Clive Whitmore

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Oliver Cooke (talk | contribs) at 23:58, 17 March 2017. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

Clive Whitmore
Chancellor of De Montfort University
In office
1995–1998
Vice-ChancellorKenneth Barker
Preceded byDame Anne Mueller
Succeeded byJohn White

Whitmore served as Principal Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982.[1] After that, he was appointed as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence and served until 1988.[2] From 1988 to 1994, he was Permanent Secretary at the Home Office.[3]

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.[4][5] He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1988 Birthday Honours.[6]

References

  1. ^ Moore, Charles (2015). Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Volume Two. Penguin UK. ISBN 9780241201268.
  2. ^ Smith, Paul (2010). Government and the Armed Forces in Britain 1856–1990. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 268. ISBN 9780826418944.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "No. 49212". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 30 December 1982.
  5. ^ "No. 49375". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 10 June 1983.
  6. ^ "No. 51365". The London Gazette (invalid |supp= (help)). 10 June 1988.
Government offices
Preceded by Principal Private Secretary
to the Prime Minister

1979–1982
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir Frank Cooper
Permanent Secretary
at the Ministry of Defence

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

1988–1994
Succeeded by