Ursula Brennan

Dame Ursula Brennan DCB
Clerk of the Crown in Chancery Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Justice
In office July 2012 – July 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Chancellor	Clarke, Grayling, Gove
Preceded by	Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Succeeded by	Richard Heaton
Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence
In office November 2010 – June 2012
Preceded by	William Jeffrey
Succeeded by	Jon Thompson
Personal details
Born	(1952-10-28) 28 October 1952 (age 71) Sevenoaks, Kent
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of Kent (BA 1973)

Dame Ursula Brennan DCB (born 28 October 1952) is a retired British civil servant and a former Permanent Secretary at the United Kingdom's Ministry of Justice where she was also the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery.^[1]

Since 1975, Brennan has worked for myriad government agencies, including the Department of Health, the Department of Social Security, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Ministry of Defence, and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

During her career, she has been an outspoken proponent of the need for gender equality.

For her public service, Brennan was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath in 2013.