Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver

(Amos) Henry Chilver, Baron Chilver FRS[1] FREng (30 October 1926 – 8 July 2012) was a British engineer and politician.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Chilver
FRS FREng
Personal details
Born
Amos Henry Chilver

(1926-10-30)30 October 1926
Barking, Essex
Died8 July 2012(2012-07-08) (aged 85)
NationalityBritish
SpouseClaudia Grigson (m. 1959)
Children2 daughters, 3 sons
OccupationEngineer

Early life and career

Chilver was born in Barking, Essex, to Amos Henry Chilver and his wife Annie E. Mack. After attending Southend High School for Boys , he took up a place at the University of Bristol,[2] where he gained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1947.[3] He gained a PhD in Civil Engineering in 1951, and a DSc in 1962.[3] From 1952 to 1954, he was a lecturer at the University of Bristol, and between 1958 and 1961 he taught at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2][4] Between 1961 and 1969, he was Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering at University College London.[5] Between 1970 and 1989 he was Vice-Chancellor of Cranfield University.[2]

In the early 1980s, he was Chairman of the Northern Ireland Higher Education Review Group, which was tasked with producing a report called the Chilver Report on how to unify the Initial teacher education (ITE) used in Northern Ireland.[6] He was the Chairman of the Post Office between 1980 and 1981.[7] In 1983, he succeeded Lord Campbell as Chairman of the Milton Keynes Development Corporation (MKDC).[8] Between 1992 and 1995 he was Chairman of English China Clays,[9] and on 25 February 1993, he was appointed Chairman of RJB Mining.[10] He has also been a director of ICI.[1][10]

Awards

He was made a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1977 and the Royal Society[1] in 1982.[2] In 1978 he was made a Knight Bachelor.[11] He held honorary DScs from the University of Leeds (1982),[12] the University of Bristol (1983),[3] the University of Salford,[2] the University of Strathclyde (1986),[13] the University of Buckingham, the University of Bath (1986) and the University of Technology of Compiègne.[2]

In 1987, he was made a life peer as Baron Chilver, of Cranfield in the County of Bedfordshire,[14] and he was introduced to the House of Lords on 15 July.[15]

Personal life

In 1959 he married Dr Claudia Grigson, the sister of Christopher Grigson[16] and they had five children: Helen, Sarah, John, Mark and Paul.[2]

Published works
  • Problems in Engineering Structures with R S Ashby (1958)[2]
  • Strength of Materials with J Case (1959)[2]

See also

References
  1. Thompson, J. M. T. (2013). "Amos Henry Chilver FREng, Baron Chilver of Cranfield. 30 October 1926 -- 8 July 2012". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 59: 73–91. doi:10.1098/rsbm.2013.0010. S2CID 57916733.
  2. Lundy, Darryl (30 March 2007). "p. 19113 § 191128 - Person Page 19113". ThePeerage.com. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  3. "Bristol University – Alumni and Friends – Faculty of Engineering". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  4. "Death of Lord Henry Chilver of Cranfield". Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  5. "Michael Thompson: His Seminal Contributions to Nonlinear Dynamics – and Beyond" (PDF). University College London. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  6. "The Chilver Report: Unity and Diversity". Irish Educational Studies. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  7. McKeown, Pat (25 July 2012). "Lord Chilver obituary". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  8. Clapson (2004) p.54
  9. "5. Rob Margetts". Times Online. London. 2 November 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  10. "25 Feb 1993 UK: Appointment at RJB Mining". EMAP. 25 February 1993. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  11. "No. 47601". The London Gazette. 25 July 1978. p. 8920.
  12. "Honorary Graduates 1981 – 1990". University of Leeds. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  13. "Part1 – 2005" (PDF). University of Strathclyde. 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  14. "No. 50999". The London Gazette. 17 July 1987. p. 9151.
  15. "Lord Chilver". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 15 July 1987. Retrieved 2 May 2009.
  16. "Christopher Grigson – Obituaries". The Independent. London. 25 April 2001. Retrieved 4 May 2009.

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