Background
SHERFIELD, Ist was born on February 3, 1904. Son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins, K.B.E., D.s.O. and Florence Mellor.
SHERFIELD, Ist was born on February 3, 1904. Son of Brigadier-General Sir Ernest Makins, K.B.E., D.s.O. and Florence Mellor.
Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford.
Minister in West. Africa 1942, of Resident Minister, Allied Force Headquarters Mediterranean 1943-1944. Minister in Washington 1945-1947. Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1947-1948, Deputy Under-Secretary 1948-1952.
Ambassador to United States of America 1952-1956.
Joint Permanent Secretary to Treasury 59. Chairman United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 1960-1964.
Chairman Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation 1964-1974, Estate Duties Investment Trust 73, Ship Mortgage Finance Company 1966-1974, Hill Samuel Group Limited. 1966-1970, Technology Development Capital Limited.
1966-1974, A. C. Cossor Limited.
1968-1982, Raytheon Europe Institute Company 1970-1982, Wells Fargo Limited. 1972-1984, Finance for Industry Limited. 1973-1974, Badger Limited.
1981-1983.
Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford. Fellow, Winchester College 1964-1979, also Warden 1974-1979. Chairman Governing Body Imperial College, of Science and Technology 1962-1974.
Chairman Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission 1966-1973.
Trustee, Kennedy Memorial Trust 1964-1974. Chancellor, University of Reading since 1970.
President Parliament, and Scien tific Committee 1969-1973. President British Standards Institute 1970-1973.
Chairman House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology 1984-1987.
Honorary Doctorate.C.L. (Oxford), Honorary F.I.C.E., Honorary Doctor of Letters (Reading), Honorary Doctor of Laws (London). Honorary Student, Christ Church (Oxford), Deputy Lieutenant (Hampshire). Benjamin Franklin.
Staff of Resident Minister in West. Africa 1942, of Resident Minister, Allied Force Headquarters Mediterranean 1943-1944.
Married Alice Davis in 1934 (died in 1985).