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Article: OBITUARY:Ronald Matthews
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 2, 1995
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"I was utterly candid with Matthews. I told him straight that I
sensed he would always prefer Kenneth Robinson, decent and
immensely knowledgeable about every nook and cranny of the Health
Service, to me. None the less, instinct also told me that we could
get on and work together. He did not demur, on either score."
That was Richard Crossman's description to me of his first
meeting with Ronald Matthews, whom in his diary for Saturday 2
November 1968 he describes as "a really conscientious, nice,
efficient man, who will establish continuity and who is obviously
going to be a first-rate private secretary". So it proved.
Sir Kenneth Robinson, the Minister of Health (1964-68) to whom
Matthews ...