Sir Albert Edward Alexander Napier KCB KCVO QC (4 September 1881 – 18 July 1973) was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Department between 1944 and 1954.
[1] Despite this his achievements are consistently overlooked, as he came between two particularly strong and influential Permanent Secretaries, Claud Schuster and Sir George Coldstream.
At the same time he established a new Law Reform Commission, and helped expand the size of the senior courts in England and Wales.
Despite his achievements, Napier was consistently overlooked, as he came between two particularly strong and influential Permanent Secretaries, Claud Schuster and Sir George Coldstream.
[4] He retired on 4 June 1954, with Coldstream succeeding him,[5] and was appointed Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in that year's Queen's Birthday Honours.