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Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

Also known as: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard; primary name: Kerr, John Olav; other name: (Lord) Kerr of Kinlochard
Details: individual; politician/statesman; British; Male
Life dates: 1942-
Biography: Diplomat; born in Glasgow in 1942, a member of the UK Diplomatic Service from 1966-02, worked on political and military issues, including in the UK Embassies in Moscow and Washington, and economic issues, including development in Pakistan; seconded to the Treasury from 1979 to 1984, worked on early privatisations, and became Principal Private Secretary to two Chancellors of the Exchequer; the Foreign Office's European Community Under-Secretary 1987-1990, and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union 1990-95; one of the Maastricht Treaty negotiators; Ambassador to the United States of America 1995-1997; Head of the Diplomatic Service and FCO Permanent Under-Secretary of State 1997-2001; Secretary-General of the European Convention, chaired by President Giscard D'Estaing, which prepared the EU Constitutional Treaty 2001-2003; while at the FCO was on the Board of the British Council; a member of the Rhodes Trust and the Fulbright Commission, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery, Hon President of the Universities Association for Contemporary European Studies, Chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College London from 2004, non-executive director of Rio Tinto, Chairman of Shell, and the Scottish American Investment Trust; father of Felicity Kerr, Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Prints and Drawings from 2003-2005.

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Authority: BIOG145563 Issuer:The Olympic Movement |
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Production place: Issued in:USA

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Production place: Issued in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.50 |
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Production date: 1996 |
Production place: Issued in:USA

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Production date: 1997 |
Production place: Issued in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.23 |
Authority: BIOG145563 Issuer:The Olympic Movement |
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Production place: Issued in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.32 |
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Production place: Issued in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.17 |
Production date: 1998 |
Production place: Issued in:IndiaMade in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.22 |
Production date: 1996 |
Production place: Issued in:USA

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Production date: 1996 |
Production place: Issued in:USA

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Museum number: 2004,1203.26 |
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Museum number: 2004,1203.3 |
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Production date: 1990 |
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Museum number: 2004,1203.1 |
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Museum number: 2004,1203.5 |
Production date: 1995 |
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Museum number: 2004,1203.4 |
Production date: 1996 |
Production place: Made in:Venezuela

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Museum number: 2004,1203.6 |
Production date: 1995 |
Production place: Made in:British Isles

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Production date: 1990-2000 |
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