Arnold France

Sir Arnold William France, GCB (20 April 1911 – 2 January 1998) was an English civil servant.

Born on 20 April 1920, the son of a bank manager, France worked in the same bank as his father before serving in the Army during the Second World War.[1] In 1943, he was made Deputy Economic and Financial Adviser to the Minister of State in the Middle East; in 1945, he entered HM Treasury, where he was appointed third secretary in 1960. In 1963, he moved to the Ministry of Health as deputy secretary,[2] and was then its permanent secretary from 1964 to 1968, during which time the Ministry introduced a new charter of general practice which overhauled the system of payments made to doctors; he was closely involved in the negotiations with the medical profession this entailed. He was then chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue from 1968 to 1972; while principally concerned with departmental management, he also oversaw the opening of the Inland Revenue's first computer centre.[1]

France was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1957 Birthday Honours,[3] and was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the 1965 Birthday Honours[4] and Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 1972 Birthday Honours.[5] He died on 2 January 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Arthur Green, "France, Sir Arnold William", The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2004). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ^ "France, Sir Arnold William", Who Was Who (online ed., Oxford University Press, 2024). Retrieved 27 June 2025
  3. ^ The London Gazette, 4 June 1957 (supplement; issue 41089), p. 3369.
  4. ^ The London Gazette, 4 June 1965 (supplement; issue 43667), p. 5473.
  5. ^ The London Gazette, 23 May 1972 (supplement; issue 45678), p. 6257.
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