Permanent Under-secretaries, 1782-present
- March 1782: J. Bell
- April 1782: Evan Nepean
- December 1791: J. King
- February 1806: J. Beckett
- June 1817: H. Hobhouse
- July 1827: S.M. Phillipps
- 1840: H. Waddington
- 1867: (Sir) A.O. Liddell
- June 1885: Sir H. Maine
- July 1885: Sir Godfrey Lushington
- 1895: Sir Kenelm Digby
- 1903: Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers
- 1908: Sir Edward Troup
- 1922: Sir John Anderson
- 1932: Sir Russell Scott
- 1938: Sir Alexander Maxwell
- 1948: Sir Frank Newsam
- 1957: Sir Charles Cunningham
- 1966: Sir Philip Allen
- 1972: Sir Arthur Peterson
- 1977: (Sir) Robert Armstrong
- 1979: Sir Brian Cubbon
- 1988: Sir Clive Whitmore
- 1994: Sir Richard Wilson
- 1997: Sir David Omand
- 2001: Sir John Gieve
- 2005: Sir David Normington
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