The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant (book) The Naked Civil Servant is the 1968 autobiography of British gay icon Quentin Crisp, adapted into a 1975 film of the same name starring John Hurt. The book began as a 1964 radio interview with Crisp conducted by his friend and fellow eccentric Philip O'Connor. A managing director at Jonathan Cape heard the interview and commissioned the publication. Having sold only 3,500 copies when first released, the book became a success when it was republished following the television movie broadcast. The book contains many anecdotes about Crisp's life from childhood to middle age, including troubles
Harold Butler (civil servant) first Warden of the newly created Nuffield College, Oxford in 1938. During World War II, he served as the southern regional commissioner for civil defence. He the became the head of the British Information Service at the British Embassy in Washington in 1942, resigning as Warden of Nuffield the following year. Butler was appointed CB in 1919 and KCMG in 1946. He was the father of the civil servant and historian Rohan Butler. Harold Butler (civil servant) Sir Harold Beresford Butler, KCMG, CB (6 October 1883 – 26 March 1951) was a British civil servant and the first Warden of