (London), 4 June 1965, p. 14. Gale CS237463748.

[2] Richard A. Chapman, Waterfield, Sir (Alexander) Percival", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2008). Retrieved 11 August 2021.

[3] "John Waterfield", The Times (London), 21 January 2003, p. 29. Gale IF0502666777.

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