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Sir Harry Page (1911–1985) was a British accountant. He served as president of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) (1968) and city treasurer of Manchester City Council (1957–1971).

He retired to the country in 1978 and died in his home in 1985.

Career

In 1973 Page was appointed chairman of a UK Government committee to review National Savings and Investments initiated by the then Labour chancellor, Denis Healey.[1]

He was a Simon Research Fellow at the University of Manchester and a consultant on local authority finance.[2]

Page compiled a collection of 276 bound albums and commonplace books dating between 1752 and 1935, emanating from families based in the North West of England.[3]

Now named the 'Sir Harry Page Collection of Victorian Scrapbooks, Albums and Commonplace Books', it was purchased by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) in 1987.[4]

Recognition

In 1968, CIPFA named an award in his honour – the Sir Harry Page Merit Award, presented annually since 1969.[5]

References

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  1. "Hansard 1973". Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. "Simon and Hallsworth Funds" Retrieved 10 August 2015
  3. Manchester Metropolitan Collection "Manchester Metropolitan University", MMU. Retrieved 31 July 2015
  4. "The Incurable Collector Harry Page" Шаблон:Webarchive Retrieved 10 August 2015
  5. "CIPFA Awards". Retrieved 10 August 2015