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After stating that Lloyd George was so impressed by the administrative ability of his young Private Secretary that he selected Gowers for the post of Chief Inspector in the National Health Insurance Scheme, Gowers’ obituary continues that ‘during the greater part of the 1914–18 War he combined his National Insurance responsibilities with special duties at the Foreign Office’. These ‘special duties’ were working as General Manager and then Chief Executive Officer of Wellington House.
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Scott, A. (2009). WWI: Under Cover at Wellington House. In: Ernest Gowers. Understanding Governance series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230244306_4
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