Permanent Secretary to the Treasury

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The Permanent Secretary to the Treasury is the most senior civil servant at HM Treasury. The post originated as that of Assistant Secretary to the Treasury in 1805; that office was given new duties and renamed in 1867 as a Permanent Secretaryship.

The position is generally regarded as the second most influential in Her Majesty's Civil Service; the last two incumbents have gone on to be Cabinet Secretary, the only post out-ranking it.

[edit] Assistant Secretaries to the Treasury

• George Harrison (1805–1826)
• William Hill (1826–1828)
• James Henry Keith Stewart (1828–1836)
• Alexander Spearman (1836–1840)
• Sir Charles Trevelyan (1840–1859)
• George Alexander Hamilton (1859–1867)

[edit] Permanent Secretaries to the Treasury

• George Alexander Hamilton (1867–1870)
• Sir Ralph Lingen (1870–1885)
• Sir Edward Hamilton (1885–1907) (joint)
• Sir Francis Mowatt (1894–1903) (joint)
• Sir George Murray (1903–1911) (joint)
• Sir Robert Chalmers (1911–1913)
• Sir T. L. Heath (1913–1919)
• Sir Robert Chalmers (1916–1919)
• Sir Warren Fisher (1919–1939)
• Sir Horace Wilson (1939–1942)
• Sir Richard Hopkins (1942–1945)
• Sir Edward Bridges (1945–1956)
• Sir Norman Brook (1956–1963) (joint)
• Sir Roger Makins (1956–1959) (joint)
• Sir Frank Lee (1960–1962) (joint)
• Sir William Armstrong (1962–1968) (joint)
• Sir Laurence Helsby (1963–1968) (joint)
• Sir Douglas Allen (1968–1974)
• Sir Douglas Wass (1974–1983)
• Sir Peter Middleton (1983–1991)
• Sir Terence Burns (1991–1998)
• Sir Andrew Turnbull (1998–2002)
• Sir Gus O'Donnell (2002–2005)
• Nicholas Macpherson (2005–present)

Jon Cunliffe is Second Permanent Secretary (since November 2005). Sir Nick Stern, previously Second Permanent Secretary, remains head of the Government Economic Service and a member of the Treasury Management Board. Following his appointment as Government adviser on the economics of climate change and also of development, he is based in the Cabinet Office.

[edit] References

• (1972) "Assistant and Permanent Secretary 1805—70", Office-Holders in Modern Britain: Volume 1: Treasury Officials 1660-1870, 32. Retrieved on 2007-05-18.