Charles Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater
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The Right Honourable The Lord Powell of Bayswater KCMG OBE BBM |
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| Private Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Prime Minister | |
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In office 1984–1991 |
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| Prime Minister |
Margaret Thatcher John Major |
| Preceded by | John Coles |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Wall |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
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Assumed office 15 February 2000 Life Peerage |
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| Born | 6 July 1941 |
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Conservative Crossbench (in House of Lords) |
| Spouse(s) | Carla Bonardi (m. 1964) |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Charles David Powell, Baron Powell of Bayswater, KCMG, OBE (born 6 July 1941) is a diplomat, politician and businessman. He served as a key foreign policy adviser to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during the 1980s. His brother, Jonathan Powell, was chief of staff to Tony Blair throughout his period as Prime Minister from 1997 to 2007, and his father was Air Vice-Marshal John Frederick Powell.
Powell was educated at The Cathedral Choir School, Canterbury, The King's School, Canterbury and New College, Oxford, from where he graduated in 1963 with a BA in Modern History.
Charles Powell joined the Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1963. His first posting was as Third Secretary to Helsinki in 1965, where he was promoted to Second Secretary. In 1968, he returned to London, spending three years at the FCO. He was posted as First Secretary to Washington, D.C. in 1971, and became the Ambassador's Private Secretary. Subsequent postings were to Bonn in 1974 and, as Counsellor, to UKREP Brussels in 1980. He was seconded to 10 Downing Street and served as Private Secretary to Margaret Thatcher (1983 to 1990) and then as Private Secretary to John Major (1990 to 1991). During his time working for Mrs Thatcher, he became one of her most trusted foreign policy aides, and helped broker the controversial al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
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