# Arthur Street

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For the English snooker referee born Arthur Street, see [John Street (snooker referee)](/source/John_Street_(snooker_referee)).

**Sir Arthur William Street**, [GCB](/source/Knight_Grand_Cross_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath), [KBE](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire), [CMG](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George), [CIE](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_the_Indian_Empire), [MC](/source/Military_Cross) (16 May 1892 – 24 February 1951) was a British civil servant. He joined the civil service as a boy clerk at the age of 14 and studied at [King's College London](/source/King's_College_London) while working. His career was interrupted by service in the [First World War](/source/First_World_War); after [demobilisation](/source/Demobilization) in 1919 he worked in the [Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Fisheries_(United_Kingdom)) (with the exception of the period 1921–22 when was in the [Admiralty](/source/Admiralty_(United_Kingdom))); he was second secretary from 1936 to 1938. In 1938, he moved to the [Air Ministry](/source/Air_Ministry); from 1939 to 1945, he was its [Permanent Secretary](/source/Permanent_secretary), serving throughout the Second World War. He was then the Permanent Secretary of the [Control Office for Germany and Austria](/source/Control_Office_for_Germany_and_Austria) from 1945 to 1946, before serving as deputy chairman of the [National Coal Board](/source/National_Coal_Board) until his death.[1][2][3]

## References

1. Reuben Kelf-Cohen, revised by Mark Pottle, ["Street, Sir Arthur William"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-36348), *[The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography](/source/The_Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography)* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2004). Retrieved 13 August 2021.

1. "Sir Arthur Street", *The Times* (London), 26 February 1951, p. 6. .

1. ["Street, Sir Arthur William"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-243434), *[Who Was Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2021). Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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