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| incumbent = Sir [[Matthew Rycroft]]
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The '''Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/protest-democracy-1818-1820/william-davidson/ |title=William Davidson |work=The National Archives |access-date=26 March 2022 |quote=Henry Hobhouse, permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office 1817-1827}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/4775682.stm |title=MI5 saved royal fascist from jail |work=BBC News |date=5 March 2006 |access-date=26 March 2022 |quote=Sir Alexander Maxwell, then Permanent Under Secretary of State at the Home Office}}</ref> is the [[Permanent secretary (UK)|permanent secretary]] at the [[Home Office]], the most senior civil servant in the department, charged with running its affairs on a day-to-day basis.
==Home Office Permanent Secretaries==
* March 1782: J. Bell
* December 1791: [[John King (official)|John King]]
* February 1806 – 1817: John Beckett [later [[Baron Grimthorpe|Sir John Beckett, Bart]].]
* June 1817 – 1827: [[Henry Hobhouse (archivist)|Henry Hobhouse]]
* July 1827 – 1848: [[Samuel March Phillipps]]<ref>{{cite DNB|wstitle=Phillipps, Samuel March|volume=45}}</ref>
* 1848–1867: [[Horatio Waddington]]
* 1867–1885: [[Adolphus Liddell|(Sir) Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell]]<ref>Source for Liddell and all his predecessors – Newsam F. (Newsam F (1954) The Home Office (London, Allen and Unwin), p.215)</ref>
* June 1885: Sir H. Maine
* July 1885 – 1895: Sir [[Godfrey Lushington]]
* 1895–1903: Sir [[Kenelm Edward Digby|Kenelm Digby]]
* 1903–1908: Sir [[Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers]]
* 1908–1922: Sir [[Charles Edward Troup|Edward Troup]]
* 1922–1932: Sir [[John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley|John Anderson]]
* 1932–1938: Sir [[Russell Scott (civil servant)|Russell Scott]]
* 1938–1948: Sir [[Alexander Maxwell (civil servant)|Alexander Maxwell]]
* 1948–1957: Sir [[Frank Newsam]]
* 1957–1966: Sir [[Charles Cunningham (civil servant)|Charles Cunningham]]
* 1966–1972: Sir [[Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale|Philip Allen]]
* 1972–1977: Sir [[Arthur Peterson (civil servant)|Arthur Peterson]]
* 1977–1979: Sir [[Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster|Robert Armstrong]]
* 1979–1988: Sir [[Brian Cubbon]]
* 1988–1994: Sir [[Clive Whitmore]]
* 1994–1997: Sir [[Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton|Richard Wilson]]
* 1997–2001: Sir [[David Omand]]
* 2001–2005: Sir [[John Gieve]]
* 2005–2011: Sir [[David Normington]]
* 2011–2012: Dame [[Helen Ghosh]]
* 2012–2013: [[Helen Kilpatrick]] (acting)
* 2013–2017: [[Mark Sedwill]]<ref>{{cite web|date=29 February 2020|title=Home Office boss quits over 'campaign against him'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-51687287|access-date=29 February 2020|website=BBC News}}</ref>
* 2017–2020: Sir [[Philip Rutnam]]
* 17 March 2020: Sir [[Matthew Rycroft]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Matthew Rycroft CBE appointed Permanent Secretary at the Home Office |website=gov.uk|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/matthew-rycroft-cbe-appointed-permanent-secretary-at-the-home-office|accessdate=14 September 2020}}</ref>
== See also ==
*[[Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]
*[[Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department]]
*[[Undersecretary]]
== References ==
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