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Sir Stewart Eldon, KCMG , OBE is a former United Kingdom Ambassador to NATO.
Eldon attended Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated in 1974 with a degree in electrical sciences. [1]
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as God's House. In 1505, the college was granted a new royal charter, was given a substantial endowment by Lady Margaret Beaufort, and changed its name to Christ's College, becoming the twelfth of the Cambridge colleges to be founded in its current form. The college is renowned for educating some of Cambridge's most famous alumni, including Charles Darwin and John Milton.
Eldon spent nearly 35 years in the British Diplomatic Service, serving as UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN in New York City from 1998–2002 and as British Ambassador to Ireland from 2003-06. He was knighted in 2009. His last post was as UK Permanent Representative to NATO, [2] from which he retired in March 2010. While in Brussels, he played an important role in establishing the Building Integrity initiative within NATO, working with other key Allies, the International Staff and Transparency International.
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