Career
He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1975 to 1979, and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Northern Ireland Office 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987 he was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security. He was made a Central Bank in 1977, Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1979, and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1980 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1986.
He died on 29 August 2015.
