Robert John Grote Mayor
Robert "Robin" John Grote Mayor CB (20 August 1869 – 19 June 1947) was a British civil servant at the Education Department.[1]
Early life and education
Mayor was born in Twickenham, Surrey, into two prominent families. His father was noted scholar Joseph Bickersteth Mayor, a member of the distinguished Bickersteth ecclesiastical family. His mother, Alexandrina Jessie Grote, was the niece of historian George Grote, philosopher John Grote, and colonial administrator Arthur Grote.[2]
His younger sister was the writer Flora Macdonald Mayor.[1]
He was educated at Temple Grove School and then at Eton College, where he was awarded the Newcastle Scholarship.[1] He earned first class honours at King's College, Cambridge, and he won the Inter-Varsity Cross Country Championship in 1891.[1]
Career
In 1896, Grote joined the Education Office as a Junior Examiner. He became an Assistant Secretary in 1907 and Principal Assistant Secretary in 1919. He retired in 1926.[1]
Grote was also a barrister; in 1899, he was called to the Bar by Lincoln's Inn.[1]
Mayor was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1919 Birthday Honours.[3]
Personal life
Mayor married Beatrice Meinertzhagen, daughter of banker Daniel Meinertzhagen and sister of Richard Meinertzhagen. Beatrice, a writer, was named for her maternal aunt Beatrice Webb (née Potter). Their daughter was Teresa Rothschild, Baroness Rothschild.[4]
He died at the National Temperance Hospital in London, the day after an operation.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "R. J. G. Mayor" (PDF). Alpine Journal. 56 (275): 169–172. November 1947.
- ^ "Deaths". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 23 June 1947. p. 1.
- ^ "No. 31391". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1919. p. 7296.
- ^ "Obituary: Mrs Beatrice Mayor". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 24 February 1971. p. 14.