Douglas Wass
Sir Douglas William Gretton Wass was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983.
He was educated at Nottingham High School and St John's College, Cambridge.
Wass was Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury from 1974 to 1983 and served as joint head of the civil service in 1981.
He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1971, elevated to Knight Commander in 1975 and further elevated to Knight Grand Cross in 1980. In 1985, he was awarded an Honorary Degree by the University of Bath.
In 1983, Sir Douglas presented the annual BBC Reith Lectures. In a series of six lectures titled Government and the Governed, he examined the role and responsibilities of government.
Wass died on 4 January 2017 at the age of 93.
