Lionel Earle

Sir Lionel Earle (1866-1948) was a British civil servant.

Earle was educated at Marlborough College and Merton College, Oxford.

He was assistant secretary the Royal Commission on the Paris Exhibition, 1898, and was appointed an acting second secretary in the diplomatic Service on 15 January 1900. He served as private secretary to Lord Dudley from 1902-3, to Lord Crewe from 1907-10, and to Lord Harcourt in 1910-12. He was permanent secretary to the Office of Works from 1912 until 1933.

He was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1916 New Year Honours, a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1921 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) in 1933. He was also a Commander of the Belgian Order of the Crown.