Civil Servants
| Name | College | Years at Oxford | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster | Christ Church | Cabinet Secretary 1979–87 | ||
| Edward Bridges, 1st Baron Bridges | Magdalen | Cabinet Secretary 1938–46, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury 1946–56 | ||
| Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook | Wadham | Secretary of the Cabinet 1947–62, Chairman of the BBC 1964–67 | ||
| Robin Butler, Baron Butler of Brockwell | University | Cabinet Secretary 1988–98, Master of University College, Oxford 1997– | ||
| Suma Chakrabarti | New College | Permanent Secretary to the Department for International Development | ||
| John Elvidge | Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Executive 2003– | |||
| Thomas Farrer, 1st Baron Farrer | Balliol | permanent secretary to the Board of Trade 1867–86 | ||
| David Faulkner | St John's | Dep Secy, Home Office 1982–90; Chairman, Howard League for Penal Reform 1998–2002 | ||
| Warren Fisher | Hertford | Permanent Secretary of the Treasury and Head of the Civil Service 1919–39 | ||
| John Gieve | New College | permanent secretary, Home Office 2001–05; deputy governor, Bank of England 2006– | ||
| Robin Harris | Director Conservative Research Department 1985–88, member Prime Minister's Policy Unit 1989–90 | |||
| David Kelly | Linacre | sometime UN weapons inspector and Head of Defence Microbiology Division Porton Down | ||
| Tim Lankester | Corpus Christi | Permanent Secretary Overseas Development Administration 1989–94 | ||
| Robin Leigh-Pemberton, Baron Kingsdown | Trinity | Governor of the Bank of England 1983–93 | ||
| Ralph Lingen, 1st Baron Lingen | Trinity and Balliol | Sec to the Education Office 1849–69, Permanent Secy to the Treasury 1869–85 | ||
| Nicholas Macpherson | Balliol | Permanent Secretary to the Treasury 2005– | ||
| Geoff Mulgan | Balliol | Dir Young Foundn 2005–, formerly Dir PM's Strategy Unit, Dir Demos 1993–98 | ||
| David Normington | Corpus Christi | Permanent Secretary to the Department for Education and Skills 2001–05, to the Home Office 2005– | ||
| Ronald Oxburgh, Baron Oxburgh | University | Pres Qu Coll Cam 82-88, Chief Scientific Adv MoD 88–93, Rector Imp Coll Lon 93–00 | ||
| John Rickard | St John's | Chief Economic Adviser, UK Government; Fiscal Advisor, Ministry of Finance, Republic of Moldova | ||
| Ivan Rogers | Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 2003– | |||
| Michael Scholar | St John's | Permanent Secy Welsh Office 1993–96, Department of Trade & Industry 1996–2001 | ||
| Martin Sixsmith | Director of Communications, Department for Transport, Local Government, and the Regions 2001–02 | |||
| Nicholas Stern | Prof of Economics LSE 1994–99; Chief Economist & Sen V–P World Bank 2000–03, Hd of Govt Economic Service 2003– | |||
| Will Straw | New College | |||
| Henry Summers | Trinity | Under–Secretary to Ministry of Housing and Local Government 1955–71 |
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