Patrick Nairne, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetPatrick Nairne
English civil servant
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1921
Date of Death: 04-Jun-2013
Profession: civil servant
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Patrick Nairne
- Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne, (15 August 1921 – 4 June 2013) was a senior British civil servant.
- His career started in the Admiralty.
- He eventually became Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security and Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford (1981–88).
- Nairne was a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, appointed in 1982 when he became a member of Lord Franks' official inquiry into the Falklands War, and a governor of the Ditchley Foundation.
- He was Chancellor of the University of Essex from 1982 to 1997.
- He was an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford.
- Nairne was the first Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 1991-1996.
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