Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton
Richard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton GCB (born
11 October 1942 ) is a cross bench member of the BritishHouse of Lords .Richard Wilson was born in Glamorgan. He was educated at
Radley College (1956-60 and where he is now head of Council(the governors)) andClare College, Cambridge (1961-65), where he awarded the degree ofMaster of Law (LLM). He was called to the Bar but, rather than practice, entered the Civil Service as an assistant principal in theBoard 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 ofBritoil , 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 theDepartment of the Environment in 1992.He became
Permanent Under Secretary of theHome Office in 1994 andSecretary of the Cabinet and Head of the Home Civil Service in January 1998.He was elevated to a
life peer as Baron Wilson of Dinton, of Dinton in the County ofBuckinghamshire in2002 , after retiring asCabinet Secretary . In September of that year, he was made Master of Emmanuel College,Cambridge . He was Non-executive Director ofBritish Sky Broadcasting Group plc and is Non-executive Director of Xansa plc since 2003.References
* [http://www.emma.cam.ac.uk/teaching/fellows/display/index.cfm?fellow=168 Emmanuel College website]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/p19199.htm The Peerage]Offices held
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