Roland Venables Vernon
Roland Venables Vernon, CB, (1877-1942) was a civil servant with the Colonial Office.
He attended Balliol College, Oxford, 1895-99.[1]
In 1924 he was Assistant Secretary, Middle East Department of the Colonial office, and in the New Years Honours List he was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath.
He was a member of the Palestinian Currency Board in which capacity he signed the bank notes issued by this body.[2]
In 1929 he was appointed by the Colonial Office to the Imperial Agricultural Bureaux with responsibility for the colonies, protectorates and mandated territories.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Theses and Undergraduate Work". Balliol College Archives & Manuscripts. Balliol College. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "63 - Palestine Currency Board, specimen £50, 30 September 1929, red..." www.spink.com. Spinks. Retrieved 9 March 2025.
- ^ "Executive Council". Imperial Agricultural Bureaux Annual Report. 2 (Second Annual Report). 1931.