Sir
Richard Gozney
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30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | |
In office 27 May 2016 – 29 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier | Howard Quayle |
Preceded by | Adam Wood |
Succeeded by | Sir John Lorimer |
Governor of Bermuda | |
In office 12 December 2007 – 18 May 2012 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier | Brown, Cox |
Preceded by | Sir John Vereker |
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Born | (1951-07-21) 21 July 1951 (age 73) |
Spouse |
Diana Edwina Baird (m. 1982) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
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Viceregal styles of Sir Richard Gozney (2016–2021) | |
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Reference style | His Excellency |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was governor and commander in chiefofBermuda from 12 December 2007[1] to 18 May 2012 and served as the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 27 May 2016 until 29 August 2021.[2]
Educated at Magdalen College School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Gozney joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973.[3] He became Head of Chancery and Political Section in Madrid in 1984, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in 1989 and British High CommissionertoSwaziland in 1993.[3]
After that, he became Head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996, Chief of the Assessments Staff at the Cabinet Office in 1998 and British AmbassadortoIndonesia in 2000.[3] He then became British High CommissionertoNigeria in 2004, Governor and Commander-in-ChiefofBermuda in 2007 and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in 2016.[4]
He married Diana Edwina Baird in 1982 and has two sons.[3]
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Preceded by | Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1990–1993 |
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Preceded by | Governor of Bermuda 2007–2012 |
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Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man 2016–2021 |
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