Beckingham, Peter, South Downs Showcase - 200 Years of Creativity around Lodsworth, Petworth and Midhurst, Lodsworth Heritage Society, 2021 ISBN978-1-3999-0626-5
peter, beckingham, born, march, 1949, british, retired, diplomat, governor, turks, caicos, islands, 2013, 2016, excellencygovernor, turks, caicos, islandsin, office, october, 2013, october, 2016premierrufus, ewingpreceded, byric, toddsucceeded, byjohn, freeman. Peter Beckingham born 13 March 1949 is a British retired diplomat who was Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands 2013 2016 His ExcellencyPeter BeckinghamGovernor of the Turks and Caicos IslandsIn office 9 October 2013 16 October 2016PremierRufus EwingPreceded byRic ToddSucceeded byJohn FreemanPersonal detailsBorn 1949 03 13 13 March 1949 age 75 Essex EnglandSpouseJill Mary BeckinghamAlma materSelwyn College CambridgeCareer editBeckingham was born in Essex in 1949 and was educated at Chigwell School and Selwyn College Cambridge In 1966 he received a scholarship from the Nuffield Foundation to teach in Zambia 1 In 1970 he joined Argo Records a division of Decca Records In 1974 he worked for the international trade mission the British Overseas Trade Board then British Information Services in New York from 1979 In 1984 he joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office FCO in the news department for the 10th G7 summit in London and then went on to work for the Energy Science and Space Department as head of the East African Department and as head of sections in Sweden and Australia 2 From 2005 to 2009 Beckingham was British Ambassador to the Philippines In 2010 he became Deputy High Commissioner to India 1 In October 2013 he succeeded Ric Todd as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands 2 In June 2016 the FCO announced that he was to be replaced in October 2016 and was to retire from the Diplomatic Service 3 Publications editBeckingham Peter South Downs Showcase 200 Years of Creativity around Lodsworth Petworth and Midhurst Lodsworth Heritage Society 2021 ISBN 978 1 3999 0626 5References edit a b World Who s Who Europa Publications 2013 a b Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands Foreign and Commonwealth Office 29 May 2013 Change of Governor of Turks and Caicos Islands Foreign and Commonwealth Office 15 June 2016 Diplomatic posts Preceded byPaul Dimond Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Philippines2005 2009 Succeeded byStephen Lillie Government offices Preceded byRic Todd Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands2013 2016 Succeeded byJohn Freeman Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Beckingham amp oldid 1082013068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,