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Peter Millett (diplomat)
Peter Joseph Millett (born 23 January 1955) is a British diplomat who was ambassador to Libya 2015–2018. Early life Peter Millett attended the independent school St. Joseph’s College in Ipswich. Career Peter Millett joined the Foreign Office in 1974 and had early postings in Quito and Caracas. In 1980 he studied Arabic and then worked in Doha. On return to London he bridged to the Fast Stream and worked in the Private Office of the Foreign Office Minister in the House of Lords. He then worked at the UK Representation to the European Union specialising in energy and nuclear issues. Back in London, he worked on personnel policy followed by 4 years as Deputy Head of Mission in Athens. On return to London, he worked as Director for Security. Millett then spent 12 years as a head of mission, as High Commissioner in Cyprus (2005-10), Ambassador in Jordan (2011-15) and Ambassador in Libya (2015-18). He was appointed CMG in 2013. After retiring in 2018 Millett has worked as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Millett, British Ambassador
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St Joseph's College, Ipswich
St Joseph's College is a co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils between the ages of 2 and 19 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. With usually 550-600 pupils on the roll, the College is located in South West Ipswich, surrounded by a 60-acre campus, which includes administrative offices in the Georgian Birkfield House, a nursery and Prep School, the College Chapel, and teaching and sports facilities. Also in the grounds are the College's two boarding houses, Goldrood and The Mews. History St Joseph's College was established in 1937 by the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic order. The original site for the school was at nearby Oak Hill. When Birkfield House was bought, Oak Hill was used as the College's prep school. With the creation of a new, purpose-built prep facility, Oak Hill ceased to be part of the school site. In 1996 the school merged with a girls' school, the Convent of Jesus and Mary, and became independent of the De La Salle order. However, the order reta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn Parker
Ubisoft Montpellier is a French video game developer and a studio of Ubisoft based in Castelnau-le-Lez. Founded in 1994 as Ubi Pictures, it is best known for developing the ''Rayman'' and ''Beyond Good & Evil'' series. At 350 employees as of September 2019, Ubisoft Montpellier is led by co-founder Frédéric Houde as technical director. History Ubisoft Montpellier was founded by Michel Ancel and Frédéric Houde, two French video game designers. Houde, after obtaining a Brevet de technicien supérieur at the in Montpellier, first met Ancel (at the time still a high school student) in 1987 at Informatique 2000, a local technology store. They co-operated on the development of video games, sometimes spending multiple hours at a time in front of their computers. Houde later went on to serve his military service, while Ancel was hired by French video game company Ubisoft (then named Ubi Soft) to work at its Montreuil-based studio as a developer. After Houde finished his service, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of High Commissioners Of The United Kingdom To Cyprus
The High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Cyprus is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Republic of Cyprus. Previously a territory of the Ottoman Empire, a British protectorate under Ottoman suzerainty was established over Cyprus by the Cyprus Convention of 4 June 1878. The United Kingdom declared war on the Ottoman Empire on 5 November 1914 and annexed Cyprus. Turkey recognised British possession of Cyprus by the Treaty of Lausanne on 24 July 1923 and the island became a Crown colony on 10 March 1925. Following the Zürich and London Agreement of 19 February 1959, Cyprus became independent on 16 August 1960. The Republic of Cyprus is a member of the British Commonwealth, so the British diplomatic representative is a High Commissioner. Heads of mission High Commissioners (1878–1925) *1878–1879: Sir Garnet Wolseley *1879–1886: Sir Robert Biddulph *1886–1892: Sir Henry Ernest Bulwer *1892–1898: Sir Walter Sendall *1898–1904: Sir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Kidd (diplomat)
Matthew Kidd (born 27 October 1979) is a freestyle swimmer from Great Britain. Swimming career Matthew competed in the 100 metre freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, finishing 23rd fastest overall. He combined with the British squad to place 8th in the 4×100 metre medley relay final in a time of 3 minutes 37.77 seconds. His anchor split was 49.14 seconds, marginally slower than his preliminary split time of 49.05 seconds. He won the 2002 and 2004 British Championship in 100 metres freestyle. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming from 1930 to 2022. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 50 metre backstroke ... References External linksBritish Swimming athlete profile 1979 births English male swimmers Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilfrid Watt
