Robin William Renwick, Baron Renwick of Clifton , KCMG House of Lords . He was appointed by Prime Minister Blair but moved to the crossbenches in 2007. He retired from the House in 2018.
Lord Renwick was educated at St Paul's School and graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge , in 1962 with a Master of Arts in history. He further studied at the Sorbonne .
From 1956 to 1958 he completed national service in the British Army . In 1963 he entered the British Foreign Service and had the postings detailed below.
Renwick was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1980 New Year Honours [1] Knight Commander (KCMG) in the 1989 New Year Honours .[2]
He was recommended for a life peerage and created Baron Renwick of Clifton , of Chelsea in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea , on 26 September 1997.[3]
Diplomatic posts held
Diplomatic service:
Dakar, Senegal , 1963–64Foreign Office , 1964–66New Delhi , 1966–70Private Secretary to Minister of State, Foreign & Commonwealth Office , 1970–72First Secretary , Paris , 1972–76Counsellor, Cabinet Office, 1976–78
Head of Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1978–80
Political Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia , 1980
Head of Chancery , Washington , 1981–84
Assistant Under-Secretary of State for European affairs, FCO, 1984–87. Helped to negotiate the 1984 UK rebate , a two-thirds reduction in the British financial contribution to the European Communities Ambassador to:
Directorates held
Lord Renwick has served on the board of directors of the following firms:
He also served as Deputy Chairman, Robert Fleming Bank, then Deputy Chairman, Fleming Family and Partners
He currently serves as
Chairman, Advisory Board, Stonehage Fleming
Senior Adviser, Richemont
Advisory Board, Appian Capital
Director, Excelsior Mining
Chairman, Kropz plc 