Mark Lyall Grant
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| Born | 29 May 1956 United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • Eton College • Trinity College (Cambridge) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Sheila Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Chatham House/Governors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former senior diplomat and UK National Security Adviser, Chatham House.
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Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant is a former senior diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations. He is a member of the Governance of the deep state think tank Chatham House.
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Background
Born in Hammersmith to Mary (née Moore) and Maj Gen Ian Lyall Grant MC,[1] Grant attended Eton College and read law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple, London before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980.[2]
His wife, Sheila, is also a diplomat. In April 2012, Lady Lyall Grant, with Huberta von Voss Wittig, made a video appeal to Asma al-Assad, calling on the Syrian first lady to take a stand against violence in her country.[3] The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant's spare time activities include golf, tennis, and bridge.[4]
Diplomatic career
Lyall Grant was British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) from 2009 to 2015.[4][5] He held the office of President of the United Nations Security Council four times: in November 2010, March 2012, June 2013, and August 2014.
Lyall Grant was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2003 New Year Honours before being promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 2006 Birthday Honours and a Knight Grand Cross in the 2018 New Year Honours.[6][7][8]
On 7 July 2015, Number 10 Downing St announced that Lyall Grant would replace Sir Kim Darroch as the United Kingdom's National Security Advisor on 7 September 2015, with Darroch moving to a different diplomatic post.[9] As of September 2015, Lyall Grant was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[10] On 27 February 2017 it was announced that Lyall Grant would retire in April and be replaced by the Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill.[11]
Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline
- 2015–17 National Security Adviser
- 2009–15 British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
- 2007–09 FCO, Director General for Political Affairs
- 2003–06 High Commissioner to Pakistan
- 2000–03 FCO director, Africa
- 1998–2000 Head, European Union department, FCO
- 1996–98 Deputy High Commissioner and Consul General, South Africa
- 1994–96 Seconded to European Secretariat, Cabinet Office
- 1990–93 First Secretary, Paris
- 1987–89 Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO
- 1985–87 FCO
- 1982–85 Second Secretary, Islamabad
- 1980–82 FCO, worked in Southern Africa department
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munich Security Conference/2017 | 17 February 2017 | 19 February 2017 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 53rd Munich Security Conference |
References
- ↑ http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OyEDE6GzlDtt7OyAPdYw6Q&scan=1
- ↑ LYALL GRANT, Sir Mark (Justin), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
- ↑ BBC News website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17753841
- ↑ a b ukun.fco.gov.uk: "Permanent Representative – Sir Mark Lyall Grant"
- ↑ Change of UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 7 October 2014
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/56797/supplement/3
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/58014/supplement/3
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62150/supplement/4
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-security-adviser-appointment-sir-mark-lyall-grant
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cabinet-office-new-senior-appointments-and-changes
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