# Kenneth Berrill

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**Sir Kenneth Ernest Berrill** , (28 August 1920 – 30 April 2009), was an English economist and public servant.

## Early life and education

Born at [Stoke Newington](/source/Stoke_Newington), London, Berrill was the son Stanley Ernest Berrill (1896–1984), a clerk at a men's outfitters, and Lilian May (née Blakeley).[1] He won a scholarship to [University College London](/source/University_College_London) to train as a geography teacher, working at Romford greyhound stadium in the evenings. He subsequently transferred to the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics), where he read economics, taking a degree in 1941, then served in the [Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers](/source/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers) during [World War II](/source/World_War_II). He returned to LSE, completing an MA in 1949.[2][3]

## Career

After taking his MA, Berrill was a fellow and bursar at [St Catharine's College, Cambridge](/source/St_Catharine's_College,_Cambridge), moving in 1962 to [King's](/source/King's_College,_Cambridge), where he remained until 1969. At this time, he was developing a reputation as an economic adviser, including for the [World Bank](/source/World_Bank), [OECD](/source/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development), and for overseas governments. In 1967, he was appointed a special adviser to the Treasury.[4]

Throughout his career, he held a number of posts including chief economic adviser to the Treasury in the closing months of Edward Heath's premiership, and head of the [Central Policy Review Staff](/source/Central_Policy_Review_Staff) from 1974 to 1980 and the chairmanship of the [Securities and Investments Board](/source/Securities_and_Investments_Board) until 1988.[2] He was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) by the [University of Bath](/source/University_of_Bath) in 1974.[5]

In 1950, he was member of an Anglo-Swiss expedition which was the first to climb [Abi Gamin](/source/Abi_Gamin).[6]

In 1981, he became the senior partner of the prominent City stockbroking firm of [Vickers da Costa](/source/Vickers_da_Costa).[7]

## Personal life

In 1941, Berrill married Brenda West, with whom he had a son; he married secondly, in 1950, June Phillips, with whom he had a son and a daughter, and married thirdly, in 1977, Jane Marris.[2]

## References

1. ["The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"](https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-101464). 2004. [doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/101464](https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/101464). ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8.

1. [Obituary – The Telegraph – 17 May 2009](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5339634/Sir-Kenneth-Berrill.html)

1. ["Obituary: Sir Kenneth Berrill"](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/26/obituary-sir-kenneth-berrill). *[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)*. 25 June 2009.

1. [Obituary – The Times Online – 7 May 2009](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6235185.ece?token=null&offset=0&page=1)[dead link]

1. ["Honorary Graduates 1966 to 1988 | University of Bath"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160525041553/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/older.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/older.html) on 25 May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

1. [Obituary – The Guardian – 26 June 2009](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/jun/26/obituary-sir-kenneth-berrill)

1. ["Obituary of Ralph Vickers"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-ralph-vickers-1551626.html). *The Independent*. 1992.

## External links

- [Sir Kenneth Berrill](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/finance-obituaries/5339634/Sir-Kenneth-Berrill.html) (*Telegraph* obituary)
- [Lives remembered: Sir Kenneth Berrill…](http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6289080.ece)[dead link]

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