Alan Bailey
{{Short description|British civil servant (1931–2023)}}
{{for|the Olympic rower|Alan Bailey (rower)}}
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{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
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| occupation = Civil servant
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|6|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = Rushden, Northamptonshire, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|4|22|1931|6|26|df=y}}
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Sir Alan Marshall Bailey KCB (26 June 1931 – 22 April 2023) was a British civil servant.{{cite web|title=BAILEY, Sir Alan (Marshall)|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U6137|website=Who's Who|publisher=A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016; online edn, Oxford University Press|accessdate=20 January 2016}}
Biography
Born in Rushden, Northamptonshire on 26 June 1931,{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900-1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=452}} Sir Alan Bailey was educated at Bedford School, at St John's College, Oxford and at Merton College, Oxford. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1971 and 1973, Under Secretary at HM Treasury between 1973 and 1978, Deputy Secretary at HM Treasury between 1978 and 1983, Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury between 1983 and 1985, and Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport between 1986 and 1991. He was an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.{{cite web|title=Honorary and Emeritus Fellows|url=http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/1237/Honorary-and-Emeritus-Fellows.html|publisher=St John's College, Oxford|accessdate=20 January 2016}}
Bailey was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1982 New Year Honours{{London Gazette |issue=48837 | date = 1 January 1982 |page=3}} and was promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the 1986 Birthday Honours.{{London Gazette |issue=50551 |date=14 June 1986 |page=3 |supp=y}}
Bailey died on 22 April 2023, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=Sir Alan Bailey KCB |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-may-8-2023-9l6g7dp92 |access-date=8 May 2023 |work=The Times |date=8 May 2023}}
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Category:People educated at Bedford School
Category:Alumni of St John's College, Oxford