Alistair Harrison
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His Excellency William Alistair Harrison CMG CVO |
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| Governor of Anguilla | |
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In office 21 April 2009 – 23 July 2013 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Premier |
Osbourne Fleming Hubert Hughes |
| Preceded by | Stanley Reid (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Christina Scott |
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| Born |
14 November 1954 Guisborough, North Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Wood |
| Alma mater |
University College, Oxford University of London |
William Alistair Harrison CMG CVO (born 14 November 1954) is Her Majesty's Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps. He was previously Governor of Anguilla from 21 April 2009 to 23 July 2013.
Harrison was born on 14 November 1954 in Guisborough, North Yorkshire in the United Kingdom. He studied at the Royal Grammar School, Newcastle. He then went on to read Literae Humaniores at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1977. In 1995, he has also gained a Diploma in Economics at the University of London.
In 1977, he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He first worked in the NATO Section of the Defence Department of Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He had Polish language training in 1978. He was posted to Warsaw, Poland between 1979 and 1982. He was a Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1984 to 1986. From 1987 till 1992, he was based in New York City as part of the UK Mission to the United Nations. He returned to London and became Deputy Head of the Middle East Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a position that he held until 1995 when he was once more posted to Warsaw, Poland. He then worked as a Foreign Policy Adviser to the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium from 1998 to 2000.
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