Helen Ghosh
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Dame Helen Ghosh DCB |
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| Director General of the National Trust | |
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Assumed office 12 November 2012 |
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| Chairman | Sir Simon Jenkins |
| Preceded by | Dame Fiona Reynolds |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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In office 1 January 2011 – November 2012 |
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| Secretary of State | Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Sir David Normington |
| Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs | |
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In office 7 November 2005 – 31 December 2010 |
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| Secretary of State |
Margaret Beckett David Miliband Hilary Benn Caroline Spelman |
| Preceded by | Sir Brian Bender |
| Succeeded by | Bronwyn Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 February 1956 Farnborough, Hampshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Peter Ghosh |
| Children | one son, one daughter |
| Alma mater |
St Hugh's College, Oxford Hertford College, Oxford |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Dame Helen Frances Ghosh, DCB (born 21 February 1956) is Director General of the National Trust. She was formerly a British civil servant, and until November 2012 was Permanent Secretary of the Home Office, having moved from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) at the end of 2010. At the time of her appointment at Defra, she was the only female permanent secretary to head a major department of the British Government.
Ghosh was born in Farnborough, Hampshire in 1956, to a civil service scientist and a librarian. She was educated at Farnborough Hill, an all-girls independent Catholic school. She studied modern history at St Hugh's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976. She then undertook postgraduate study at Hertford College, Oxford, graduating with a Master of Letters (MLitt) in 1980; her thesis concerned the history of Italy in the 6th century.
She is married with one daughter and one son; her husband Peter Ghosh is a tutor in modern history at St Anne's College, Oxford.
She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath (DCB) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list in June 2008. In 2010, The Tablet named her as one of Britain’s most influential Roman Catholics.
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