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MonarchElizabeth II NameRichard Gozney Succeeded byGeorge Fergusson EducationSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Preceded byJohn Vereker SpouseDiana Baird (m. 1982) PremierEwart Brown
Paula Cox RoleDiplomat
Born21 July 1951 (age 64)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK (1951-07-21) BooksGibraltar and the EC: Aspects of the Relationship
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
Sea Venture: Governor Sir Richard Gozney
Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda from 12 December 2007 to 18 May 2012. On 27 May 2016, he was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
The son of Thomas Leonard Gozney and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Lilian Gardiner, Gozney was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He took a BA (Hons) degree in Geology in 1973. In 1970, between school and the University, he briefly taught at a school in Kenya.
He married Diana Edwina Baird on 24 April 1982 and has two sons; James and Alexander.
Career summary
1973–1974: Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer for Somalia and Ethiopia
1974–1978: British Embassy Jakarta, Third and later Second Secretary
1978–1981: British Embassy Buenos Aires, Third and later First Secretary
1981–1984: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Head of Section for NATO nuclear arms control
1984–1988: Madrid, Head of Chancery and Political Section
1989–1990: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1990–1993: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
1993–1996: British High Commissioner to Swaziland
1996–1997: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Head of Security Policy Department
1998–2000: Cabinet Office, Chief of the Assessments Staff
2000–2004: British Ambassador to Indonesia
2004–2007: British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Her Majesty's Non-Resident Ambassador to the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
2007–2012: Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda
2016-Present: Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
Honours
1993: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
2003: Best of Indonesian language speaker (Tokoh Berbahasa Indonesia Lisan Terbaik)
2006: Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
2009: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
2010: Knight of Justice of the Venerable Order of St. John
Publication
Gibraltar and the EC: Aspects of the Relationship (Royal Institute of International Affairs Discussion Paper, 1993)
