Jean Josephine Nunn, CB, CBE (21 July 1916 – 24 November 1982) was a senior British civil servant.
[1] In 1938, Nunn joined the Home Office, having passed the examination for the administrative grade of Civil Service.
In 1941, she was appointed private secretary to Sir Alexander Maxwell, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Home Office.
[1] On 24 November 1982, after years of declining health, she died in Oakhill House Nursing Home, Horsham, Sussex.
[4] In the 1966 New Year Honours, she was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for her services as Under-Secretary of the Cabinet Office.
[5] In the 1970 New Year Honours, she was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), for her services as Deputy Secretary of the Cabinet Office.