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'''Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG}} (born 29 May 1956) is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[National Security Adviser (United Kingdom)|National Security Adviser]] and [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations]].


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'''Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCMG|size=100%}} (born 29 May 1956) is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[National Security Adviser (United Kingdom)|National Security Adviser]] and [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations]].<ref name=cspan>{{C-SPAN|74042}}</ref>
== Background ==
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Born in [[Hammersmith]] to Mary (née Moore) and Ian Lyall Grant,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OyEDE6GzlDtt7OyAPdYw6Q&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=2 January 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Grant was educated at [[Eton College]] and read law at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He was [[called to the bar]] at [[Middle Temple]], London before deciding to join the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in 1980.<ref name=whoswho>[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U25148 LYALL GRANT, Sir Mark (Justin)], ''Who's Who 2014'', A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014</ref>


== Education and early life ==
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His wife, Sheila, is also a diplomat. In April 2012, Lady Lyall Grant, with [[Peter Wittig|Huberta von Voss Wittig]], made a video appeal to [[Asma al-Assad]], calling on the Syrian first lady to take a stand against violence in her country.<ref>BBC News website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17753841</ref> The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant enjoys in his spare time a spot of golf, tennis, or bridge.<ref name=fcobio/>
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Born in [[Hammersmith]] to Mary (née Moore) and Maj Gen [[Ian Lyall Grant]] MC,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=OyEDE6GzlDtt7OyAPdYw6Q&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=2 January 2018|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> Lyall Grant was educated at [[Eton College]] and read law at [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. He was [[called to the bar]] at [[Middle Temple]], London before joining the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in 1980.<ref name=whoswho>{{Who's Who | author=Anon| title=Sir Mark (Justin) , Lyall Grant | id = U25148 | year = 2014 | doi =10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U25148 | edition = online [[Oxford University Press]]|location=Oxford}}</ref>


== Diplomatic career ==
== Career==
Lyall Grant was [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|British Permanent Representative to the United Nations]] ([[United Nations|UN]]) from 2009 to 2015.<ref name=fcobio>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130217073211/http://ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/whos-who/permanent-representative/ ukun.fco.gov.uk: "Permanent Representative - Sir Mark Lyall Grant"]</ref><ref>[http://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-uk-permanent-representative-to-the-united-nations-in-new-york Change of UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York], Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 7 October 2014</ref> He held the office of [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] four times, during the months of November 2010, March 2012, June 2013, and August 2014.
Lyall Grant was [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|British Permanent Representative to the United Nations]] ([[United Nations|UN]]) from 2009 to 2015.<ref name=fcobio>[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130217073211/http://ukun.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/whos-who/permanent-representative/ ukun.fco.gov.uk: "Permanent Representative – Sir Mark Lyall Grant"]</ref><ref>[http://www.gov.uk/government/news/change-of-uk-permanent-representative-to-the-united-nations-in-new-york Change of UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York], Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 7 October 2014</ref> He held the office of [[President of the United Nations Security Council]] four times: in November 2010, March 2012, June 2013, and August 2014.


Lyall Grant was appointed a [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2003 New Year Honours]] before being promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the [[2006 Birthday Honours]] and a Knight Grand Cross in the [[2018 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=3 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58014 |date=17 June 2006 |page=3 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=4 |supp=y}}</ref>
Lyall Grant was appointed a [[Order of St Michael and St George|Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George]] (CMG) in the [[2003 New Year Honours]] before being promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the [[2006 Birthday Honours]] and a Knight Grand Cross in the [[2018 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=3 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=58014 |date=17 June 2006 |page=3 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=4 |supp=y}}</ref>


