Graham Hart (civil servant)

Sir Graham Hart
KCB
Born
Graham Allan Hart

(1940-03-13) 13 March 1940 (age 84)[1]
Romford, Essex, England[2]
NationalityUnited Kingdom
EducationBrentwood School
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
Occupationcivil servant
Spouse
Margaret Aline Powell
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(m. 1962)​
Children2[1]

Sir Graham Allan Hart KCB (born 13 March 1940) is a British retired civil servant.

Hart was born in Romford, the son of Frederick Hart and Winifred Schofield. He was educated at Brentwood School and Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]

Hart made his career, first in the Department of Health and Social Security, and, after 1988, in the separate Department of Health, rising to be permanent secretary there from 1992 to 1997.[3]

Upon retirement he served as chair of the King's Fund and of Citizens Advice, and sat on the advisory committee of the Centre for History in Public Health.[3] He also undertook a PhD in early modern history.[3]

He was made a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1987 New Year Honours[4] and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1996 Birthday Honours.[5]

Government offices
Preceded by Permanent Secretary at the
Department of Health
1992–1997 		Succeeded by
  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 1808. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  2. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
  3. ^ a b c Caroline Overy; Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2011). History of the National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-902238-74-9. Wikidata Q29581782.
  4. ^ "No. 50764". The London Gazette. 30 December 1986. pp. 1–28.
  5. ^ "No. 54427". The London Gazette. 14 June 1996. pp. 1–29.