Philip Barton | |
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| Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Affairs Head of HM Diplomatic Service | |
| Assumed office 2 September 2020 | |
| Foreign Secretary | Dominic Raab Liz Truss James Cleverly David Cameron David Lammy |
| Preceded by | Simon McDonald[a] |
| British High Commissioner to India | |
| In office June 2020 – August 2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Preceded by | Dominic Asquith |
| Succeeded by | Alex Ellis |
| British High Commissioner to Pakistan | |
| In office January 2014 – 11 February 2016 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | David Cameron |
| Preceded by | Adam Thomson |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Drew |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1963 |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Amanda Barton |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Warwick University London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Sir Philip Robert Barton KCMG OBE (born 18 August 1963) is a British diplomat, currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India; he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.[1][2]
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- ^ "Philip Barton - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ Change of British High Commissioner, British High Commission Islamabad, 11 February 2016.