A GEORGE V BLUE LEATHER GOVERNMENT DESPATCH BOX, c.1927, by John Peck & Sons, the lid with a gilt-tooled cipher of HM George V and the inscription 'EMERGENCY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE/SIR HENRY PAYNE K.B.E.C.B.', with brass handle and original Bramah, lock and key, the interior with maker's stamp, 46cm wide, 14cm deep, 30cm high In 1927, Winston Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer, set up the Emergency Compensation Committee to advise on compensation for property requisitioned during, wartime. Sir Henry Payne (1873-1931) was appointed to this committee; he had been an economic expert at the Paris Peace Conference. He was made a CBE in 1918 and a KBE in 1925.
A GEORGE V BLUE LEATHER GOVERNMENT DESPATCH BOX, c.1927, by John Peck & Sons, the lid with a gilt-tooled cipher of HM George V and the inscription 'EMERGENCY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE/SIR HENRY PAYNE K.B.E.C.B.', with brass handle and original Bramah, lock and key, the interior with maker's stamp, 46cm wide, 14cm deep, 30cm high In 1927, Winston Churchill as Chancellor of the Exchequer, set up the Emergency Compensation Committee to advise on compensation for property requisitioned during, wartime. Sir Henry Payne (1873-1931) was appointed to this committee; he had been an economic expert at the Paris Peace Conference. He was made a CBE in 1918 and a KBE in 1925.
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