Baroness Butler-Sloss said work would begin as soon as possible
Retired senior judge Elizabeth Butler-Sloss has been named as the chairwoman of a wide-ranging review into historical child sex abuse.
The inquiry will examine how state institutions handled their duty of care to protect children from paedophiles.
Baroness Butler-Sloss led the Cleveland child abuse inquiry in the late 1980s.
Labour MP Simon Danczuk, who led calls for an inquiry, said she could be seen as "part of the establishment" but others welcomed the appointment.
Lady Butler-Sloss, 80, is a member of the House of Lords and sister of former Lord Chancellor Michael Havers.
"We don't want it look like an establishment inquiry - that would send out the wrong signal to the public," said Mr Danczuk.
But former Conservative children's minister Tim Loughton said she would "command great respect, great expertise and great knowledge which is absolutely what we need at the head of this inquiry".
'Not sinister'
It comes after Mark Sedwill, the Home Office's top civil servant, answered MPs' questions about historical child abuse allegations.
He was asked by the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee how his department lost or destroyed 114 files that could have shed light on alleged abuse.
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