Richard Gozney

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Monarch Elizabeth II Name Richard Gozney Succeeded by George Fergusson Education St Edmund Hall, Oxford		Preceded by John Vereker Spouse Diana Baird (m. 1982) Premier Ewart BrownPaula Cox Role Diplomat

Born 21 July 1951 (age 73) Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK ( 1951-07-21 ) Books Gibraltar and the EC: Aspects of the Relationship
Alma mater St 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.

Tynwald Day 2018 Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard Gozney

Background and education

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)

References

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