Background
Trend, Burke St. John Baron was born on January 2, 1914. Son of Walter St. John Trend.
Trend, Burke St. John Baron was born on January 2, 1914. Son of Walter St. John Trend.
Ed, Merton College, Oxford, England. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrew, 1974. Doctor of Letters, Loughborough, 1983.
With Civil Service, Ministry Education, 1936, Treasury, 1937. Assistant private secretary Chancellor Exchequer, 1939—1941, principal private secretary, 1945—1949. Secretary Treasury, 1949—1955, 3d secretary, 1959—1960, 2d secretary, 1960—1962.
Secretary Office Lord Privy Seal, 1955—1956. Deputy secretary Cabinet, 1956—1959, secretary, 1963—1973. Rector Lincoln College, Oxford, 1973—1983.
Trustee Nuffield Foundation, since 1973, chairman managing trustees, since 1980. Pro-vice chancellor University Oxford, 1975—1983. Director Hudson Bay Company, 1973—1984, Provident Life Insurance Association.
Trustee British Museum, since 1973, chairman trustees, since 1979. Visitor Loughborough Technology University, since 1979. Member of Royal Commonwealth Society (president since 1982).
Married Patricia Charlotte Shaw Trend, 1949. 3 children.