Peter Waterworth | |
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Governor of Montserrat | |
In office 27 July 2007 –3 March 2011 | |
Monarch | Queen Elizabeth II |
Preceded by | Deborah Barnes-Jones |
Succeeded by | Adrian Davis |
Personal details | |
Born | Belfast,Northern Ireland,UK | 15 April 1957
Nationality | British |
Spouse(s) | Catherine Waterworth |
Profession | Barrister,diplomat |
Peter Andrew Waterworth (born 15 April 1957) is a British barrister and diplomat,who was the Governor of Montserrat from 2007 to 2011. [1] [2]
Waterworth is originally from Belfast and was schooled at Methodist College. [3] He entered Durham University in 1975,reading for a law degree as a member of Hatfield College,graduating in 1978. [4] Waterworth was also Senior Man of Hatfield from 1977 to 1978. [5] He later studied at Downing College,Cambridge,completing an LLM degree in 1982. [6]
Waterworth practised as a barrister from 1983 until 1987,when he joined the Foreign Office. [6] He was an Assistant Legal Adviser from 1987 to 1990,before being posted to Bonn (which had until recently been the capital of West Germany) where he served until 1994. [6] He then returned to London to work in the Middle East Department,and from 1996 to 2000 was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Rome. [6] After a period in the Northern Ireland Office,Waterworth was Counsellor in Islamabad from 2003 to 2005 and Consul-General in Lagos from 2005 to 2007. [6]
He was sworn in at the Legislative Council of Montserrat on 27 July 2007,19 years to the day since he was last in Montserrat,when he served as a Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal adviser.
He has a wife,Catherine.
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