John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard
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The Right Honourable Lord Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG |
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| Permanent Under Secretary of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
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In office 1997–2002 |
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| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir John Coles |
| Succeeded by | Sir Michael Jay |
| British Representative to the European Union |
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In office 1990–1995 |
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| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Sir David Hannay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Stephen Wall |
| British Ambassador to the United States |
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In office 1995–1997 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Sir Robin Renwick |
| Succeeded by | Sir Christopher Meyer |
| Personal details | |
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22 February 1942 Grantown-on-Spey |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Pembroke College, University of Oxford |
John Olav Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG (Lord Kerr of Kinlochard) (born 22 February 1942), is a former diplomat, now Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.
Born in Grantown-on-Spey, he was educated at Glasgow Academy and at Pembroke College, Oxford (BA modern history 1963). He has Honorary degrees from the Universities of St Andrews, Aston and Glasgow. He is a Fellow of Imperial College London and of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and an Honorary Fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.
He served in the British Diplomatic Service from 1966 until 2002. This included postings at the British Embassy in Moscow, and at the High Commission in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was Private secretary to the Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1974 until 1979, and was on secondment to HM Treasury from 1979 until 1984, during which time he was Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1981 until 1984. He was Head of Chancery at the British Embassy in Washington DC from 1984 until 1987, then Assistant Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1987 until 1990.
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