Sir Patrick Dalmahoy Nairne, (15 August 1921 – 4 June 2013) was a senior British civil servant.Anne Perkins and Jane Ashley, Shape Up, Sir Humphrey, BBC News, 28 March 2007. His career started in the Admiralty. He eventually became Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security and Master of St Catherine's College, Oxford (1981–88).The Governors , The Ditchley Foundation, UK.Birthdays Aug 15–16, The Times, 15 August 2009. Nairne was a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, appointed in 1982 when he became a member of Lord Franks' official inquiry into the Falklands War, and a governor of the Ditchley Foundation. He was Chancellor of the University of Essex from 1982 to 1997. He was an Honorary Fellow of University College, Oxford.Honorary Fellows. University College Record, October 2010, page 14. Nairne was the first Chair of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics from 1991 to 1996.
Nairne was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 1971 Birthday Honours,> promoted to Knight Commander of the Order (KCB) in the 1975 Birthday Honours, and to Knight Grand Cross of the Order (GCB) in the 1981 Birthday Honours.
Family Nairne's six children include Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery,Jeremy Musson, Interview: Sandy Nairne, Country Life, 17 April 2008. and Andrew Nairne, Director of Kettle's Yard, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Sir Patrick Nairne held at Churchill Archives Centre