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Line 1: {{BLP sources\|date=January 2021}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2015}} {{Use British English\|date=August 2015}} {{Infobox ~~Politician~~officeholder \|honorific-prefix = [[The Right Honourable]] \|name = The Lord Renwick of Clifton Line 7 ⟶ 8: \|image = \|caption = \|order = [[~~Members~~Member of the House of Lords~~\|Member~~]]<br ~~of the~~ />[[~~House~~Lord ~~of Lords~~Temporal]] \|term_start = 26 September 1997 \|term_end = 31 March 2018<br />[[Life peer]]age \|ambassador_from1=British \|country1= the United States Line 17 ⟶ 18: \|successor1 = [[John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard\|The Lord Kerr of Kinlochard]] \|monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]] ~~\|president1 = [[George Bush (senior)\|George Bush]]<br>[[Bill Clinton]]~~ \|primeminister1 = [[John Major]] \|ambassador_from2=British Line 25: \|predecessor2 = [[Patrick Moberly]] \|successor2 = [[Anthony Reeve]] \|primeminister2 = [[Margaret Thatcher]]<br/>[[John Major]] \|birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1937\|12\|13\|df=y}} \|birth_place = Line 38: \|website = }} '''Robin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton''', {{post-nominals\|country=GBR\|size=100%\|KCMG}} (born 13 December 1937) is a former diplomat and a former member of the [[House of Lords]]. He was ~~first~~originally aappointed ~~[[Labour~~by ~~Party~~Prime Minister Blair as a ~~(UK)\|~~Labour]] ~~peer~~Peer but moved to the [[Crossbencher\|crossbenches]] in 2007. He retired from the House in 2018. Lord Renwick was educated at [[St Paul's School (London)\|St Paul's School]] and graduated from [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], in 1962 with a [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge)\|Master of Arts]] in history. He further studied at the [[University of Paris\|Sorbonne]]. From 1956 to 1958 he completed [[national service]] in the [[British Army]]. In 1963 he entered the [[British Foreign Service]] and had the postings detailed below. ~~In 1963 he entered the [[British Foreign Service]] and had the postings detailed below.~~ Renwick was appointed a [[Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[1980 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette\|issue=48041 \|date=31 December 1979 \|page=2 \|supp=y}}</ref> and was promoted to [[Knight Commander]] (KCMG) in the [[1989 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=51578 \|date=31 December 1988 \|page=3 \|supp=y}}</ref> He was recommended for a [[life peerage]] and created '''Baron Renwick of Clifton''', of [[Chelsea, London\|Chelsea]] in the [[Royal Borough of Kensington ~~and~~& Chelsea]], on 26 September 1997.<ref>{{London Gazette \|issue=54907 \|date=1 October 1997 \|page=11063}}</ref> ==Diplomatic posts held== {{BLP unreferenced section\|date=June 2021}} Dakar, 1963–64;▼ [[Foreign Office]], 1964–66;▼ Diplomatic service: [[New Delhi]], 1966–70;▼ ▲[[Dakar, Senegal]], 1963–64; Private Secretary to Minister of State, [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], 1970–72;▼ ▲[[Foreign Office]], 1964–66; First Secretary, [[Paris]], 1972–76; ▲[[British High Commission, New Delhi\|New Delhi]], 1966–70; Counsellor, Cabinet Office, 1976–78;▼ ▲[[Private Secretary]] to Minister of State, [[Foreign ~~and~~& Commonwealth Office]], 1970–72; [[Rhodesia]] Department, FCO, 1978–80;▼ [[First Secretary (diplomatic rank)\|First Secretary]], [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris\|Paris]], 1972–76 Political Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia, 1980;▼ ▲Counsellor, Cabinet Office, 1976–78; Head of Chancery, [[Washington, D.C.\|Washington]], 1981–84;▼ ▲Head of [[Rhodesia]] Department, FCO, 1978–80; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1984–87; ▲Political Adviser to [[Governor of Rhodesia]], 1980; ▲Head of [[Chancery (diplomacy)\|Chancery]], [[Embassy of the United Kingdom, Washington, D.C.\|Washington]], 1981–84; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for European affairs, FCO, 1984–87. Helped to negotiate the 1984 [[UK rebate]], a two-thirds reduction in the British financial contribution to the [[European Communities]] Ambassador to: [[South Africa]], 1987–91,; involved in the release of [[Nelson Mandela]] [[United States~~\|U.S.