James Wilfrid Watt CVO (born 5 November 1951) is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Career James Wilfrid Watt was educated at Ampleforth College and The Queen's College, Oxford. He worked for Kleinwort Benson 1974–75 and was a freelance broadcaster and interpreter in Madrid 1975–77, then joined the Diplomatic Service. He studied at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, then served at Abu Dhabi, the United Nations in New York and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). He was Consul-General and deputy Head of Mission at Amman 1992–96 and deputy High Commissioner at Islamabad 1996–98, then took a sabbatical year at the School of Oriental and African Studies 1999–2000. He was Director of Consular Affairs at the FCO 2000–03, Ambassador to Lebanon 2003–06 and Ambassador to Jordan 2006–11 before being appointed Ambassador to Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Jordan
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Jordan is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's (UK) foremost diplomatic representative in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Amman. List of heads of mission Residents in Amman to Transjordan * Apr 1921 – 21 Nov 1921: Albert Abramson * 21 Nov 1921 – Apr 1924: St John Philby * Aug 1924 – Mar 1939: Charles Henry Fortnom Cox * Mar 1939 – 17 Jun 1946: Alec Kirkbride Ambassadors to Jordan *1946–1952: Sir Alec Kirkbride *1952–1954: Geoffrey Furlonge *1954–1956: Sir Charles Duke *1956–1959: Sir Charles Johnston *1960–1962: John Henniker-Major *1962–1966: Sir Roderick Parkes *1966–1970: Sir Philip Adams *1970–1972: John Phillips *1972–1975: Glencairn Balfour Paul *1975–1979: John Campbell Moberly *1979–1984: Alan Urwick *1984–1988: Sir John Coles *1988–1991: Anthony Reeve *1991–1993: Patrick Eyers *1993–1997: Peter Hinchcliffe *19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Oakden
Edward Anthony Oakden is a British diplomat, the Ambassador to Jordan from 2015 to 2020. He was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Career *In 1981 he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. *From 1984 to 1985 he was Third Secretary (later Second Secretary) in Baghdad. *From 1985 to 1988 he was Second Secretary British Embassy in Khartoum. *From 1988 to 1992 he was Private Secretary to the Ambassador in Washington, D.C. *From 1992 to 1995 he was Deputy Head of the EU, External & Eastern Adriatic Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. *From 1995 to 1997 he was Private Secretary to John Major for Foreign Affairs, Defence and Northern Ireland. *From 1997 to 1998 he was Deputy Head EU Department (Internal) in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. *From 1998 to 2002 he was Deputy Head of Mission in Madrid *From 2002 to 2004 he was Director for International Security in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. *In 2002 he was head of Security Pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aron
Michael Douglas Aron (born 22 March 1959) is a British diplomat who has been Ambassador to Kuwait, Iraq, Libya and Sudan, and Yemen. Career Aron was educated at Exeter School, Leeds University and the Polytechnic of Central London. He taught English in Sudan before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1984. He has served at New York, Brasilia and Brussels. He was Ambassador to Kuwait 2008–09, Head of the Middle East Department at the FCO 2010–11, Ambassador to Iraq 2011–12, acting Head of Mission at Tripoli September 2012 to January 2013, and Ambassador to Libya from January 2013 until June 2015. After the outbreak of the Libyan Civil War in 2014, Aron supervised the evacuation of British citizens from Tripoli on the Royal Navy survey ship HMS ''Enterprise''. He and his remaining staff then closed the embassy and left Libya to set up a temporary office in Tunis. In April 2015, Aron was appointed Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Baker (diplomat)
Francis Raymond "Frank" Baker, (born 27 January 1961) is a British diplomat and civil servant who was Ambassador to Libya from February 2018 to April 2019. He was Ambassador to Kuwait from 2010 to 2014, and Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2017. Early life Baker was born on 27 January 1961 to Raymond and Pamela Baker. He was educated at Dartford Grammar School, then an all-boys state grammar school in Dartford, Kent. Diplomatic career Baker joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1981. For the first two years of his career, he worked in the Personnel Operations Department. From 1983 to 1986, he undertook his first posting abroad as Third Secretary at the British Embassy in Panama City, Panama. From 1986 to 1991, he was based at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina; first he was Third Secretary, and later he served as Second Secretary. In 1991, he returned to England, and was a desk officer (ranking as a Second Secretary) in the Human Rights Policy Depar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
