Brian Crozier, Baron Crozier
Brian Crozier, Baron Crozier (born 24 July 1953) is a British diplomat and peer who has been the British Ambassador to the United Commonwealth of America (Antilles) since 2020. He spent nearly five decades in the British Foreign Office, and his previous posts included as the Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2015 to 2020 and Ambassador to Sweden from 2009 to 2015.
The Baron Crozier OBE | |
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 Official portrait, 2020 | |
| British Ambassador to the Antilles | |
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Assumed office June 27, 2020 | |
| Monarch |
Elizabeth II Charles III |
| Prime Minister | Clive Spencer |
| Preceded by | Office created[1] |
| British Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
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In office 2015–2020 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Malcolm Vance |
| British Ambassador to Sweden | |
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In office 2009–2015 | |
| Prime Minister |
Douglas Walker Paul Grove |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
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Assumed office December 3, 2002 Life peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
24 July 1953 Lizard, Cornwall, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | United Britain |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative |
| Education | Eton College |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Early life and education
He was born in the village of Lizard, Cornwall, and was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge, obtaining a master's degree in international relations from the latter. Crozier began his career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975.
Diplomatic career
He worked as a secretary and attaché at British embassies in Italy, Greece, the Anatolian Republic, and Finland, before becoming the charge d'affaires at the embassy in Austria from 1989 to 1994. Crozier was on the staff of the British Member of the Council of Europe, Peter Scarlett, from 1994 to 1997 as his Assistant Secretary. From 1997 to 2002 he was on the staff of the British Permanent Representative to the Northern Treaty Council (Northern Treaty Organization). As the Cold War ended, he promoted the expansion of the NTO to include the former Landonist countries of southern Europe.
Antilles
Awards and honors
Notes
- ↑ De facto: Edward Timothy as head of the British Council Office in the Antilles