Title
Glyn England papers
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 264
Date
1976 to 1982
Creator
Scope and Content
Personal papers of Glyn England from his time prior to becoming Chair and as Chair of the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) from 1976 to 1982. The papers, originally in a series of lever arch files, in date order, include; a diary schedule for each day; power industry press cuttings for each day; correspondence with Ministers, other industry heads and union leaders; and reports of the CEGB (many of them confidential internal CEGB reports).
A finding aid, listing people mentioned in this collection and their jobs, is available from the IET Archivists.
Exent
7 boxes
Admin. history/Biography
Glyn England (1921-2013) was born 19 April 1921, Llantrisant, South Wales, and died 20 June 2013 in Ubley near Bristol.
Education: Penarth County School and London University (Queen Mary College).
Qualifications and memberships: F.Eng, FRSA, FIEE, FIMechE, CIMgt, BSc(Eng), DSc (Hon. University of Bath).
The youngest of seven sons of Charles, the headteacher of the local primary school, and Alice. He left the Rhondda Valley at 18 and got a job as a lathe operator in Slough, Berkshire, then as a Scientific Assistant in the Road Research Laboratory, where he was working at the start of WWII. At this point war service took him to India. Glyn married Tania Reichenbachin, a German refugee in 1942.
1942 - 1947. War time experience - Captain with Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1947 - 1951. BEA (British Electricity Authority) Assistant (Technical) Engineer
1951 - 1958. CEA (Central Electricity Authority) / CEGB Generation Design Department
1958 - 1966. CEGB Development Engineer (Policy)
1966 - 1971. CEGB Chief Operations Engineer
1971 - 1973. CEGB Director General of South West Region
1973 - 1977. SWEB (South West Electricity Board) Chairman
1977 - 1982. CEGB Chairman
1982 - 1990. Triplex Lloyd plc, Director
1982 - 1988. The Environment Council, UK, Chairman
1983 - 1990. World Bank Energy Consultant
1991 - 1996. Windcluster Ltd, Chairman
In the 1950s he served as a Labour county councillor in Hertfordshire. Glyn left the Labour party to become a founder member of the Social Democratic party (SDP) when it was formed in 1981. He was a JP, school governor and Chairman of various organisations including the Mendip Society and the Bayswater Institute.
[Obituary for Glyn England, written by Gordon Cramb appeared in the Financial Times, 10 July 2013].
[Obituary for Glyn England, written by his daughter Jan Glynn appeared in the Guardian, 22 October 2013].
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Level of description
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