Philip Lionel Burton CBE (2 April 1914 – 14 June 1996) was Head of the Civil Service Pay Research Unit between 1963 and 1971.
[1][2][3] He was appointed CBE in 1972 and was subsequently an adviser to Governments at home and overseas on pay related issues.
[4][5][6] Philip Lionel Burton was born at Elstree on 2 April 1914[7] and educated at Bedford Modern School.
[6] He was not allowed to join the army at the outbreak of World War II, so he moved to Talbot House with Tubby Clayton to do Fire Watch Duty in the City.
[6] He was back at the War Office between 1960 and 1963 before returning to the Civil Service Pay Research Unit as Director.