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| honorific-prefix = Sir | name = Donald Limon | honorific-suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|KCB|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = | smallimage = | alt = | caption = | order = 45th | office = Clerk of the House of Commons | term_start = 1994 | term_end = 1998 | predecessor = Sir Clifford Boulton | successor = William McKay }}Sir Donald William Limon, KCB (29 October 1932 – 26 July 2012) was a British public servant who served as Clerk of the House of Commons from 1994 to 1997.[1][2][3] Early lifeLimon was born on 29 October 1932 in Hartlepool to Arthur Limon, the borough treasurer of West Hartlepool, and Dora Limon.[2][3][6] He was educated at the Chorister School, Durham, an independent preparatory school adjacent to Durham Cathedral, and then from 1946 to 1950 at Durham School, then an all-boys independent school in Durham.[1][4] A keen cricketer, he played for the school first elevens and was captain of his house team. He was Head of House, the Caffinites, in his final year.[4] On leaving school, Limon undertook National Service at the Royal Army Service Corps brigade headquarters in the Republic of Korea. On discharge, and following a term of school teaching, in 1953 he accepted a local authority award to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a second-class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1956.[1] CareerIn the autumn of 1956, Limon was appointed an Assistant Clerk in the House of Commons, and served in the Clerk's Department until his retirement in 1998.[1] He was Clerk of Financial Committees from 1981 to 1984, Principal Clerk of the Table Office from 1985 to 1989, and the Clerk of Committees from 1989 to 1990.[2] On 1 November 1990, he was appointed Clerk Assistant of the House of Commons.[5] On 1 November 1994, he was appointed Clerk of the House of Commons therefore becoming chief executive of the house.[6] HonoursLimon was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1993 New Year Honours.[7] He was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours.[8] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite news|title=Sir Donald Limon|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/obituaries/article3515410.ece|accessdate=9 March 2014|newspaper=The Times|date=4 September 2012}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Limon, Donald}}2. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Dalyell|first=Tam|title=Sir Donald Limon: Clerk of the House of Commons hailed for his toughness and eye for detail|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/sir-donald-limon-clerk-of-the-house-of-commons-hailed-for-his-toughness-and-eye-for-detail-8031695.html|accessdate=9 March 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=11 August 2012}} 3. ^1 {{cite news|title=Sir Donald Limon|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/9504624/Sir-Donald-Limon.html|accessdate=9 March 2014|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=28 August 2012}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Sir Donald Limon|url=http://community.durhamschool.co.uk/obituary-page|work=OD Obituaries|publisher=Durham School|accessdate=9 March 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309184805/http://community.durhamschool.co.uk/obituary-page|archivedate=9 March 2014|df=}} 5. ^{{London Gazette |issue=52327 |date=6 November 1990 |page=17208 }} 6. ^{{London Gazette |issue=53840 |date=4 November 1994 |page=15477 }} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=53153 |date=30 December 1992 |page=3 |supp=y }} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=54794 |date=13 June 1997 |page=2 |supp=y }} 8 : 1932 births|2012 deaths|Clerks of the House of Commons|British civil servants|Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath|People educated at Durham School|People from Hartlepool|Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford |
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