Sir James Moray Stewart, KCB (21 June 1938 – 30 December 2023) was a British civil servant.

Biography

James Moray Stewart was born on 21 June 1938. He was educated at the

University of Keele Keele University is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, it was granted university status by Royal Charter as ...

, and entered the civil service in 1962 as an official in the

Air Ministry The Air Ministry was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force and civil aviation that existed from 1918 to 1964. It was under the political authority of the ...

. Stewart served there and in its successor, the

Ministry of Defence A ministry of defence or defense (see American and British English spelling differences#-ce.2C -se, spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is the part of a government responsible for matters of defence and Mi ...

, where he was promoted to deputy secretary in 1986 and then Second

Permanent Secretary A permanent secretary is the most senior Civil Service (United Kingdom), civil servant of a department or Ministry (government department), ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are ...

in 1990, serving until 1996. Stewart died on 30 December 2023, at the age of 85.

References

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