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Sir John Christopher Sainty ,
KCB ,
FSA (born 1934 in
London ,
England ) is a retired British parliamentary official who was
Clerk of the Parliaments from 1983 to 1990.
Education
He was educated at
Winchester College , and
New College, Oxford .
Career
After serving as the
Private Secretary to the
Leader of the House and Clerk of the Journals of the
House of Lords , he was appointed
Clerk of the Parliaments in 1983,
[1] retiring in 1990. He was knighted in the 1986
Queen's Birthday Honours , when he was made a
Knight Commander of the Bath (KCB).
[2] He was later appointed a Senior Fellow of the
Institute of Historical Research and has published numerous articles and studies of office holders under the Crown. He was also a Commissioner of the
Historical Manuscripts Commission prior to its merger with the
Public Record Office to form
The National Archives .
[3]
[4]
Family
Sir John is the son of Christopher Lawrence Sainty, of Clayton Priory, Hassocks, Sussex, and his first wife Nancy Lee Miller, of
Madison, Wisconsin , and
Chicago ,
Illinois . He is married to Frances Sherlock and has three sons:
Christopher Sainty , British Ambassador to Portugal since 2018
[5]
Henry Sainty, solicitor, partner, Farrer & Co
[6]
Edward Sainty
Sir John is also the elder half-brother of the art dealer and historian of Orders of Knighthood
Guy Stair Sainty .
Books
The Lord Lieutenants and their Deputies (Phillimore, 2007)
The Judges of England 1272-1990 a list of judges of the superior courts (1993)
A List of English Law Officers, King's Counsels and Holders of Precedence (Selden Society, 1987)
A List of English Law Officers, King's Counsel and Holders of Patents of Precedence (Selden Society, vol.7, 1986)
Parliamentary Functions of the Sovereign since 1509 (1980)
Colonial Office Officials : officials of the Secretary of State for War, 1794-1801, etc. London: IHR (1976)
Home Office officials, 1782-1870 London : Athlone Press & IHR (1975)
Admiralty Officials, 1660-1870 (1975)
'The Origins of House of Lords Leadership', The Bulletin of Historical Research (BIHR ) (1974)
Officials of the Secretaries of State, 1660-1782 (1973)
The Origin of the Office of Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords (HLRO Memorandum No.52, 1973)
The Lord Lieutenants of counties 1585-1642 London: IHR (1970)
References
External links
International National Academics People Other