Sir Kenneth Stowe | |
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Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
In office 1975–1979 | |
Prime Minister | Harold Wilson James Callaghan Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Robert Armstrong |
Succeeded by | Clive Whitmore |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Ronald Stowe 17 July 1927 Dagenham, Essex |
Died | 29 August 2015 Lingen, Herefordshire | (aged 88)
Spouse |
Joan Frances Randall Cullen
(m. 1949–1995) |
Children | 3 |
Education | Dagenham County High School |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
Occupation | Civil servant |
Awards | CB (1977) CVO (1979) KCB (1980) GCB (1986) |
Sir Kenneth Ronald Stowe GCB CVO (17 July 1927 – 29 August 2015) was a senior British civil servant. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1975-79), and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Northern Ireland Office (1979-81). From 1981-87, he was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security. He was made a CB in 1977, CVO in 1979, and KCB in 1980 and a GCB in 1986.