Sir Clive Anthony Whitmore (born 18 January 1935) is a former British senior

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. Whitmore was educated at

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in Surrey and

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. Whitmore served as Principal Private Secretary to

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from 1979 to 1982. After that, he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and served until 1988. From 1988 to 1994, he was

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. Whitmore was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the

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and

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(KCB) in the 1983 Birthday Honours. He was promoted to

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(GCB) in the 1988 Birthday Honours.

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