What is Douglas Wass?
'''Sir Douglas William Gretton Wass''' (15 April 1923 &ndash; 4 January 2017) was a British civil servant. He served as [[Permanent Secretary]] to [[HM Treasury]] from 1974 to 1983. Wass was Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scottishreview.net/AHook128.html |title=Hook, Andrew ''The Strange career of democracy'', Sept. 17, 2009 |access-date=2017-01-12 |archive-date=2012-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203065835/http://www.scottishreview.net/AHook128.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> He was appointed a Companion of the [[Order of the Bath]] (CB) in 1971, elevated to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1975 and further elevated to Knight Grand Cross (GCB) in 1980. In 1985, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Letters) by the [[University of Bath]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/ |title=Honorary Graduates 1989 to present |publisher=[[University of Bath]] |work=bath.ac.uk |access-date=18 February 2012 |archive-date=19 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151219000643/http://www.bath.ac.uk/ceremonies/hongrads/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1983, the BBC invited Sir Douglas to present the annual [[List_of_Reith_Lectures|Reith Lectures]]. In a series of six lectures titled [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00gq1jd Government and the Governed], he examined the role and responsibilities of government. Wass died on 4 January 2017 in London at the age of 93.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/05/sir-douglas-wass-obituary Sir Douglas Wass obituary]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wass, Douglas}} [[Category:1923 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:British civil servants]] [[Category:People from Nottingham]] {{bio-stub}}