Membership
The chairman of the Commission was Sir Edwin Herbert The other members were:
- Paul Cadbury, chairman of Cadbury Brothers, and former member of Birmingham City Council’s reconstruction committee
- Alice Johnston, member of the National Assistance Board
- William Lawson, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
- William Mackenzie, professor of government, Victoria University, Manchester
- Sir Charles Morris, vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds
- Sir John Wrigley, former Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
The membership of the commission was notable for not containing anyone with previous involvement with local government in the London area.
Read more about this topic: Royal Commission On Local Government In Greater London
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