Ronald Waterhouse (civil servant)
Wing Commander Sir Ronald Dockray Waterhouse (28 December 1878 – 28 November 1942) was a British Army, Royal Air Force officer and civil servant. During his career, he was private secretary to the Duke of York (later George VI), and to three prime ministers: Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin, and Ramsay MacDonald. Early life. Ronald Waterhouse, the son of J.D. Waterhouse of Aigburth, Lancashire was educated at Marlborough College (Preshute) and Oxford. On leaving he joined the army and served in several campaigns across the world. He retired from the Army in 1910 and was granted a wound  pension. He rejoined at the outbreak of the First World War and went on to be awarded the Mons Star. Career. After leaving 10 Downing St in February 1928 he took up a directorship with the Canadian General Investment Trust Ltd. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society. He was awarded Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1921 Birthday Honours list and Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1923 New Year Honours list. Personal life. His first wife Violet Goldingham died in June 1928 and he wasted no time, remarring in secret at the  Savoy Chapel in the Strand to Miss Nourah Chard, private secretary to Mrs Baldwin on 3 August 1928. She published a biography of her husband entitled "Private and Official" in 1942. Ronald Waterhouse died on 28 November 1942 due to illness caused by war service.