Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton

For other people named Richard Wilson, see Richard Wilson (disambiguation).

For other people named Lord Wilson, see Baron Wilson (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable The Lord Wilson of Dinton GCB

Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by	Sir Clive Wilson
Succeeded by	Sir David Omand

Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, GCB (born 11 October 1942) is a cross bench member of the British House of Lords.

Career

Richard Wilson was born in Glamorgan. He was educated at Radley College^[1] (1956–60 and where he is now head of Council (the governing body)) and Clare College, Cambridge (1961–65), where he was awarded the degree of Master of Laws (LLM). He was called to the Bar but, rather than practice, entered the Civil Service as an assistant principal in the Board of Trade in 1966.

He subsequently served in a number of departments including 12 years in the Department of Energy where his responsibilities included nuclear power policy, the privatisation of Britoil, personnel and finance. He headed the Economic Secretariat in the Cabinet Office under Mrs Thatcher from 1987–90 and after two years in the Treasury was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Department of the Environment in 1992.

He became Permanent Under Secretary of the Home Office in 1994 and Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service in January 1998, retiring in 2002.^[2]

Wilson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1991 New Year Honours,^[3] promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the 1997 New Year Honours^[4] and to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in the 2001 New Year Honours.^[5]

After retiring as Cabinet Secretary, he was created a life peer on 18 November 2002 with the title Baron Wilson of Dinton, of Dinton in the County of Buckinghamshire.^[6] In September of that year, he was made Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has been Non-executive Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc and is currently Chairman of C. Hoare & Co, Non-executive Director of Xansa plc and Chair of the Board of Patrons of The Wilberforce Society.^[7]

References

↑ Old Radleian 2006
↑ Stevenson, Alexander (2013). The Public Sector: Managing The Unmanageable. ISBN 978-0-7494-6777-7.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52382. p. 3. 31 December 1990.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54625. p. 3. 31 December 1996.
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56070. p. 2. 30 December 2000.
↑ The London Gazette: no. 56762. p. 14283. 25 November 2002.
↑ "Board". Retrieved 14 September 2015.

External links

Richard Wilson interviewed by Alan Macfarlane 20 November 2009 (film)

Offices held

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Clive Whitmore	Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1994–1997	Succeeded by Sir David Omand
Preceded by Sir Robin Butler	Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Home Civil Service 1998–2002	Succeeded by Sir Andrew Turnbull
Academic offices
Preceded by John Ffowcs Williams	Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 2002–2012	Succeeded by Fiona Reynolds

Heads of the Home Civil Service

Sir Warren Fisher Sir Horace Wilson Sir Edward Bridges Sir William Armstrong Sir Douglas Allen Sir Robert Armstrong* Sir Robin Butler* Sir Richard Wilson* Sir Andrew Turnbull* Sir Gus O'Donnell* Sir Bob Kerslake Sir Jeremy Heywood*

*Also Cabinet Secretary

Secretaries of the Cabinet

Colonel Maurice Hankey Sir Edward Bridges Sir Norman Brook General Sir Hastings Ismay Sir Burke Trend Sir John Hunt Sir Robert Armstrong Sir Robin Butler Sir Richard Wilson Sir Andrew Turnbull Sir Gus O'Donnell Sir Jeremy Heywood

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