Alexander Delamere
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The Right Honourable The Earl of Clwyd KG GCVO CMG | |
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Permament Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO | |
In office 1982–1986 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
Preceded by | Sir Clive Rose |
Succeeded by | Sir Michael Alexander |
British Ambassador to West Germany | |
In office 1975–1981 | |
Preceded by | Sir Nicholas Henderson |
Succeeded by | Sir Jock Taylor |
Personal details | |
Born | Alexander James Anthony Delamere 1929 London, England |
Died | 2012 Ottawa, Canada |
Children | Henry Delemere, 3rd Earl of Clwyd George Delamere |
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Education | Oxford University |
Alexander Robert James Frederick Delamere 2nd Earl of Clwyd, was a British diplomat and civil servant serving as British Ambassador to West Germany and NATO. Alexander was the son of politician and diplomat James Delamere, 1st Earl Clwyd. He fathered British Prime Minister George Delamere. He unsuccesfully ran for parliament in 1974 as a Conservative. Upon the death of his father Alexander inherited the earldom and took a seat in the House of Lords, until his death in 2012.