John Martin (civil servant)

Sir John Martin
Sir John Miller Martin in 1946
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
1941–1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byEric Seal
Succeeded byLeslie Rowan
Personal details
Born
John Miller Martin

(1904-10-15)15 October 1904
Died31 March 1991(1991-03-31) (aged 86)
Spouse
Rosalind Ross
(m. 1943)
Children1
EducationEdinburgh Academy
Alma materCorpus Christi College, Oxford
OccupationCivil servant
AwardsCVO (1943)
CB (1945)
KCMG (1952)

Sir John Miller Martin KCMG CB CVO (15 October 1904 31 March 1991) was a British civil servant who served as Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, during World War II. The position is a public, rather than private post. He was present at the most important strategic conferences and was knighted in 1952.