Sir Arthur William Peterson KCB MVO was a British civil servant who served as Permanent Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office. As such he was the senior civil servant and permanent head of the Home Office, one of the most senior civil service roles in government. He also pioneered the use of psychologists in British prisons.
- Occupation
- civil servant
- Position held
- Permanent Secretary to the Home Office
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Born
- May 22, 1916
- Died
- May 8, 1986
