Peter Ricketts

The Lord Ricketts
British Ambassador to France
In office
2012–2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byPeter Westmacott
Succeeded byJulian King
United Kingdom National Security Advisor
In office
12 May 2010 – 23 January 2012
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byKim Darroch
Permanent Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
In office
2006–2010
Prime MinisterTony Blair
Gordon Brown
Preceded byMichael Jay
Succeeded bySimon Fraser
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
17 October 2016
Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Peter Forbes Ricketts

(1952-09-30) 30 September 1952 (age 72)
Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
SpouseSuzanne Ricketts
Children2
EducationBishop Vesey's Grammar School
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat

Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, GCMG, GCVO (born 30 September 1952)[1] is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.

Ricketts served as chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) under Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was the UK government's first national security adviser from 2010 from 2012, serving under Prime Minister David Cameron.

  1. ^ Foreign Policy in an Era of Globalisation. Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Thursday 15 2009.