BackIt is with great regret that the I.O.I. has learned about the passing of the former parliamentary commissioner for administration and health service commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland Sir Cecil Clothier.
Sir Cecil Clothier, who served five years as parliamentary commissioner for administration and health service commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland died in May 2010 at the age of 90. He was a distinguished member of the international Ombudsman community and always dedicated his life to the public cause.
During his impressive career Sir Cecil Clothier was a crown court judge (1965-78) and a judge of appeal in the Isle of Man (1972-78). He was a legal assessor to the General Medical and Dental councils and a member of the Royal Commission on National Health (1976-78). The following year, 1979, he became parliamentary commissioner for administration and health service commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland, a post he held until 1984. In 1985 he was elected the first chairman of the Police Complaints Authority (1985-89).
The International Ombudsman Institute, on behalf of all its members, would like to express its deepest sympathy. Sir Cecil Clothier’s passing is a great loss for the international Ombudsman community and our thoughts go out to his family, friends and former colleagues.
