Sir Frederic Charles Johnson (1890–1972) was a British civil servant. From 1942 to retirement on 31 October 1952 he was the sixth holder of the post of Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.'New Receiver Appointed', ''

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'', 30 September 1952, page 3

Life

The son of Benjamin Johnson of Leeds, he studied at

Leeds Grammar School Leeds Grammar School was an independent school founded 1552 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Originally a male-only school, in August 2005 it merged with Leeds Girls' High School to form The Grammar School at Leeds. The two schools physical ...

and

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, taking the

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es in natural science and mathematics. His first civil service role came in 1913 in the Home Office, serving in its Police Department continuously from 1914 to just before the

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, then moving to the elements of

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relating to the Home Office until 1940. He was an Assistant Secretary by 1932, then Assistant Secretary of State in 1938. His next post was as Director of Finance and Establishments of the

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and then of the Home Office, followed by Director of Establishments in 1941 and Receiver in 1942. He was made a

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on retirement in 1952.'Obituary - SIR F. JOHNSON Metropolitan Receiver', ''

'', 8 June 1972, page 18

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Frederic People from Leeds 1890 births 1972 deaths Receivers of the Metropolitan Police People educated at Leeds Grammar School Alumni of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge English civil servants Companions of the Order of the Bath Civil servants in the Home Office Knights Bachelor