Arthur Rucker (civil servant)

Sir
Arthur Rucker
Sir Arthur Nevil Rucker in 1944
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1939–1940
Prime MinisterNeville Chamberlain
Preceded byOsmund Somers Cleverly
Succeeded byEric Seal
Personal details
Born
Arthur Nevil Rucker

(1895-06-20)20 June 1895
Died12 July 1991(1991-07-12) (aged 96)
Spouse
Elsie Marion Broadbent
(m. 19221991)
RelationsSir Arthur Rucker FRS (father)
Children4
EducationMarlborough College
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge
AwardsCBE (1937)
CB (1941)
KCMG (1942)
Military service
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Branch/serviceBritish Army
Years of service1914–1918
RankSecond lieutenant
Unit12th battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Battles/warsFirst World War

Arthur Nevil Rucker, KCMG CB CBE (20 June 1895 – 12 July 1991), was a former British civil servant who served as Neville Chamberlain's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) from the period 1939 to 1940.