~~]], 1991–95; ==Directorates held== {{BLP unreferenced section\|date=June 2021}} He has served on the Board of Directors of the following firms:▼ ▲HeLord Renwick has served on the ~~Board~~board of ~~Directors~~directors of the following firms: [[BHP Billiton]] plc, British Airways PLC, [[BHP]] Compagnie Financiere Richemont AG, [[~~Fluor~~British ~~Corporation~~Airways]], [[Richemont]] Harmony Gold, [[Fluor Corporation]] [[Kazakhmys]] plc;▼ [[Harmony Gold (mining)\|Harmony Gold]] [[SAB Miller]] plc, ▲[[Kazakhmys]] ~~plc;~~ [[SABMiller]] He also served as Deputy Chairman, Robert Fleming Bank, then Deputy Chairman, Fleming Family and Partners Vice-chairman, JP Morgan Cazenove (previously [[Cazenove (stock broker)]]), ▼ Vice-chairman, [[JPMorgan Chase\|JP Morgan Europe]] Excelsior Mining Corp., ▼ ▲Vice-chairman, [[JP Morgan & Company\|JP Morgan Cazenove]] (previously [[Cazenove (stock broker)\|Cazenove]]), ▲ Excelsior Mining Corp., He currently serves as Chairman, Advisory Board, ~~StonehageFleming,~~[[Stonehage Fleming]] Senior Adviser, [[Richemont]] Advisory Board, Appian Capital, Director, Excelsior Mining, Chairman, Kropz plc, ==Bibliography== ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/a-true-statesman A True Statesman: George H. W. Bush and the ‘Indispensable Nation]’'' (London: Biteback Publishing, 2023) {{ISBN\|9781785907845}} * ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/not-quite-a-diplomat Not Quite A Diplomat: A Memoir]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2019) {{ISBN\|9781785904592}} * ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/how-to-steal-a-country How to Steal a Country: State Capture and Hopes for the Future in South Africa]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2018) {{ISBN\|9781785903618}} * ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/fighting-with-allies Fighting With Allies: America and Britain in Peace and War]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2016) {{ISBN\|9781849549790}} * ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/the-end-of-apartheid The End of Apartheid Diary of a Revolution]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2015) {{ISBN\|9781849548656}} * '' [https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/helen-suzman Helen Suzman Bright Star In A Dark Chamber]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2014) {{ISBN\|9781849546676}} * ''[https://www.bitebackpublishing.com/books/a-journey-with-margaret-thatcher A Journey with Margaret Thatcher]''(London: Biteback Publishing, 2013) {{ISBN\|9781849545334}} Economic Sanctions ==~~Books~~References== {{Reflist}}▼ The Rhodesia Settlement (De-Classified), [[Foreign & Commonwealth Office]] 2021 ~~Helen Suzman~~ Robin Renwick, Not Quite a Diplomat (Memoir) [[Biteback Publishing]] 2019 ~~The End of Apartheid~~ Ann Bracken, "How to break into the White House", [[Biteback Publishing]] 2021 ~~A Journey with Margaret Thatcher~~ ~~Fighting with Allies~~ ~~How to Steal a Country~~ ~~Not Quite a Diplomat (memoir)~~ ~~==Club memberships==~~ ~~He is a member of the following clubs:~~ [[Brooks's]] [[Hurlingham Club]] [[Queens Club]] ~~==References==~~ ▲{{Reflist}} ==External links== [https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FDOHP%2033 Interview with Robin William, Lord Renwick] & [https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Renwick.pdf transcript], British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, [[Churchill College, Cambridge]], 1998▼ [http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26701 Biography] ▲*[https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FDOHP%2033 Interview with Robin William, Lord Renwick] & [https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Renwick.pdf transcript], British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1998 {{s-start}} Line 123 ⟶ 121: {{s-bef\|before=[[Baron Newby\|The Lord Newby]]}} {{s-ttl\|title=[[Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom\|Gentlemen]]'''<br />''Baron Renwick of Clifton'' '''}} {{s-fol\|after=[[Baron ~~Hughes~~Lang of ~~Woodside~~Monkton\|The Lord ~~Hughes~~Lang of ~~Woodside~~Monkton]]}} {{s-end}} Line 142 ⟶ 140: [[Category:People from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]] [[Category:Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to South Africa]] [[Category:JPMorgan Chase people]] [[Category:Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014]]