| Sir Clive Whitmore | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | GCB CVO |
| Birth Name: | Clive Anthony Whitmore |
| Birth Date: | 18 January 1935[1] |
| Birth Place: | Brentford, Middlesex |
| Office: | Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister |
| Predecessor: | Kenneth Stowe |
| Primeminister: | Margaret Thatcher |
| Successor: | Robin Butler |
| Term Start: | 1979 |
| Term End: | 1982 |
| Office1: | Chancellor of De Montfort University |
| 1Blankname1: | Vice-Chancellor |
| 1Namedata1: | Kenneth Barker |
| Term Start1: | 1995 |
| Term End1: | 1998 |
| Predecessor1: | Dame Anne Mueller |
| Successor1: | John White |
Sir Clive Anthony Whitmore (born 18 January 1935) is a former British senior civil servant.
Whitmore was educated at Sutton Grammar School in Surrey and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1]
Whitmore served as Principal Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher from 1979 to 1982.[2] After that, he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence and served until 1988.[3] From 1988 to 1994, he was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office.[4]
Whitmore was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1983 New Year Honours and Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1983 Birthday Honours. He was promoted to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1988 Birthday Honours.