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Prime Minister
  
John Major

Name
  
Robin Baron

Nationality
  
British


Preceded by
  
Patrick Moberly

Preceded by
  
Antony Acland

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Prime Minister
  
Margaret ThatcherJohn Major

Born
  
13 December 1937 (age 86) (
1937-12-13
)

Spouse(s)
  
Annie Colette Gidicelli

Succeeded by
  
John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard

Education
  
St Paul's School, London

Robin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton, KCMG (born 13 December 1937) is a former diplomat and is now a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a Labour peer but moved to the crossbenches in 2007.

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Lord Renwick was educated at St Paul's School and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1962 with a Master of Arts in history. He further studied at the Sorbonne.

From 1956 to 1958 he completed national service in the British Army.

In 1963 he entered the British Foreign Service and had the postings detailed below.

Renwick was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1980 New Year Honours and was promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1989 New Year Honours.

He recommended for a life peerage and created Baron Renwick of Clifton, of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, on 26 September 1997.

In 1965 he married Annie Colette Gidicelli and has one son and one daughter with her.

Diplomatic Posts Held

  • Dakar, 1963–64;
  • Foreign Office, 1964–66;
  • New Delhi, 1966–70;
  • Private Secretary to Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–72;
  • First Secretary, Paris, 1972–76;
  • Counsellor, Cabinet Office, 1976–78;
  • Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1978–80;
  • Political Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia, 1980;
  • Head of Chancery, Washington, 1981–84;
  • Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1984–87;

    • Ambassador to:

  • South Africa, 1987–91,
  • U.S., 1991–95;

    • Directorates Held

    He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the following firms:

  • Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, 1995–,
  • Fluor Corporation, 1997–,
  • SAB Miller plc, 1999–,
  • Gem Diamonds
  • Kazakhmys plc;
  • Vallar plc;
  • Vice-chairman, JP Morgan Cazenove (previously Cazenove (stock broker)), 2000–
  • Excelsior Mining Corp., 2014–

    • He has previously served on the following Boards of Directors:

  • British Airways plc, 1996–2005,
  • Harmony Gold, 1999–2004,
  • BHP Billiton plc, 1997–2005,

    • Club Memberships

    He is a member of the following clubs:

  • Brooks's
  • Hurlingham Club
  • Travellers Club

    • References

    Robin Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton Wikipedia
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