Clive Whitmore

Sir Clive Whitmore GCB CVO
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office 1979–1982
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Margaret Thatcher
Preceded by	Kenneth Stowe
Succeeded by	Robin Butler
Chancellor of De Montfort University
In office 1995–1998
Vice-Chancellor	Kenneth Barker
Preceded by	Dame Anne Mueller
Succeeded by	John White
Personal details
Born	Clive Anthony Whitmore (1935-01-18) 18 January 1935 (age 89)[1] Brentford, Middlesex

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

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

1. 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 Kenneth Stowe	Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1979–1982	Succeeded by Robin Butler
Preceded by Sir Frank Cooper	Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence 1982–1988	Succeeded by Sir Michael Quinlan
Preceded by Sir Brian Cubbon	Permanent Secretary at the Home Office 1988–1994	Succeeded by Richard Wilson