Peter Ricketts
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ricketts GCMG GCVO |
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| Her Majesty's Ambassador to France | |
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In office 2012–2016 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Francois Hollande |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Sir Peter Westmacott |
| Succeeded by | Sir Julian King |
| United Kingdom National Security Advisor | |
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In office 2010–2012 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | New position |
| Succeeded by | Sir Kim Darroch |
| Permanent Secretary to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
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In office 2006–2010 |
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| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister |
Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sir Michael Jay |
| Succeeded by | Sir Simon Fraser |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Peter Forbes Ricketts 30 September 1952 Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
 British
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| Spouse(s) | Suzanne Ricketts |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater |
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School Pembroke College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, GCMG, GCVO (born 30 September 1952) is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He sits as a crossbencher in the House of Lords.
Ricketts attended Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield, and Pembroke College, Oxford where he read English Literature. In 1982 he married Suzanne Horlington; they have two adult children.
Ricketts replaced Peter Westmacott as UK Ambassador to France effective January 2012, with Kim Darroch taking Ricketts's old role as National Security Adviser.
In December 2015 the Foreign and Commonwealth Office announced that he was to retire from the Diplomatic Service in January 2016.
Prior to his appointment as National Security Adviser, Lord Ricketts had been the Permanent Secretary in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Before he took over that position in July 2006, he served as the Permanent Representative to NATO in Brussels. He was also previously the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, leading him to give evidence to The Iraq Inquiry in November 2009. He began his career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1974 and served as the Assistant Private Secretary to former Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe. Apart from Brussels, he has been posted to Singapore, Washington D.C. and Paris. Ricketts retired from HM Diplomatic Service in January 2016.
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