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Robert Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster
The Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | |
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 Official portrait, 2018 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| In office 26 February 1988 – 3 April 2020 Life peerage | |
| Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister | |
| In office 1970–1975 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Preceded by | Alexander Isserlis |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth Stowe |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office | |
| In office 1977–1979 | |
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Sir Arthur Peterson |
| Succeeded by | Brian Cubbon |
| Cabinet Secretary | |
| In office 1979–1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Sir John Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robin Butler |
| Head of the Home Civil Service | |
| In office 1981–1987 | |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Sir Douglas Allen |
| Succeeded by | Sir Robin Butler |
| Chancellor of the University of Hull | |
| In office 1994 – 12 April 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Richard Wilberforce |
| Succeeded by | Virginia Bottomley |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Temple Armstrong 30 March 1927 Headington, Oxford, England |
| Died | 3 April 2020 (aged 93) Ashill, Somerset, England |
| Political party | None (crossbencher) |
| Spouses |
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| Relations | Sir Thomas H. W. Armstrong (father) |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Dragon School Eton College |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Occupation | Civil servant |
Robert Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster, GCB, CVO (30 March 1927 – 3 April 2020) was a British civil servant and life peer.[1]
- ^ "Lord Armstrong of Ilminster obituary". The Times. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
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