# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lenox-hewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:14:47.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lenox-hewitt"
name: "Lenox Hewitt"
slug: "lenox-hewitt"
description: "Sir Cyrus Lenox Simson Hewitt was an Australian public servant. His career in the Commonwealth Public Service spanned from 1939 to 1980, and included periods as a senior adviser and departmental secretary. His most prominent position was as secretary of the Prime Minister's Department during the Gorton government (1968–1971). He worked closely with Prime Minister John Gorton, although his initial appointment in place of John Bunting was seen as unconventional. Hewitt was also influential as secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy during the Whitlam government (1972–1975), working under minister Rex Connor. He later served as chairman of Qantas (1975–1980)."
tagline: "Australian public servant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lenox_Hewitt_1961-01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1917-05-07"
deathDate: "2020-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.88
  momentum:             11.73913043478261
  historical:           2.20468
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  46
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_Hewitt"
    title: "Lenox Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_Hewitt"
    title: "Lenox Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations