John Wilson (civil servant)

Sir John Martindale Wilson, KCB (3 September 1915 – 26 July 1993) was a British civil servant. Born in Madras, he was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and entered the Department of Agriculture for Scotland before moving to the Ministry of Supply in 1939. He served in the Second World War, returning to the Ministry of Supply in 1945. He was in the Cabinet Office during the Suez Crisis. He served at the Ministry of Defence (1958–61) and then the Ministry of Aviation (1961–65) before returning to the new Ministry of Defence in 1965 as a deputy secretary; he was Second Permanent Secretary with responsibility for administration from 1972 to 1975.[1][2]

References
  1. "Sir John Wilson", The Times (London), 30 July 1993, p. 17. Gale IF0501998140.
  2. Supplement to the London Gazette, 7 June 1974 (issue 46310), p. 6795.
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