William Shawcross

The Honourable
Sir William Shawcross
CVO
The Honourable Sir William Shawcross CVO
Commissioner for Public Appointments
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 October 2021
Preceded by	Peter Riddell
Chair of the Charity Commission
	In office; 1 October 2012 – 23 February 2018
Prime Minister	David Cameron; Theresa May
Preceded by	Suzi Leather
Succeeded by	Tina Stowell, Baroness Stowell of Beeston
Personal details
Born	William Hartley Hume Shawcross; 28 May 1946; Sussex, England
Spouses	; Marina Warner (m. 1971; div. 1980) ; Michal Levin (m. 1981; div. 1992) ; Olga Polizzi (m. 1993)
Children	Conrad Shawcross; Eleanor Shawcross; Alex Polizzi (step-daughter);
Parents	Hartley Shawcross; Joan Mather;
Relatives	Charles Forte, Baron Forte (father-in-law); Rocco Forte (brother-in-law); Simon Wolfson (son-in-law);
Education	St Aubyns School; Eton College; University College, Oxford;
Website	www.williamshawcross.org

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Sir William Hartley Hume Shawcross CVO (born 28 May 1946) is a British journalist, writer, and broadcaster. He is the incumbent Commissioner for Public Appointments. From 2012 to 2018 he chaired the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Shawcross has written and lectured on issues of international policy, geopolitics, Southeast Asia and refugees, as well as the British royal family. He has written for several publications, including Time, Newsweek, International Herald Tribune, The Spectator, The Washington Post and Rolling Stone, in addition to writing numerous books on international topics: the Prague Spring, the Vietnam War, the Iranian Revolution, the Iraq War, foreign assistance, humanitarian intervention, and the United Nations. His works Sideshow (1979) and The Quality of Mercy (1984) were among The New York Times Book Review's books of the year.