On 7 July 2015, Number 10 announced that Sir Mark would replace [[Kim Darroch|Sir Kim Darroch]] as the United Kingdom's [[National Security Advisor (United Kingdom)|National Security Advisor]] on 7 September 2015, with Darroch moving to a different diplomatic post.<ref>{{Cite web|title = National Security Adviser appointment: Sir Mark Lyall-Grant - Press releases - GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-security-adviser-appointment-sir-mark-lyall-grant|website = www.gov.uk|accessdate = 2015-07-08}}</ref> As of September 2015, Lyall Grant was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title = Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 - GOV.UK|date = 2015-12-17|website = www.gov.uk|access-date = 2016-02-28}}</ref> On 27 February 2017 it was announced that Lyall Grant will retire in April and be replaced by the Home Office Permanent Secretary [[Mark Sedwill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cabinet-office-new-senior-appointments-and-changes|title=Cabinet office: new senior appointments and changes - GOV.UK|website=www.gov.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-03-05}}</ref>
On 7 July 2015, Number 10 Downing St announced that Lyall Grant would replace [[Kim Darroch|Sir Kim Darroch]] as the United Kingdom's [[National Security Advisor (United Kingdom)|National Security Advisor]] on 7 September 2015, with Darroch moving to a different diplomatic post.<ref>{{Cite web|title = National Security Adviser appointment: Sir Mark Lyall-Grant – Press releases – GOV.UK|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-security-adviser-appointment-sir-mark-lyall-grant|website = www.gov.uk|accessdate = 8 July 2015}}</ref> As of September 2015, Lyall Grant was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|title = Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 – GOV.UK|date = 17 December 2015|website = www.gov.uk|access-date = 28 February 2016|archive-date = 4 May 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190504113001/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/492289/150K_senior_salaries.csv/preview|url-status = dead}}</ref> On 27 February 2017 it was announced that Lyall Grant would retire in April and be replaced by the Home Office Permanent Secretary [[Mark Sedwill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cabinet-office-new-senior-appointments-and-changes|title=Cabinet office: new senior appointments and changes – GOV.UK|website=gov.uk|language=en|access-date=5 March 2017}}</ref> Since 2017, he has served on the [[School governor|governing board]] at [[Eton College]].<ref name=governors>{{cite web|url=https://www.etoncollege.com/about-us/our-governing-body/|website=etoncollege.com|title=Our Governing Body}}</ref>


He was appointed [[King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George]] in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3989813|title = CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD &#124; Honours and Awards &#124; the Gazette}}</ref>
On 29 May, 2019, the political newspaper [[ The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill ]] disclosed that two weeks before the then President elect Donald Trump's inauguration, Sir Mark had issued a memo, which was hand-delivered to the then incoming U.S. national security adviser, Mike Flynn’s team, as well as to the Justice Department, in which he stated that the British government lacked confidence in the credibility of former MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s Russia collusion evidence. The memo, which was read by Robert Mueller's team immediately following his being named as Special Counsel, has yet to be located, although it is thought to have been stored in a safe, inside the US Congress.


== Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline ==
=== Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline ===
* 2015–2017 National Security Adviser
* 2015–17 National Security Adviser
* 2009–15 British [[Permanent Representative]] to the United Nations
* 2009–15 British [[Permanent Representative]] to the United Nations
* 2007–09 FCO, Director General for Political Affairs
* 2007–09 FCO, Director General for Political Affairs
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* 1982–85 Second Secretary, Islamabad
* 1982–85 Second Secretary, Islamabad
* 1980–82 FCO, worked in Southern Africa department
* 1980–82 FCO, worked in Southern Africa department

==Personal life==
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His wife, Sheila, is also a diplomat. In April 2012, Lady Lyall Grant, with [[Peter Wittig|Huberta von Voss Wittig]], made a video appeal to [[Asma al-Assad]], calling on the Syrian first lady to take a stand against violence in her country.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17753841 Lyall Grant appeals to Syria's First Lady], bbc.co.uk. Accessed 21 February 2024.</ref> The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant's spare time activities include golf, tennis, and bridge.<ref name=fcobio/>


== References ==
== References ==
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== Offices held ==
== Offices held ==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.gov.uk/government/people/mark-lyall-grant Sir Mark Lyall Grant], gov.uk


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Latest revision as of 23:16, 28 August 2024

