Researching Alix Kilroy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 509 people with the Kilroy surname? In that year Kilroy was ranked number 3070 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Alix Kilroy on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alix Kilroy and the Kilroy Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 735 people with the Kilroy surname in the UK? Kilroy is now ranked number 3348 for popularity in the UK. |
Kilroy Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Alix Kilroy
Alix Kilroy
Dame Alix Hester Marie Kilroy, Lady Meynell, DBE (1903–1999) was one of the first two women to have entered the administrative grade of the Civil Service by examination (in 1925).
She was given a desk at the Board of Trade, where she ascended to Under-Secretary and where she served for 30 years (aside from a brief spell at the newly formed Monopolies Commission). She retired in 1955. She marked her 95th birthday by publishing a new book What Grandmother Said (published February 1998), was the last of her writings. Her 1988 autobiography, Public Servant, Private Woman, charted her progress through government.
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