The Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office is the permanent secretary of the Home Office, the most senior civil servant in the department, charged with running its affairs on a day-to-day basis.
Home Office Permanent Secretaries
March 1782: J. Bell
December 1791: John King
February 1806 – 1817: John Beckett [later Sir John Beckett, Bart.]
June 1817 – 1827: Henry Hobhouse
July 1827 – 1848: Samuel March Phillipps
1848–1867: Horatio Waddington
1867–1885: (Sir) Adolphus Frederick Octavius Liddell
June 1885: Sir H. Maine
July 1885 – 1895: Sir Godfrey Lushington
1895–1903: Sir Kenelm Digby
1903–1908: Sir Mackenzie Dalzell Chalmers
1908–1922: Sir Edward Troup
1922–1932: Sir John Anderson
1932–1938: Sir Russell Scott
1938–1948: Sir Alexander Maxwell
1948–1957: Sir Frank Newsam
1957–1966: Sir Charles Cunningham
1966–1972: Sir Philip Allen
1972–1977: Sir Arthur Peterson
1977–1979: Sir Robert Armstrong
1979–1988: Sir Brian Cubbon
1988–1994: Sir Clive Whitmore
1994–1997: Sir Richard Wilson
1997–2001: Sir David Omand
2001–2005: Sir John Gieve
2005–2011: Sir David Normington
2011–2012: Dame Helen Ghosh
2012–2013: Helen Kilpatrick (acting) 2013–2017: Mark Sedwill 2017–2020: Sir Philip Rutnam 17 March 2020: Sir Matthew Rycroft