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|honorific-prefix = |name = Sir Mark Lyall Grant |image = Mark Lyall-Grant - Chatham House 2011.jpg |caption = Mark Lyall Grant speaking at Chatham House in 2011 |honorific-suffix = GCMG |office = United Kingdom National Security Adviser |monarch = Elizabeth II |primeminister = David Cameron Theresa May |term_start = 7 September 2015 |term_end = 13 April 2017 |successor = Mark Sedwill |predecessor = Kim Darroch |office2 = Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations |monarch3 = Elizabeth II |term_start3 = 1 November 2009 |term_end3 = May 2015 |predecessor3 = John Sawers |successor3 = Matthew Rycroft |office4 = Director-General for Political Affairs at the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office |term_start5 = 2007 |term_end5 = 2009 |predecessor5 = John Sawers |successor5 = Geoffrey Adams |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|5|29|df=y}} |birth_place = Hammersmith, London, England |alma_mater = Eton College Trinity College, Cambridge |spouse = Sheila |children = 2 }} 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 and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations. BackgroundBorn in Hammersmith to Mary (née Moore) and Ian Lyall Grant,[1] 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.[2] 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.[3] The Lyall Grants have a son and a daughter. Lyall Grant enjoys in his spare time a spot of golf, tennis, or bridge.[4] Diplomatic careerLyall 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, during the months of 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 announced that Sir Mark 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 will retire in April and be replaced by the Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill.[11] Foreign and Commonwealth Office career timeline
References1. ^{{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}} 2. ^LYALL GRANT, Sir Mark (Justin), Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 3. ^BBC News website https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17753841 4. ^1 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. ^{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=3 |supp=y}} 7. ^{{London Gazette |issue=58014 |date=17 June 2006 |page=3 |supp=y}} 8. ^{{London Gazette |issue=62150 |date=30 December 2017 |page=4 |supp=y}} 9. ^{{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}} 10. ^{{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}} 11. ^{{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}} Offices held{{S-start}}{{S-gov}}{{Succession box| title=Director-General, Political of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office | years=2007–2009 | before=Sir John Sawers | after=Sir Geoffrey Adams }}{{Succession box | title = National Security Advisor | years = 7 September 2015– April 2017 | before = Sir Kim Darroch | after = Mark Sedwill }}{{S-dip}}{{Succession box | title=United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the United Nations | years=2009–2015 | before=Sir John Sawers | after=Matthew Rycroft }}{{S-end}}{{NSA}} External links
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