Evelyn Sharp, Baroness Sharp

For other people named Evelyn Sharp, see Evelyn Sharp (disambiguation).

The Right Honourable
The Baroness Sharp
GBE
Born
Evelyn Adelaide Sharp

(1903-05-25)25 May 1903
Hornsey, Middlesex, England, UK
Died1 September 1985(1985-09-01) (aged 82)
Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK
Occupation(s)Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and Local Government
RelativesRichard Harvey (uncle)
Sir John Harvey (uncle)
Sir Ernest Harvey (uncle)

Evelyn Adelaide Sharp, Baroness Sharp, GBE (25 May 1903 – 1 September 1985) was a British civil servant. She was the first woman to hold the position of Permanent Secretary, the most senior civil servant in a Ministry, at the Ministry of Housing and Local Government from 1955 to her retirement in 1966.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Baroness Sharp". Obituaries. The Times. No. 62234. London. 4 September 1985. col F, p. 14.
  2. ^ Theakston, Kevin. ‘Sharp, Evelyn Adelaide, Baroness Sharp (1903–1985)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [1] Accessed 19 June 2015.