Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton

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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

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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 Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Home Civil Service
1998–2002		 Succeeded by
Sir Andrew Turnbull
Academic offices
Preceded by Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
2002–2012		 Succeeded by
Fiona Reynolds
  1. ↑ Old Radleian 2006
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  3. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 52382. p. 3. 31 December 1990.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 54625. p. 3. 31 December 1996.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 56070. p. 2. 30 December 2000.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 56762. p. 14283. 25 November 2002.
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