Background
Nairne, Patrick Dalmahoy was born on August 15, 1921 in London. Son of Charles Sylvester Nairne and Edith Dalmahoy Kemp.
Nairne, Patrick Dalmahoy was born on August 15, 1921 in London. Son of Charles Sylvester Nairne and Edith Dalmahoy Kemp.
Graduate in Modern History, Oxford University, 1947. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Leicester University, 1980.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), St. Andrews University, 1984. Doctor (honorary), Essex University, England, 1983.
Entered civil service Admiralty, 1947. Private secretary to First Lord of Admiralty, London, 1958—1960, Secretary of State for Defense, London, 1965—1967. Assistant under secretary of state Ministry of Defense, 1967—1970, deputy under secretary of state, 1970—1973.
2d permanent secretary Cabinet Office, 1973—1975. Permanent secretary Department Health and Social Security, 1975—1981. Master St. Catherine's College, Oxford, 1981—1988, retired 1988Oxford.
Member Falklands Isles Review Committee, London, 1982. Chancellor University Essex, 1983—1997. Government monitor Hong Kong, 1984.
Chairman Nuffield Council on Bioethics, London, 1991—1996, Commission on Conduct of Referendums, London, 1996. Captain Seaforth Highlanders, 1941-1945.
Exhibitions include London, 1989, 92, 97, 99.
Member Council Ditchley Foundation, Oxford, since 1988. Trustee Joseph Rountree Foundation, York, 1983—1996, National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Trust, London, 1987—1995. Commissioner Church Commission, 1993—1999.
Member of Oxford and Cambridge University Club (trustee 1989-1995).
Watercolor painting, calligraphy, books.
Married Penelope Chauncy Bridges, September 18, 1948. Children: Katharine, Fiona, Alexander, James, Andrew, Margaret.