Board of Control: Miss Ruth Darwin to be a Senior Commissioner: The King on the recommendation of the Minister Health, has approved the appointment of Miss Ruth Darwin as a Senior Commissioner of the Board of Control, in succession to Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent. Miss Darwin, who is a daughter of the late Sir Horace Darwin, was an honorary Commissioner from 1920 to 1930, and has been a Commissioner since January 1, 1931. She is a member of the Committee recently appointed to consider certain issues arising in connection with the sterilization of the mentally unfit.
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949