Transcript of interview: Sir Stephen Lamport, 2020

File

Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 190

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates

Creation: 2020

Creator

Lamport, Stephen Mark Jeffrey, Sir, 1951 (Knight, 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

Stephen Lamport was born 27 November 1951, the son of Eric and Jeanne Lamport. He was educated at Dorking County Grammar School, Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge (Scholar, MA) and the University of Sussex (MA). In 1979, he married Angela Vivien Paula Hervey, having two sons and one daughter.

Lamport joined the Diplomatic Service in 1974 and his diplomatic career included: UK Mission to United Nations, 1974; Tehran [Iran], 1975–79; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979–84; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1981–84; First Secretary, Rome [Italy], 1984–88; FCO, 1988–93; Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 1993–96; Private Secretary and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales, 1996–2002.