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Lord Wilson: 1998 - 2002

Posted by: Prime Minister's Office Digital Communications, Posted on: 12 June 2013 - Categories: Cabinet Confidential: interviews with cabinet secretaries, Cabinet Secretaries, Civil service

Lord Richard Wilson of Dinton, GCB entered the Civil Service in 1966, joining the Board of Trade. He subsequently served in a number of departments including twelve years in the...

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Lord Armstrong on Margaret Thatcher

Posted by: Downing Street staff, Posted on: 22 May 2013 - Categories: Cabinet Confidential: interviews with cabinet secretaries, Cabinet Secretaries, Prime Ministers and No. 10

...in 1967, becoming Under Secretary the following year. In 1970 he was appointed Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Edward Heath. He then moved to the Home Office, becoming...

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