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'''Sir{{Short James Wallace Peck''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]] (3 May 1875–3 February 1964) was a [[United Kingdomdescription|British]] [[civil servant]] and local government officer.}}
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'''Sir James Wallace Peck''' [[Order of the Bath|CB]] [[FRSE]] (3 May 1875 – 3 February 1964) was a British civil servant and local government officer.
 
==Early life, education, and career==
Peck was educated at the [[Royal Technical College, Glasgow]], the [[University of Glasgow]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He lectured in [[mathematical physics]] at Glasgow University for four years before becoming an Inspector of Schools in [[Scotland]] in 1903. In 1905 he was appointed Principal Assistant to [[Robert Blair (educator)|Sir Robert Blair]], director of the [[London County Council]] Education Service, and in 1910 returned to Scotland as Clerk to the [[Edinburgh]] School Board. In 1912 he became Chief Inspector of [[National Insurance|National Health Insurance]] in Scotland.▼
Peck was born in [[Glasgow]], the son of W. Edwin Peck, who worked for Andrew Walker, a linen and cotton merchant. The family lived at 146 Holland Street, a sloping street in Glasgow city centre.<ref>Glasgow Post Office Directory 1875</ref> He was educated at the [[Royal Technical College, Glasgow]], the [[University of Glasgow]], and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. From 1899, he lectured in [[mathematical physics]] at [[Glasgow University]] for four years before becoming an inspector of schools in Scotland in 1903.
 
In 1904, he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposers were [[Andrew Gray (physicist)|Andrew Gray]], [[Magnus Maclean]], [[William Jack (mathematician)|William Jack]], and [[George Alexander Gibson]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=8 December 2017|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914 he was commissioned into the [[Royal Field Artillery]] and served until 1918, reaching the rank of [[Captain (land)|Captain]]. In 1918 he was appointed Senior Assistant Secretary of the [[Ministry of Food]], a post which he held until the Ministry's disbandment in 1921, when he be became Chief Inspector of the [[Scottish Board of Health]].▼
 
==Local government and civil service career==
From 1924 to 1926 he served as Assistant Secretary of the [[National Health Insurance Commission]] and was responsible for organising emergency arrangements for Scotland during the 1926 [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|General Strike]]. In 1930 he returned to the [[Scottish Education Department]] as Second Secretary and became [[Permanent Secretary]] in 1936. In 1938 he was seconded to the Food (Defence Plans) Department, preparing for food control on the inevitable outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. When the war came, he was appointed Chief Divisional Food Controller for Scotland and held the post until his retirement in 1946.▼
▲Peck was educated at the [[Royal Technical College, Glasgow]], the [[University of Glasgow]] and [[Christ Church, Oxford]]. He lectured in [[mathematical physics]] at Glasgow University for four years before becoming an Inspector of Schools in [[Scotland]] in 1903. In 1905, he was appointed Principalprincipal Assistantassistant to [[Robert Blair (educator)|Sir Robert Blair]], director of the [[London County Council]] Education Service, and in 1910 returned to Scotland as Clerkclerk to the [[Edinburgh]] School Board. In 1912, he became Chiefchief Inspectorinspector of [[National Insurance|National Health Insurance]] in Scotland.
 
▲On the outbreak of the [[First World War]] in 1914, he was commissioned into the [[Royal Field Artillery]] and served until 1918, reaching the rank of [[Captain (landBritish Army and Royal Marines)|Captaincaptain]]. In 1918, he was appointed Seniorsenior Assistantassistant Secretarysecretary of the [[Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Food]], a post which he held until the Ministry's disbandment in 1921, when he be became Chiefchief Inspectorinspector of the [[Scottish Board of Health]].
Peck was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours<ref>{{LondonGazette |issue=31713 |date=30 December 1919 |startpage=1 |supp=yes}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in 1938.▼
 
▲From 1924 to 1926, he served as Assistantassistant Secretarysecretary of the [[National Health Insurance Commission]] and was responsible for organising emergency arrangements for Scotland during the 1926 [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 General Strike]]. In 1930, he returned to the [[Scottish Education Department]] as Secondsecond Secretarysecretary and became [[Permanentpermanent Secretarysecretary]] in 1936. In 1938, he was seconded to the Food (Defence Plans) Department, preparing for food control on the inevitable outbreak of the [[Second World War]]. When the war came, he was appointed Chiefchief Divisionaldivisional Foodfood Controllercontroller for Scotland and held the post until his retirement in 1946.
In 1911 he married the novelist [[Winifred Peck]], who died in November 1962.
 
▲Peck was appointed [[Companion of the Order of the Bath]] (CB) in the 1920 New Year War Honours<ref>{{LondonGazetteLondon Gazette |issue=31713 |date=30 December 1919 |startpagepage=1 |supp=yesy}}</ref> and was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by King [[George VI]] in 1938.
 
==Family==
In 1911, he married the novelist [[Winifred Peck|Winifred Knox]], who died in November 1962. They had three sons.<ref>Year Book of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1963–4, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1965, p. 32</ref>
 
==Publications==
 
*''Thermal Emissivity'' (1902)
*''The Corpuscular Theories of Gravitation'' (1903)
 
==Footnotes==
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*''[[Who Was Who]]''
 
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