Sir Mark Lyall Grant
GCMG
Mark Lyall Grant speaking at Chatham House in 2011
United Kingdom National Security Adviser
In office
7 September 2015 – 13 April 2017
Prime MinisterDavid Cameron
Theresa May
Preceded byKim Darroch
Succeeded byMark Sedwill
Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
In office
1 November 2009 – May 2015
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterGordon Brown
David Cameron
Preceded byJohn Sawers
Succeeded byMatthew Rycroft
Director-General for Political Affairs at the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office
In office
2007–2009
Preceded byJohn Sawers
Succeeded byGeoffrey Adams
Personal details
Born (1956-05-29) 29 May 1956 (age 68)
Hammersmith, London, England
Spouse(s)Sheila, Lady Lyall Grant [1]
Children2
EducationEton College
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Websitewww.gov.uk/government/people/mark-lyall-grant Edit this at Wikidata

Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant GCMG (born 29 May 1956) is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.[2]

Education and early life

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Born in Hammersmith to Mary (née Moore) and Maj Gen Ian Lyall Grant MC,[3] Lyall Grant was educated at Eton College and read law at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was called to the bar at Middle Temple, London before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1980.[1]

Career

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Lyall Grant was British Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) from 2009 to 2015.[4][5] He held the office of President of the United Nations Security Council four times: in November 2010, March 2012, June 2013, and August 2014.

Lyall Grant was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2003 New Year Honours before being promoted to Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 2006 Birthday Honours and a Knight Grand Cross in the 2018 New Year Honours.[6][7][8]

On 7 July 2015, Number 10 Downing St announced that Lyall Grant would replace Sir Kim Darroch as the United Kingdom's National Security Advisor on 7 September 2015, with Darroch moving to a different diplomatic post.[9] As of September 2015, Lyall Grant was paid a salary of between £160,000 and £164,999, making him one of the 328 most highly paid people in the British public sector at that time.[10] On 27 February 2017 it was announced that Lyall Grant would retire in April and be replaced by the Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill.[11] Since 2017, he has served on the governing board at Eton College.[12]

He was appointed King of Arms of the Order of St Michael and St George in 2022.[13]

Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline

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  • 2015–17 National Security Adviser
  • 2009–15 British Permanent Representative to the United Nations
  • 2007–09 FCO, Director General for Political Affairs
  • 2003–06 High Commissioner to Pakistan
  • 2000–03 FCO director, Africa
  • 1998–2000 Head, European Union department, FCO
  • 1996–98 Deputy High Commissioner and Consul General, South Africa
  • 1994–96 Seconded to European Secretariat, Cabinet Office
  • 1990–93 First Secretary, Paris
  • 1987–89 Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO
  • 1985–87 FCO
  • 1982–85 Second Secretary, Islamabad
  • 1980–82 FCO, worked in Southern Africa department

Personal life

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His wife, Sheila, is also a diplomat. In April 2012, Lady Lyall Grant, with Huberta von Voss Wittig, made a video appeal to Asma al-Assad, calling on the Syrian first lady to take a stand against violence in her country.[14] The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant's spare time activities include golf, tennis, and bridge.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anon (2014). "Sir Mark (Justin) , Lyall Grant". Who's Who (online Oxford University Press ed.). Oxford: A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U25148. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Appearances on C-SPAN
  3. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b ukun.fco.gov.uk: "Permanent Representative – Sir Mark Lyall Grant"
  5. ^ Change of UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 7 October 2014
  6. ^ "No. 56797". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2002. p. 3.
  7. ^ "No. 58014". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 June 2006. p. 3.
  8. ^ "No. 62150". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2017. p. 4.
  9. ^ "National Security Adviser appointment: Sir Mark Lyall-Grant – Press releases – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  10. ^ "Senior officials 'high earners' salaries as at 30 September 2015 – GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 4 May 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  11. ^ "Cabinet office: new senior appointments and changes – GOV.UK". gov.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Our Governing Body". etoncollege.com.
  13. ^ "CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD | Honours and Awards | the Gazette".
  14. ^ Lyall Grant appeals to Syria's First Lady, bbc.co.uk. Accessed 21 February 2024.

Offices held

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Government offices
Preceded by Director-General, Political of the
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by National Security Advisor
7 September 2015– April 2017 		Succeeded by
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by United Kingdom
Permanent Representative
to the United Nations
2009–2015 		Succeeded by


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