The Lord Kerr of Kinlochard | |
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Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
Assumed office 30 June 2004 Life Peerage | |
Permanent Under Secretary of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | |
In office 1997–2002 | |
Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
Preceded by | Sir John Coles |
Succeeded by | Sir Michael Jay |
British Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 1995–1997 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Sir Robin Renwick |
Succeeded by | Sir Christopher Meyer |
British Permanent Representative to the European Union | |
In office 1990–1995 | |
Prime Minister | John Major |
Preceded by | Sir David Hannay |
Succeeded by | Sir Stephen Wall |
Personal details | |
Born | Grantown-on-Spey, Morayshire, Scotland (now within the Highland Council area) | 22 February 1942
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Pembroke College, Oxford |
John Olav Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard GCMG (born 22 February 1942) is a British former diplomat and civil servant, and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords. He was a member of the European Convention that first drafted[1] what became Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which came into force in December 2009. He later served for a period as Deputy Chairman of Scottish Power.