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Sir Robert John Sawers (born 26 July 1955) is a British intelligence officer, diplomat and civil servant. He was Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), [ 1 ] a position he held from November 2009 until November 2014. [ 2 ]
John Sawers painted and gilded the decorative knops of Parliament Hall in Edinburgh John Sawers painted rooms for the Countess of Home at Moray House. In December 1628 the younger John Sawers was a made a burgess of Edinburgh. He was made a burgess of Glasgow in 1636, after winning a contract to paint the high gallery of the town's tolbooth.
John Samuel Waters Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and artist. He rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films , including Multiple Maniacs (1970), Pink Flamingos (1972) and Female Trouble (1974).
Sawers came from the Diplomatic Service, previously having been the British Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [119] On 7 June 2011, John Sawers received Romania's President Traian Băsescu and George-Cristian Malor, the head of the Serviciul Roman de Informatii (SRI) at SIS headquarters. [120]
Williams was buried at Ynys Wen cemetery in Valley, Anglesey, on 26 September 2010, following a private funeral service at Bethel Chapel in Holyhead attended by his family, friends, former colleagues in the intelligence services, and also by the head of SIS, Sir John Sawers. [17] [18] [19]
MI6 headquarters at Vauxhall Cross, London. Younger joined MI6 in 1991. [2] He joined the service at the same time as Richard Tomlinson, who in his book The Big Breach, portrayed him as "Spencer", a St Andrews graduate and former Scots Guard who was recruited while working for the Halo Trust in Afghanistan.
Sawers may refer to: Alexander Sawers, Scottish footballer; Bill Sawers (1871–1960), Scottish footballer; John Sawers (born 1955), British diplomat and civil servant; Louisa Sawers (born 1988), British canoeist; Rowan Sawers (born 1954), Australian rules football umpire; William Sawers (1844–1916), Scottish–Australian politician
After his time with Ashdown, Patrick joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; he left in 2015 and was a special advisor to Sir John Sawers GCMG. He is a Trustee of Crohns and Colitis UK. [7] Patrick became the Prince of Wales' Private Secretary in March 2024. [8]