Claud Schuster, 1st Baron Schuster (2 August1869–28 June1956) was a Britishbarrister and civil servant. He served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor for a remarkable 29 years between 1915 and 1944. A life long mountaineer in his spare time, after retirement he was elected President of the Alpine Club. He was created Baron Schuster, of Cerne in the County of Dorset, in 1944 and this title became extinct on his death. August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State (although the full title is rarely used), is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. ... The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor and prior to the Union the Chancellor of England and the Lord Chancellor of Scotland, is a senior and important functionary in the government of the United Kingdom, and its predecessor states. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Mountaineering is an umbrella term that can variously be used to describe the actions of climbing, hillwalking and scrambling. ... The Alpine Club was: Today, Alpine clubs stage climbing competitions, operate Alpine huts and paths, and are active in protecting the Alpine environment. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
It had occurred to Claude Wade that S gauge was ready for something akin to round-robins, a type of organization in which members circulate information to each other.
Claude Wade, the founder of the organization, was appropriately named its first General Director.
Claud got things off to a great start by pawing through his records and spending a number of hours with me, providing life to the sterile data.