British diplomat
The Lord Hannay of Chiswick
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Assumed office
19 June 2001
Life Peerage
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Born
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1935-09-28
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28 September 1935
(age 88)
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Political party
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David Hugh Alexander Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick
GCMG
CH
(born 28 September 1935) is a British diplomat.
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Biography
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Hannay was born in London and educated at
Craigflower Preparatory School
,
Winchester College
and
New College, Oxford
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He entered the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
in 1959, and was initially posted to positions in
Tehran
and
Kabul
.
Starting in 1965 and continuing into the early 1970s, he was a representative of the British government in discussions which led to the
United Kingdom's entry
into the
European Economic Community
in 1973.
He held various positions at the Foreign Office in London during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a
minister
at the British Embassy in Washington, DC, in 1984?1985, and was then promoted to ambassador and permanent representative to the European Economic Community from 1985 to 1990. After that posting he spent the next five years as ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations.
Hannay took on specialised roles such as United Nations Special Representative for
Cyprus
between 1996 and 2003 and was a member of the UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, reporting to the
Secretary-General
in December 2004.
Honours and awards
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In 1981 he was appointed a Companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George
(CMG),
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in 1986 a Knight Commander (KCMG)
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and in 1995 a Knight Grand Cross (GCMG).
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On 19 June 2001 he was created a
life peer
as
Baron Hannay of Chiswick
, of Bedford Park in the
London Borough of Ealing
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sitting as a
crossbencher
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He was pro-Chancellor of the
University of Birmingham
from 2001 to 2006.
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In
2003
he was made a
Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour
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Lord Hannay was awarded the honorary degree of
Doctor of Letters
by the
University of Birmingham
in 2003.
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Other
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He chaired the Board of
United Nations Association UK
from January 2006 to January 2011 and is now chair of the UN
All-Party Parliamentary Group
. He is currently a member of the Top Level Group for Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation and a member of the Lords International Relations Committee.
Family
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David Hannay was married to Gillian Hannay who died in 2015. He has four sons (Richard, Philip, Jonathan and Alexander) and twelve grandchildren (Peter, Charlotte, Juliette, Edward, Robin, Manon, Harry, Gustavo, Sophie, Julian, Albert and Theodore).
Arms
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Coat of arms of David Hannay, Baron Hannay of Chiswick
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- Crest
- A hoopoe wings elevated inverted and addorsed Proper.
- Escutcheon
- Per pale Gules and Sable three cross crosslets fitchy in pairle Argent each issuing from a crescent and all within twelve mullets in orle Or.
- Supporters
- On either side a roebuck guarant Sable attired and gorged with a plain collar pendant therefrom a bell Or.
- Motto
- Per Ardua Ad Alta
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Publications
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- Cyprus: The Search for a Solution.
London: I.B.Tauris, 2005.
ISBN
9781850436652
- Britain's Quest for a Role: A Diplomatic Memoir from Europe to the UN.
London: I. B. Tauris, 2013.
ISBN
9781780760568
- New World Disorder: The UN after the Cold War - An Insider's View.
London: I. B. Tauris, 2008.
ISBN
9781845117191
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