Ministry Appointment: Miss R. Darwin to be Senior on Control Board: On the recommendation of the Minister of Health, the King has approved the appointment of Miss Ruth Darwin as a Senior Commissioner of the Board of Control, in succession to Mrs. Ellen F. Pinsent. Mrs. Pinsent, who will retire on July 31st has had a long and distinguished career of public service. Miss Darwin, who is a daughter of the late Sir Horace Darwin, was an Hon. Commissioner from 1920 to 1930, and has been a commissioner since January 1st, 1931. She is a member of the committee recently appointed to consider certain issues arising in connection with the sterilization of the mentally unfit.
[see similar Western Daily Press: Tuesday 21st June 1932 and Gloucester Citizen: Tuesday 21st June 1932]
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GRO0245 Devonport: Ellen Frances Parker: 1866 – 1949