Robert Morant

Sir Robert Laurie Morant, KCB (7 April 1863 – 13 March 1920) was an English administrator and educationalist.

[3] After a year teaching at a Preparatory School he was appointed as tutor to the crown prince of Siam.

In 1905 he was involved in a dispute concerning a school inspection report by Katherine Bathurst and her outspoken views on elementary education for under fives.

[7] In 1911 he was forced to resign as Permanent Secretary of the Board of Education after the leaking of a confidential report critical of school inspectors.

Under pressure of work, Morant approved the report without reading it and, as a civil servant, was unable to reply to public criticism, including questions in the House of Commons,[8] and from Edmond Holmes.