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Paul Chambers (industrialist)

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British civil servant and industrialist
Sir Stanley Paul Chambers
Born2 April 1904
DiedDecember 1981 (aged 77)
EducationCity of London School
London School of Economics
Occupation(s)Civil servant, industrialist, Chairman of ICI

Sir Stanley Paul Chambers,KBE, CB, CIE (2 April 1904 – 23 December 1981) was a Britishcivil servant andindustrialist and Chairman ofICI.[1]

He was born in London and educated at theCity of London School before going to study economics at theLondon School of Economics.

After graduating, he entered theInland Revenue and in 1934 was appointed Income Tax Advisor to the Government of India. He returned to the UK in 1940 to be director of statistics and intelligence in theInland Revenue. He was then appointed secretary and a commissioner of the board. One of his major tasks during the war was to devise the newPAYE (Pay as You Earn) employee taxation system in use in the UK today. After the war, he served on the Control Commission for Germany for two and a half years.[2]

In 1948, he succeededSir William Coates as financial director ofImperial Chemical Industries (now ICI), one of Britain's largest companies. He became deputy chairman in 1952 and was chairman from 1960 to 1968, the first non-scientist to hold the post. He moved from there to be chairman ofRoyal Insurance.[3]

He wasPresident of the Royal Statistical Society from 1964 to 1965.[4] The society's Chambers Medal, awarded every three years, is named after him.[5]

He was Pro-Chancellor of theUniversity of Kent from 1971 to 1977.

He married twice and had two children and a stepchild.

References

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  1. ^"Obituary: Sir Paul Chambers".The Times. 29 December 1981. p. 10.
  2. ^PAYE's Deviser. The New Scientist. 15 October 1959. Retrieved6 August 2010.
  3. ^"Britain: Sirs Paul and Peter". Time. 17 November 1967. Archived fromthe original on January 27, 2008. Retrieved6 August 2010.
  4. ^"Royal Statistical Society Presidents". Royal Statistical Society. Archived fromthe original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved6 August 2010.
  5. ^"Chambers Medal". Royal Statistical Society. Archived fromthe original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved6 August 2010.
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