Awards CB 1954; CMG 1946; RN
Positions European Adviser to United Steel Companies, 1953-66; Vice-President: European League for Economic Co-operation, since 1972; Franco-British Society, since 1973 (Chairman, 1967-72).
Personal Details Born 15 March 1900; son of late Herman Cohen, Barrister-at-Law, Inner Temple; married 1932, Mary Joseph [1910-], daughter of late Ernest Joseph, CBE, FRIBA [architect of Shell-Mex House, the NAFFI, etc]; one son[b 1945], one daughter [1935-92].
Education Elstree School; [Harrow School] , Eastbourne College, [‘Short Courses’, Caius College, Cambridge]
Work
‘Special Entry’ R N Cadet, 1918, H M S Iron Duke;
Specialised in Torpedo Duties, 1926
RN Staff College, 1932
Interpreter in French and Russian [ND]
Retired (Lt-Comdr), 1935
[Joined SIS or Z, 1936 {17 yrs to 1953 per SIS}]
Appointed HMS President [HMS Sheffield according to Daily Telegraph], 1939
Comdr [and Head of French Country Section], 1940
[Controller Western Europe, 1943]
Attached Foreign Office [Chief Controller Europe], 1945
[European Advisor to United Steel Companies, 1953-66]
Councillor, RIIA, Chatham House 1963-75
[Chairman & Vice President Franco-British Society, 1967-72]
Officier de la Légion d’Honneur [1945]
Croix de Guerre avec palmes (France)
Legion of Merit, Degree of Officer (USA) [1946?]
Officier de la Couronne (Belgium)
Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia) [1947]
Commandeur de l’Etoile Noire (France), 1960
Publications Articles in national press on problems of European integration.
Address 33 Bloomfield Terrace, SW1. Telephone: 01-730 3228.
Clubs Garrick, [MCC]
Death Died 19 September 1984.