Sir Clive Anthony Whitmore GCB CVO (born 18 January 1935) is a former British senior civil servant.

Clive Whitmore
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1979–1982
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byKenneth Stowe
Succeeded byRobin Butler
Chancellor of De Montfort University
In office
1995–1998
Vice-ChancellorKenneth Barker
Preceded byDame Anne Mueller
Succeeded byJohn White
Personal details
Born
Clive Anthony Whitmore

(1935-01-18) 18 January 1935 (age 89)[1]
Brentford, Middlesex

Whitmore was educated at Sutton Grammar School in Surrey and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1]

Whitmore served as Principal Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982.[2] After that, he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and served until 1988.[3] From 1988 to 1994, he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.[4]

Whitmore was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1983 New Year Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1983 Birthday Honours.[5][6] He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1988 Birthday Honours.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 4160. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ Moore, Charles (2015). Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Volume Two. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780241201268.
  3. ^ Smith, Paul (2010). Government and the Armed Forces in Britain 1856–1990. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 268. ISBN 9780826418944.
  4. ^ Windlesham, Lord (2003). "Ministers and Modernisation: Criminal Justice Policy, 1997–2001". In Zedner, Lucia; Ashworth, Andrew (eds.). The Criminological Foundations of Penal Policy: Essays in Honour of Roger Hood. Oxford University Press. p. 270. ISBN 9780199265091.
  5. ^ "No. 49212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1982. p. 4.
  6. ^ "No. 49375". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1983. p. 3.
  7. ^ "No. 51365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1988. p. 3.
Government offices
Preceded by Principal Private Secretary
to the Prime Minister

1979–1982
Succeeded by
Preceded by Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Defence

1982–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Permanent Secretary at the
Home Office

1988–1994
Succeeded by