SIR MICHAEL QUINLAN KCB
Born 11 August 1930
Educated at Wimbledon College and Merton College, Oxford
(Classics MA)
National Service 1952-54
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Flying Officer, Royal Air Force
(Education Branch)
Entered Air Ministry as civil servant 1954
Private Secretary to successive Parliamentary Under Secretaries
of State for Air 1956-58
Principal 1958-68 (Parliamentary, Finance, Air Staff work)
Private Secretary to successive Chiefs of Air Staff 1962-65
Assistant Secretary, Director of Defence Policy (D) 1968-70
Seconded to Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Defence Counsellor UK Delegation to NATO (Brussels) 1970-73
Under Secretary, Cabinet Office (Constitution Unit) 1974-77
Deputy Under Secretary of State (Policy and Programmes)
Ministry of Defence 1977-81
Seconded to Treasury, Deputy Secretary (Industry) 1981-82
Permanent Secretary, Department of Employment 1983-88
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence 1988
Married:
Recreations:
Publications:
two sons (b. 1965, 1969) two daughters (1967, 1975
Squash, Cricket, Music, Chairman Civil Service
Sports Council 1985-
Articles on ethics of nuclear deterrence
Knight Commander, Order of the Bath 1985