# William Strath

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**Sir William Strath**, [KCB](/source/Knight_Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_Bath) (16 November 1906 – 8 May 1975) was a Scottish civil servant and industrialist.

Educated at [Girvan High School](/source/Girvan_Academy) and the [University of Glasgow](/source/University_of_Glasgow), he entered the civil service in 1929 as an official in the [Inland Revenue](/source/Inland_Revenue); he moved to the [Air Ministry](/source/Air_Ministry) in 1938 and then the [Ministry of Aircraft Production](/source/Ministry_of_Aircraft_Production) in 1940. His post-war career included spells at the [Ministry of Supply](/source/Ministry_of_Supply_(UK)) and [HM Treasury](/source/HM_Treasury). In 1954, as head of the [Cabinet Office](/source/Cabinet_Office)'s central war plans secretariat, he was charged with chairing a committee on the impact of a hydrogen bomb attack on Britain; the "[Strath Committee](/source/Strath_Committee)" would find that even a limited attack of ten bombs would have dire consequences for the country.[1][2] He sat on the [UK Atomic Energy Authority](/source/United_Kingdom_Atomic_Energy_Authority) from 1955 to 1959 and then served as [Permanent Secretary](/source/Permanent_secretary) of the Ministry of Supply in 1959 and the [Ministry of Aviation](/source/Ministry_of_Aviation) from 1959 to 1960. In 1961, he became Group [Managing Director](/source/Managing_director) of [Tube Investments](/source/Tube_Investments), serving until 1972; he was also Chairman of the [British Aluminium Company](/source/British_Aluminium_Company) from 1962 to 1972.[3][4]

## References

1. Brown, Andrew (9 February 2012). *Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience: The life and work of Joseph Rotblat*. [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press). pp. 120–121. ISBN 9780199586585.

1. Young, Ken (11 July 2016). *The American Bomb in Britain: US Air Forces' Strategic Presence, 1946–64*. [Manchester University Press](/source/Manchester_University_Press). pp. 144–145. ISBN 9780719086755.

1. "Sir William Strath", *[The Times](/source/The_Times)* (London), 10 May 1975, p. 16. .

1. ["Strath, Sir William"](https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-160021), *[Who Was Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK))* (online ed., [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press), 2021). Retrieved 17 August 2021.

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