Sherard Cowper-Coles

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Full Name	Sherard Cowper-Coles
Date Of Birth	Jan 8, 1955(1955-01-08)
Age	69
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Capricorn

Sherard Cowper-Coles Biography

Sherard Cowper-Coles is one of the most popular and richest Diplomat who was born on January 8, 1955 in London, England, United Kingdom. Sir Sherard Louis Cowper Coles, KCMG LVO”S er@r D l w ” k u: @r’k oU Z Sir Sherard Louis Cowper-Coles KCMG LVO (born in London, England, 8 January 1955) is a British former diplomat. He was the Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2009-2010. After having left his position at the Foreign Office, he worked briefly with BAE Systems as international business development director. He was fired from BAE Systems in 2013 and is now a Senior Advisor to the Group chairman as well as an advisor to the Group chief executive of HSBC.

His first position as director of missions was Tel Aviv as the British Ambassador to Israel from 2001 until 2003. The next time he was designated ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh, the post he held until the year 2006. Between 15 May 2007 and April 2009, he was the an ambassador for Afghanistan at Kabul. In February 2009, it came out that he would take the new position of an official representative for his position as the UK foreign secretary to Afghanistan as well as Pakistan.

On 21 June 2010 the British high commission announced he had taken “extended leave” from his position in Afghanistan. Following comments from the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, it appeared unlikely he would return to the post.

In early 2010 it was reported that he clashed with senior NATO and US officials over his insistence that the military-driven counter-insurgency effort was headed for failure, and that talks with the Taliban should be prioritised.

Cowper-Coles was appointed a lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order (LVO) in

1991. She was became a Companion in the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1997 Birthday Honours and a Knight Commander of the Order in 2004’s Birthday Honours.

Sherard Cowper-Coles Net Worth

Sherard Cowper-Coles is one of the richest Diplomat from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sherard Cowper-Coles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cowper-Coles joined the diplomatic service in 1977. He was the Third Secretary, and then the Second Secretary of Cairo in 1980-1983. He was also First Secretary on the Planning Staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1983-1985; Private Secretary of the Permanent Under-secretary of State 1985-1987 the First Secretary of Washington 1987-1991, Assistant to the Security Policy Department of the FCO 1991-1993; Resident Associate at the International Institute for Strategic Studies 1993-1994; Head of the Hong Kong Department of the FCO 1994-1997; political counsellor, Paris 1997-1999, the Principal Secretary of Private Secretary for Robin Cook, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 1999-2001.

He was married in 1982. was married Bridget Mary Elliott. His father is Neil Elliott, a prominent land agent, whose brother was actor Denholm Elliott. His father was shot dead in his capacity as Solicitor General to the Mandatory Government of Palestine in 1933. He was interred at Mount Zion Cemetery, Jerusalem. The couple has four sons: Henry Sherard, Rupert Neil, Frederick Peter and Myles Philip. They also have a girl, Minna Louise.

He attracted controversy in October 2008 when a leaked French diplomatic cable suggested he had been sharply critical of Karzai and US policy. While insisting Britain should support the US, he was quoted as saying: “We should tell them that we want to be part of a winning strategy, not a losing one.” This memo leak occurred the same week another additional memo was leaked concerning fellow British ambassador, Sir Nigel Sheinwald’s comments with regard to United States Senator Barack Obama. Both leaks concerned foreign policy and occurred in the final weeks of the 2008 US Presidential Election.

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Sherard Ranked on the list of most popular Diplomat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Sherard Cowper-Coles celebrates birthday on January 8 of every year.