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

1940Bachelor of CommerceThe 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

Other:
  • VicBI 16057/1917 (as Cyrus Timson).

Notes

Died aged 102.
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