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Sir Horace Wilson on 23 September 1938, along with the British Ambassador to Germany, Nevile Henderson. Sir Horace John Wilson, GCB, GCMG, CBE (23 August 1882 – 19 May 1972) was a senior British government official who had a key role, as Head of the Home Civil Service, with government of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in the appeasement period just prior to the Second World War.
He became Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office in 1994 and Secretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service in January 1998, retiring in 2002. [ 3 ] Wilson was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1991 New Year Honours , [ 4 ] promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in the 1997 New Year Honours [ 5 ...
and Minister for the Civil Service: Harold Wilson: 4 March 1974 – 5 April 1976 James Callaghan: 5 April 1976 – 4 May 1979 Minister of State, Civil Service Department: Robert Sheldon: 7 March 1974 Charles Morris: 18 October 1974 Parliamentary Secretary, Civil Service Department: John Grant: 7 March 1974 – 18 October 1974 Lord Chancellor ...
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995 [a]) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.
and Minister for the Civil Service: Harold Wilson: 16 October 1964 – 19 June 1970 First Secretary of State: George Brown: 16 October 1964: Office linked to Department of Economic Affairs until 29 August 1967 Michael Stewart: 11 August 1966 – 18 March 1968 Barbara Castle: 6 April 1968: Office linked to Ministry of Employment
The new department was set up by Prime Minister Harold Wilson's Labour Government in 1968 and named the Civil Service Department, known as CSD. Wilson himself took on the role of Minister for the Civil Service (which has continued to be a portfolio of the Prime Minister), while the first Minister in Charge of the Civil Service Department was ...
The ministership was created for Harold Wilson on 1 November 1968 when responsibilities for the pay and management of the Civil Service was transferred from HM Treasury to a new Civil Service Department. [11] Margaret Thatcher announced the abolition of the Civil Service Department to the House of Commons on 12 November 1981. [12] [13]
Head of the Home Civil Service Baron Butler of Brockwell in 1998 for life: 8 Sir Richard Wilson (b. 1942) 1998 2002 Head of the Home Civil Service Baron Wilson of Dinton in 2002 for life: 9 Sir Andrew Turnbull (b. 1945) 1 September 2002 1 March 2005 Head of the Home Civil Service Baron Turnbull in 2005 for life: 10 Sir Gus O'Donnell (b. 1952) 1 ...