Facts:   - imagesize: 180px    - death place: oxford , england    - caption: portrait of john redcliffe-maud .    - restingplace: holywell cemetery , oxford , england    - death date: 20 november 1982      - birth date: 3 february 1906    - name: the lord redcliffe-maud    - birthname: john primatt redcliffe maud    - image: file : john redcliffe-maud . jpg    - birth place: bristol , england    - nationality: british    - occupation: civil servant   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john redcliffe-maud , baron redcliffe-maud .
john primatt redcliffe-maud , baron redcliffe-maud , gcb , cbe -lrb- 3 february 1906 -- 20 november 1982 -rrb- was a british civil servant and diplomat .born in bristol , maud was educated at eton college and new college , oxford .he gained a second in classical moderations in 1928 and a first in literae humaniores -lrb- ` greats ' -rrb- in 1928 .at oxford he was a member of the oxford university dramatic society -lrb- ouds -rrb- .in 1928 , he gained the one-year henry p. davison scholarship to harvard university where he was awarded an a.b. in 1929 .from 1929 to 1932 he was a junior research fellow university college , oxford and from 1932-39 fellow -lrb- praelector in politics -rrb- and dean of the college .he was awarded a rhodes travelling scholarship to africa in 1932 and held a university lectureship in politics at oxford university , 1938-9 .during world war ii , he was master of birkbeck college and was also based at reading gaol , working for the ministry of food .he became a commander of the order of the british empire in 1942 , and after the war , he worked at the ministry of education -lrb- 1945 -- 1952 -rrb- , rising to permanent secretary and then the ministry of fuel and power until 1958 .he became a knight commander of the order of the bath in 1946 , and was raised to a knight grand cross in 1955 .`` inter alia '' , maud appeared on the bbc programme `` the brains trust '' in 1958 .he was high commissioner to the union of south africa from 1959 to 1961 , and ambassador from 1961 , when the country became a republic and left the commonwealth .in 1963 , he became master of university college , oxford , where he had been a fellow before the second world war .in march 1964 , maud was appointed by sir keith joseph , at the request of local council associations , to head a departmental committee looking into the management of local government .the maud committee reported three years later .during the course of the inquiry , maud was chosen to head a royal commission on the reform of...