Abstract

THE Committee of the Privy Council for Agricultural Research has appointed Lord Rothschild to be chairman of the Agricultural Research Council in succession to Lord De La Warr. Lord Rothschild was born in 1910 and was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was a fellow during 1935-39. He served in the Army Intelligence Corps during the War and was awarded the George Medal in 1944 ; was mentioned in dispatches and received the American Bronze Star and Legion of Merit. Lord Rothschild is a biologist, who has carried out research work in the Department of Zoology at Cambridge and has published a number of scientific papers ; he has also agricultural interests. He is a member of the boards of the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the Overseas Food Corporation.

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