Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton

(Redirected from Richard Thomas James Wilson) British civil servant and crossbench peer (born 1942)

The Right HonourableThe Lord Wilson of DintonGCB
Official portrait, 2019

Cabinet Secretary Head of the Home Civil Service
In office 1998–2002
Prime Minister	Tony Blair
Preceded by	Robin Butler
Succeeded by	Andrew Turnbull
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office 1994–1997
Preceded by	Sir Clive Whitmore
Succeeded by	Sir David Omand

Personal details
Born	11 October 1942 (1942-10-11) (age 82) Glamorgan, Wales
Education	Radley College
Alma mater	Clare College, Cambridge

Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, GCB (born 11 October 1942) is a crossbench member of the British House of Lords and former Cabinet Secretary.

Career

Richard Wilson was born in Glamorgan. He was educated at Radley College (1956–60 and where he much later chaired the College 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 practise, 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 Margaret Thatcher from 1987 to 1990 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 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.

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

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. In September of that year, he was made Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He has variously been a Non-executive Director of British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, Chairman of C. Hoare & Co, a Non-executive Director of Xansa and Chair of the Board of Patrons of The Wilberforce Society.

References

Old Radleian 2006 Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
Wilson, Richard (June 2009). "UK Civil Nuclear Energy: What Lessons?" (PDF). British Academy Review. 13: 17. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
Stevenson, Alexander (2013). The Public Sector: Managing The Unmanageable. Kogan Page Limited. ISBN 978-0-7494-6777-7.
"No. 52382". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1990. p. 3.
"No. 54625". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1996. p. 3.
"No. 56070". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2000. p. 2.
"No. 56762". The London Gazette. 25 November 2002. p. 14283.
"Board". Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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Government offices
Preceded bySir Terry Heiser	Permanent Secretary at the Department of the Environment 1992–1994	Succeeded bySir Andrew Turnbull (later, The Lord Turnbull)
Preceded bySir Clive Whitmore	Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department 1994–1997	Succeeded bySir David Omand
Preceded bySir Robin Butler	Cabinet Secretary & Head of the Home Civil Service 1998–2002	Succeeded bySir Andrew Turnbull
Academic offices
Preceded byJohn Ffowcs Williams	Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge 2002–2012	Succeeded byFiona Reynolds
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded byThe Lord Black of Crossharbour	Gentlemen Baron Wilson of Dinton	Followed byThe Lord Cullen of Whitekirk

v t e Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
1584–1622 Laurence Chaderton 1622–1628 John Preston 1628–1637 William Sancroft the Elder 1637–1644 Richard Holdsworth 1644–1645 Thomas Hill 1645–1653 Anthony Tuckney 1653–1662 William Dillingham 1662–1665 William Sancroft 1665–1676 John Breton 1676–1680 Thomas Holbech 1680–1719 John Balderston 1719–1736 William Savage 1736–1775 William Richardson 1775–1797 Richard Farmer 1797–1835 Robert Cory 1835–1871 George Archdall-Gratwicke 1871–1895 Samuel Phear 1895–1911 William Chawner 1911–1935 Peter Giles 1935–1951 Thomas Hele 1951–1964 Edward Welbourne 1964–1977 Gordon Sutherland 1977–1990 Derek Brewer 1990–1990 Peter Wroth 1991–1996 The Lord St John of Fawsley 1996–2002 John Ffowcs Williams 2002–2012 The Lord Wilson of Dinton 2012–2021 Fiona Reynolds 2021– Douglas Chalmers

Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

1584–1622 Laurence Chaderton
1622–1628 John Preston
1628–1637 William Sancroft the Elder
1637–1644 Richard Holdsworth
1644–1645 Thomas Hill
1645–1653 Anthony Tuckney
1653–1662 William Dillingham
1662–1665 William Sancroft
1665–1676 John Breton
1676–1680 Thomas Holbech
1680–1719 John Balderston
1719–1736 William Savage
1736–1775 William Richardson
1775–1797 Richard Farmer
1797–1835 Robert Cory
1835–1871 George Archdall-Gratwicke
1871–1895 Samuel Phear
1895–1911 William Chawner
1911–1935 Peter Giles
1935–1951 Thomas Hele
1951–1964 Edward Welbourne
1964–1977 Gordon Sutherland
1977–1990 Derek Brewer
1990–1990 Peter Wroth
1991–1996 The Lord St John of Fawsley
1996–2002 John Ffowcs Williams
2002–2012 The Lord Wilson of Dinton
2012–2021 Fiona Reynolds
2021– Douglas Chalmers

v t e Heads of the Home Civil Service
Sir Warren Fisher Sir Horace Wilson Sir Richard Hopkins Sir Edward Bridges Sir Norman Brook Sir Laurence Helsby 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* Sir Mark Sedwill* Simon Case*
*Also Cabinet Secretary

v t e Cabinet secretaries of the United Kingdom
Colonel Maurice Hankey Sir Edward Bridges Sir Norman Brook 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 Sir Mark Sedwill Simon Case

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