Hugo Swire

Hugo Swire    (officer, diplomat)
Born	30 November 1959
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Eton College, University of St Andrews, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Siblings	Sophia Swire
Spouse	Sasha Swire
Member of	Jeffrey Epstein/Black book
Interests	Chevening Scholarship
Party	Conservatives (UK)
Relatives	John Swire
British Conservative politician mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein's black book.  UK/Minister of State for South East Asia Latin America Australasia Pacific and Commonwealth In office 4 September 2012 - 15 July 2016  UK/Minister of State/Northern Ireland In office 12 May 2010 - 4 September 2012  Member of Parliament for East Devon In office 7 June 2001 - 6 November 2019 Preceded by Tony Benn, Peter Brooke, David Clark, Robin Corbett, Archie Hamilton, Edward Heath, Michael Heseltine, Tom King, Nicholas Lyell, John Major, John Morris, Ray Whitney, Shaun Woodward

Sir Hugo George William Swire is a British politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Devon from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he has had several ministerial roles, most recently as Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a role he held until July 2016. Swire is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. He retired at the 2019 general election.

He,his sister Sophia Swire and two other family members were mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein's black book.

Early life and education

Swire was born on 30 November 1959. His great-great-great-grandfather, John Swire (b. 1793), was the founder of the Liverpool textile trading business that later became the Swire Group, the multi-billion USD conglomerate based in Hong Kong. He is the brother of Sophia Swire.

Swire was privately educated at St. Aubyns School, a preparatory school in Rottingdean, East Sussex, and at Eton College. He studied at the University of St Andrews for a year before attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Career

Swire served as lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards for three years, between 1980 and 1983, before working as a financial consultant. He became the first Head of Development for the National Gallery in 1988, before working at the auction house Sotheby's from 1992, where he became a Director in 1996. He held this role when standing for election in 2001.

Swire was non-executive chairman of Photo-Me International prior to joining the Government.

Politics

A Member of Parliament since 2001, he has had several ministerial roles, most recently as Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, a role he held until July 2016. Swire is currently the Deputy Chairman of the Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council. He retired at the 2019 general election.

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