Dame Ann Bowtell
Born
Ann Elizabeth Kewell

(1938-04-25) 25 April 1938 (age 86)
NationalityBritish
Alma materGirton College, Cambridge
OccupationFirst Civil Service Commissioner

Dame Ann Elizabeth Bowtell DCB (née Kewell; born 25 April 1938)[1] is a British retired civil servant. She was the UK's First Civil Service Commissioner from 1993 to 1995.[2][3]

Early life and education

Bowtell was born in 1938 to John Albert Kewell and Olive Rose Sims.[4]

Bowtell was educated at Kendrick Girls' School in Reading. She studied Economics at Girton College, University of Cambridge,[5] where she was made an honorary fellow in 1997.[6]

In 1961, she married Michael John Bowtell. They have two sons and two daughters.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Birthdays today". The Telegraph. 25 April 2012. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2014. Dame Ann Bowtell, former senior civil servant, 74
  2. ^ Home news (12 February 1993). "Woman takes top job - Anne Elizabeth Bowtell". The Times. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  3. ^ Kevin, Bown (16 March 1995). "Cellnet chairman to monitor Whitehall". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 461. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  5. ^ "Educating Eve: Five Generations of Cambridge Women - Dame Ann Bowtell DCB". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  6. ^ Honorary Fellows of Girton College


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