Idwal Pugh

Sir Idwal Pugh CB KCB

Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
In office 1 April 1976 – 31 December 1978
Preceded by	Sir Alan Marre
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Clothier
Health Service Commissioner for England
In office 1 April 1976 – 31 December 1978
Preceded by	Sir Alan Marre
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Clothier
Health Service Commissioner for Scotland
In office 1 April 1976 – 31 December 1978
Preceded by	Sir Alan Marre
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Clothier
Health Service Commissioner for Wales
In office 1 April 1976 – 31 December 1978
Preceded by	Sir Alan Marre
Succeeded by	Sir Cecil Clothier

Personal details
Born	(1918-02-10)10 February 1918 Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd
Died	21 April 2010(2010-04-21) (aged 92) Oxford, Oxfordshire
Resting place	Treorchy, Wales
Nationality	Welsh
Spouse(s)	Mair Lewis (d. 1985)
Alma mater	St John's College, Oxford
Military service
Service/branch	British Army • Royal Army Service Corps • 7th Armoured Division
Rank	Major
Battles/wars	Second World War • • Invasion of Sicily • Italian campaign

Sir Idwal Vaughan Pugh KCB (10 February 1918 – 21 April 2010) was a civil servant who was Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Office and distinguished himself as Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Scotland and Wales (Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman).

Pugh was born in 1918 in Blaenau Ffestiniog to Rhys, a quarryman and later bus conductor, and Elizabeth, a schoolteacher. He was raised by relatives in Ton Pentre in the Rhondda Valley and educated at Cowbridge Grammar School. He won an Open Scholarship to study Mods and Greats at St John's College, Oxford and graduated in 1940 whereupon he joined the Army. Pugh served in the Royal Army Service Corps before transferring to the 7th Armoured Division (desert rats), with which he served in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. He also served on the staff of Field Marshal Alexander in Caserta. Pugh had reached the rank of Major when he was demobilised in 1946.