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| − | '''Sherard Cowper-Coles''' is a UK [[spook]] who has held various | + | '''Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles''' is a UK [[spook]] who has held various diplomatic positions. |
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| − | Cowper-Coles joined the [[UK Foreign Office]] as a desk officer in the Republic of Ireland Department in 1977.<ref>[http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=1424 Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles]. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.</ref> He was [[Third Secretary]] and later [[Second Secretary]] in [[Cairo]], 1980–1983, [[First Secretary]] in the Planning Staff of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent [[Under-secretary]] of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO, | + | Cowper-Coles joined the [[UK Foreign Office]] as a desk officer in the Republic of Ireland Department in 1977.<ref>[http://cherwell.larrytech.com/index.php?news=1424 Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles]. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.</ref> He was [[Third Secretary]] and later [[Second Secretary]] in [[Cairo]], 1980–1983, [[First Secretary]] in the Planning Staff of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]], 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent [[Under-secretary]] of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]], 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO, |
| − | His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the [[British Ambassador to Israel]] from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed [[UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. Since 15 May 2007 he has | + | ====Paris==== |
| + | 1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris. [[John Morgan]] charged in his 2012 book ''[[Paris-London Connection]]'' that Cowper-Coles was involved in the Paris side of the [[assassination of Diana Spencer]].<ref>https://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2012/princess-diana-murdered-by-senior-royals-new-book-reveals-0817/</ref><ref>https://princessdianadeaththeevidence.weebly.com/paris-london-connection.html</ref> | ||
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| + | 1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to [[Robin Cook]], the [[Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs]], 1999–2001. | ||
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| + | His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the [[British Ambassador to Israel]] from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed [[UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia]] in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. Since 15 May 2007 he has been ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul. | ||
===Arms industry=== | ===Arms industry=== | ||
| − | In 2011 Cowper-Coles started work for [[BAE | + | In 2011 Cowper-Coles started work for [[BAE Systems]]. |
===Banking=== | ===Banking=== | ||
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| Born | 1955-01-08 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Hertford College (Oxford) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Bridget Mary Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spooky UK diplomat
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Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles is a UK spook who has held various diplomatic positions.
Career
“Indeed, I remember way back in the late 1970s - when I was Middle East correspondent for The Times - how a British diplomat in Cairo tried to persuade me to fire my local "stringer", an Egyptian Coptic woman who also worked as a correspondent for the Associated Press and who provided a competent coverage of the country when I was in Beirut. "She isn't much good," he said, and suggested I hire a young Englishwoman whom he knew and who - so I later heard - had close contacts in the Foreign Office.
- I refused this spooky proposal. Indeed, I told The Times that I thought it was outrageous that a British diplomat should have tried to engineer the sacking of our part-timer in Cairo. The Times's foreign editor agreed.
- But it just shows what diplomats can get up to.
- And the name of that young British diplomat in Cairo back in the late 1970s? Why, Sherard Cowper-Coles, of course.”
Robert Fisk (30 June 2007) 'Abu Henry' and the mysterious silence [1]
UK/FCO
Cowper-Coles joined the UK Foreign Office as a desk officer in the Republic of Ireland Department in 1977.[2] He was Third Secretary and later Second Secretary in Cairo, 1980–1983, First Secretary in the Planning Staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983–1985; Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-secretary of State, 1985–1987, First Secretary in Washington, 1987–1991, Assistant in the Security Policy Department of the FCO, 1991–1993, Resident Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1993–1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO,
Paris
1994–1997, Political Counsellor in Paris. John Morgan charged in his 2012 book Paris-London Connection that Cowper-Coles was involved in the Paris side of the assassination of Diana Spencer.[3][4]
1997–1999; Principal Private Secretary to Robin Cook, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1999–2001.
His first role as a head of mission was in Tel Aviv as the British Ambassador to Israel from 2001 to 2003. He was next appointed UK Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, a post that he held until 2006. Since 15 May 2007 he has been ambassador to Afghanistan in Kabul.
Arms industry
In 2011 Cowper-Coles started work for BAE Systems.
Banking
Cowper-Coles was appointed a non-executive director of HSBC Bank Egypt on 1 October 2014. [5]
Connections
- Michael Semple
- Frank Gardner, BBC Security Correspondent
References
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20091030110336/http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-abu-henry-and-the-mysterious-silence-455301.html The Independent
- ↑ Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles. Cherwell24, 12 October 2007, accessed 28 March 2008.
- ↑ https://www.celebdirtylaundry.com/2012/princess-diana-murdered-by-senior-royals-new-book-reveals-0817/
- ↑ https://princessdianadeaththeevidence.weebly.com/paris-london-connection.html
- ↑ Sherard Cowper-Coles, Bloomberg, date, accesssed date
