Richard Gozney

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Diana Edwina Baird
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Sir Richard Gozney
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30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office
27 May 2016 29 August 2021
Children2
Alma mater St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Viceregal styles of
Sir Richard Gozney
(2016–2021)
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Reference style His Excellency
Spoken styleYour Excellency

Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was governor and commander in chief of Bermuda from 12 December 2007 [1] to 18 May 2012 and served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 27 May 2016 until 29 August 2021. [2]

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Career

Educated at Magdalen College School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Gozney joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973. [3] He became Head of Chancery and Political Section in Madrid in 1984, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in 1989 and British High Commissioner to Swaziland in 1993. [3]

After that, he became Head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996, Chief of the Assessments Staff at the Cabinet Office in 1998 and British Ambassador to Indonesia in 2000. [3] He then became British High Commissioner to Nigeria in 2004, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda in 2007 and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in 2016. [4]

Family

He married Diana Edwina Baird in 1982 and has two sons. [3]

Publication

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References

  1. Smith, Tim. The Royal Gazette: Breaking News: New Governor sworn in. 12 December 2007; Retrieved 13 December 2007
  2. "Island bids farewell to governor and his wife". www.iomtoday.co.im. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010; ISBN   978-1-4081-1414-8
  4. "Sir Richard Gozney: Island's 30th Lieutenant Governor sworn in". BBC News. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1990–1993
Succeeded by
Preceded by Governor of Bermuda
2007–2012
Succeeded by
Government offices
Preceded by Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
2016–2021
Succeeded by