Mark Lyall Grant
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Sir Mark Lyall Grant KCMG |
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Mark Lyall Grant speaking at Chatham House in 2011
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| National Security Adviser | |
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Assumed office 7 September 2015 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
David Cameron Theresa May |
| Preceded by | Kim Darroch |
| British Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office 1 November 2009 – May 2015 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Preceded by | John Sawers |
| Succeeded by | Matthew Rycroft |
| Director-General for Political Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
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In office 2007–2009 |
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| Preceded by | John Sawers |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Adams |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 May 1956 United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge |
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant KCMG (born 29 May 1956) is a senior British diplomat who since 7 September 2015[update] is the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister, and used to be Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Lyall Grant was educated at Eton College and read law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple, London before deciding to join the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980.
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. The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant enjoys in his spare time a spot of golf, tennis, or bridge.
Lyall Grant was British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) from 2009 to 2015. He held the office of President of the United Nations Security Council four times, during the months of 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) on 31 December 2002 and a Knight Commander of the same order (KCMG) on 17 June 2006.
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