Andrew Froude
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Andrew Froude ISO
(1876-1945) was Registrar General for Scotland
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Born the son of a blacksmith in 1876 at Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire
, Andrew Froude won a place to attend the Hamilton Academy
.
Froude entered the civil service
in London in 1897, subsequently transferring to the General Register Office for Scotland
, at Edinburgh; in 1911 being appointed a superintendent of that year’s Census
. In 1925 Froude was promoted to Secretary of the General Register Office, the administrative ‘second’ to the Registrar General, and in 1930 was appointed Registrar General for Scotland, a post he held from 3 September 1930 to 14 February 1937, in which year he retired, due to ill health, awarded the Imperial Service Order
.
Andrew Froude died in 1945.
Imperial Service Order
The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...
(1876-1945) was Registrar General for Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
The General Register Office for Scotland was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. It was also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct...
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Born the son of a blacksmith in 1876 at Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire
Stonehouse, South Lanarkshire
Stonehouse is a rural village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on Avon Water in an area of natural beauty and historical interest, near to the Clyde Valley. It is also situated on the A71 trunk road between Edinburgh and Kilmarnock, close to the towns of Hamilton, Larkhall and...
, Andrew Froude won a place to attend the Hamilton Academy
Hamilton Academy
Hamilton Academy was a school situated in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.Described as "one of the finest schools in Scotland" in the Cambridge University Press County Biography of 1910, Hamilton Academy featured in the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association Magazine article series on...
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Civil service
The term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....
in London in 1897, subsequently transferring to the General Register Office for Scotland
General Register Office for Scotland
The General Register Office for Scotland was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland. It was also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct...
, at Edinburgh; in 1911 being appointed a superintendent of that year’s Census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
. In 1925 Froude was promoted to Secretary of the General Register Office, the administrative ‘second’ to the Registrar General, and in 1930 was appointed Registrar General for Scotland, a post he held from 3 September 1930 to 14 February 1937, in which year he retired, due to ill health, awarded the Imperial Service Order
Imperial Service Order
The Imperial Service Order was established by King Edward VII in August 1902. It was awarded on retirement to the administration and clerical staff of the Civil Service throughout the British Empire for long and meritorious service. Normally a person must have served for 25 years to become...
.
Andrew Froude died in 1945.