Richard Gozney Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Sir
Richard Gozney
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Office2:Governor of Bermuda
Predecessor2:Sir John Vereker
Premier2:Brown, Cox
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Office1:30th Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
Predecessor1:Adam Wood
Premier1:Howard Quayle
Successor1:Sir John Lorimer
Birth Date:21 July 1951
Children:2
Alma Mater:St Edmund Hall, Oxford
Term Start1:27 May 2016
Term End1:29 August 2021
Term Start2:12 December 2007
Term End2:18 May 2012
Sir Richard Gozney
(2016–2021)
Dipstyle:His Excellency
Offstyle:Your Excellency

Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was governor and commander in chief of Bermuda 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]

Career

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 Commissioner to Swaziland 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 Ambassador to Indonesia in 2000.[3] He then became British High Commissioner to Nigeria in 2004, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda in 2007 and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in 2016.[4]

Family

He married Diana Edwina Baird in 1982 and has two sons.[3]

Publication

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Notes and References

  1. Smith, Tim. The Royal Gazette: Breaking News: New Governor sworn in. 12 December 2007; Retrieved 13 December 2007
  2. Web site: Island bids farewell to governor and his wife. 2021-08-31. www.iomtoday.co.im. en.
  3. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010;
  4. Web site: Sir Richard Gozney: Island's 30th Lieutenant Governor sworn in. 28 May 2016. BBC News.