David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick (born 28 September 1935) is a British diplomat.

Biography

Hannay was born in London and educated at

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and

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. He entered the

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in 1959, and was initially posted to positions in

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and

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. Starting in 1965 and continuing into the early 1970s, he was a representative of the British government in discussions which led to the United Kingdom's entry into the

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in 1973. He held various positions at the Foreign Office in London during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a minister at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, in 1984–1985, and was then promoted to ambassador and permanent representative to the European Economic Community from 1985 to 1990. After that posting he spent the next five years as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations. Hannay took on specialised roles such as United Nations Special Representative for

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between 1996 and 2003 and was a member of the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, reporting to the

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in December 2004.

Honours and awards

In 1981 he was appointed a Companion of the

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(CMG), in 1986 a Knight Commander (KCMG) and in 1995 a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG). On 19 June 2001 he was created a

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as Baron Hannay of Chiswick, of Bedford Park in the

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, sitting as a

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. He was pro-Chancellor of the

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from 2001 to 2006. In

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he was made a

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. Lord Hannay was awarded the honorary degree of

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by the

in 2003.

Other

He chaired the Board of

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from January 2006 to January 2011 and is now chair of the UN All-Party Parliamentary Group. He is currently a member of the Top Level Group for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation and a member of the Lords International Relations Committee.

Family

David Hannay was married to Gillian Hannay who died in 2015. He has four sons (Richard, Philip, Jonathan and Alexander) and twelve grandchildren (Peter, Charlotte, Juliette, Edward, Robin, Manon, Harry, Gustavo, Sophie, Julian, Albert and Theodore).

Arms

Publications

* ''Cyprus: The Search for a Solution.'' London: I.B.Tauris, 2005. * ''Britain's Quest for a Role: A Diplomatic Memoir from Europe to the UN.'' London: I. B. Tauris, 2013. * ''New World Disorder: The UN after the Cold War - An Insider's View.'' London: I. B. Tauris, 2008.

References

External links

Biography
from the Birmingham University website
Biography
from the UK Parliament website
Lords EU Select Committee
on the UK Parliament website
UNA-UK Biographyon the UNA-UK websiteInterview with Lord Hannay of Chiswick

transcript
, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1999 * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hannay, David Peers recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission Crossbench life peers Diplomatic peers 1935 births Living people People educated at Craigflower Preparatory School People educated at Winchester College Alumni of New College, Oxford Fellows of New College, Oxford Permanent representatives of the United Kingdom to the United Nations Members of the Order of the Companions of Honour Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Permanent representatives of the United Kingdom to the European Union Pro-chancellors of the University of Birmingham Life peers created by Elizabeth II