Background
MORANT, Robert Laurie was born on April 7, 1863. Son of late Robert Morant, Hampstead.
MORANT, Robert Laurie was born on April 7, 1863. Son of late Robert Morant, Hampstead.
Winchester; New College, Oxford.
Bachelor of Arts 1885 (1st class). Educational work of various kinds. Tutorial work; schoolmaster.
Tutor to Royal Family of Siam, and organiser of public education in that country for several years. Educational publications in vernacular. Subsequently social and educational work in East London.
Appointed Assistant Director of Special Inquiries and Reports in Education Department, Whitehall, 1895. Various reports on education in France, Switzerland, etc., and higher grade and secondary schools in England. Senior Examiner, 1900.
Private Secretary to Sir John Gorst, and subsequently Assistant Private Secretary to Duke of Devonshire. Permanent Secretary, Board of Education, since 1903.
Spouse 1896, Helen,daughter of late Edwin Cracknell of Wetheringsett Grange.
Knight Commander of the Bath,cartulary-register 1907; Companion of the Bath 1902. Sir.