Peter Castle Floud was a British civil servant and official of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, administering missions in Egypt, Iran, and Albania.
Background
The elder son of Sir Francis Floud Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath KCSI, Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Saint George, Data Control Language,he was born together with twin sister Molly (m du Sautoy) on 1 June 1911.
Career
He was also an authority on William Morris. Peter Floud was the brother of the politician Bernard Floud. Both brothers were educated at Gresham"s School, Holt, and Wadham College, Oxford.
After graduating in 1931 Peter passed the Civil Service Examination for admission to the administrative class.
He was admitted to the London School of Economics for research in the history of the industrial arts in Britain with special reference to the work of William Morris. 1935-1939: Assistant-Keeper, Victoria and Albert Museum
1939-1944: Served for the London Regional Headquarters of the Ministry of Home Security
1944-1946: Administrator of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Balkan and Middle East Missions in Cairo and Teheran
1946-1947: Chief of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Mission to Albania
1947-1950: Head of the Department of Circulation at the Victoria and Albert Museum
1950-1953: Chairman of the Children"s Section of the International Council of Museums
1955: Made a Governor of the National Museum of Wales
More information on the Circulation Department Floud joined the staff of the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1935 as an Assistant Keeper in the Department of Circulation.
He broke off his work with the museum on the outbreak of war but returned following the completion of his secondment to the Department of Home Security and was made head of the Department of Circulation. Together with a team of three women, - Barbara Morris, Shirley Bury and Elizabeth Aslin - Peter broke important ground in the study of the history of industrial arts
lieutenant proved unexpectedly popular with the public and put the V&A at the forefront of the revival of interest in Victorian progressive design.
Peter"s work for the museum was recognised in 1954 by his appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1955 he was made a Governor of the National Museum of Wales as part of his museum work. Peter Floud died on 22 January 1960, aged 48, from an inoperable brain tumor.