Transcript of interview: Sheila Lyall Grant, 2022

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 216

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates

Creation: 2022

Creator

Lyall Grant, Sheila, Lady, b. 1960 (diplomat) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.

Biographical / Historical

Sheila Lyall Grant was born on 16 December 1960. She joined the Diplomatic Service in 1980 and her career included: Western European Department, FCO, 1980-82; Immigration Registry, then Consulate, Islamabad [Pakistan], 1982-85; Protocol Directorate, FCO, 1985-90; Vice-Consul, Paris [France], 1990-93; MPs’ Letters Section, FCO, 1993-96; Consul, Pretoria [South Africa],1996-98; Equal Opportunities Officer, Personnel Policy Department, FCO, 1998-2001; Visits Officer, Protocol Directorate, FCO, 2001-03; Special Unpaid Leave, Pakistan, 2003-06; Head of Visits Section, Protocol Directorate, FCO, 2007-09; Special Unpaid Leave, New York [United States], 2009-15; Project Task Force, FCO, 2015-18; Multilateral Policy Directorate, FCO, 2018-21.