Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt
Preferred forename Lenox
Public service head
- Born
- 7 May 1917, St Kilda, Victoria
- Died
- 28 February 2020, Edgecliff, New South Wales
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Cyrus Lennox Hewitt
- Mother
- Ella Louisa James
- Married Alison Hope Tillyard [qv]
Degrees
| 1940 | Bachelor of Commerce | The University of Melbourne |
Career
- Official Sec to Aust High Commr in London 1950.
- Deputy Sec, Dept of the Treasury 1962-66.
- Sec to Dept of the Prime Min 1968-71.
- Sec to Dept of Minerals and Energy 1972.
- Executive Chairman, Qantas Airways Ltd.
- Company dir.
- Knight bachelor 1971.
Sources
PeopleAustralia: https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/hewitt-sir-cyrus-lenox-len-30445
Other:
- VicBI 16057/1917 (as Cyrus Timson).
Notes
Died aged 102.