Background
EDWARDS, William Philip Neville was born on August 5, 1904.
EDWARDS, William Philip Neville was born on August 5, 1904.
Rugby, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Princeton University (Davison Scholar).
Assistant to Chair, of Supply Council, Ministry of Supply 1941-1943. Head of Industrial Information Division, Ministry of Production, and alternate Director of Information, British Supply Council, Washington 1943-1945. Director Overseas Information Division, Board of Trade, London 1945-1946.
Counsellor, British Embassy, Washington, District of Columbia, in charge of British Information Services 1946-1949.
Deputy Overseas Director Federation British Industries (Federal Bureau of Investigation) 1949-1951, Director Promotion and Information, Federal Bureau of Investigation 1951-1965, Confederation of British Industry (C.B.I.) 1965-1966. Director of British Overseas Fairs Limited.
1953-1966, Chairman 1966-1968. United Kingdom Association Director Business Institute South America 1969-1975.
Chairman Burton Sheen Limited.
1971-1975. Director President of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Group 1968-1977.