John Holroyd (civil Servant)
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John Hepworth Holroyd, (10 April 1935 – 29 November 2014) was an English public servant. Educated at Worcester College, Oxford, he entered the civil service in 1959. After chairing the Civil Service Selection Board (1978–80) and serving in Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and in the Cabinet Office, he was the
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from 1989 to 1993. He was then Secretary for Appointments to the Prime Minister and Ecclesiastical Secretary to the Lord Chancellor from 1993 to 1999.Charles Gordon Clark
"Obituary: John Hepworth Holroyd"
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, he was a
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at
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from 2001 until his death.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Holroyd, John 1935 births 2014 deaths English civil servants Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford Companions of the Order of the Bath Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order Anglican lay readers