For the American businessman and politician, see Pete Ricketts.
The Lord Ricketts
GCMG GCVO
British Ambassador to France
In office 2012–2016
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Peter Westmacott
Succeeded by
Julian King
United Kingdom National Security Advisor
In office 12 May 2010 – 23 January 2012
Prime Minister
David Cameron
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Kim Darroch
Permanent Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
In office 2006–2010
Prime Minister
Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by
Michael Jay
Succeeded by
Simon Fraser
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 October 2016 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born
Peter Forbes Ricketts
(1952-09-30) 30 September 1952 (age 71) Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England, UK
Nationality
British
Spouse
Suzanne Ricketts
Children
2
Education
Bishop Vesey's Grammar School
Alma mater
Pembroke College, Oxford
Occupation
Diplomat
Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, GCMG, GCVO (born 30 September 1952)[1] is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.
Ricketts served as chair of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) under Prime Minister Tony Blair. He was the UK government's first national security adviser from 2010 from 2012, serving under Prime Minister David Cameron.
^Foreign Policy in an Era of Globalisation. Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations. Thursday 15 2009.
Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, GCMG, GCVO (born 30 September 1952) is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher...
served as the 40th governor of Nebraska from 2015 to 2023. Ricketts is the eldest son of Joe Ricketts, founder of TD Ameritrade. He is also, with other family...
Foreign and Commonwealth Office In office 2003–2007 Preceded by Sir PeterRicketts Succeeded by Sir Mark Lyall Grant British Ambassador to Egypt In office...
Jackson Fork, and The American Film Company. Ricketts also engages in philanthropy through The Ricketts Art Foundation, Opportunity Education Foundation...
States: Ricketts, Iowa Ricketts Glen State Park in Pennsylvania Anthony Ricketts (b. 1979), former professional squash player Arthur Ricketts, (1913–2000)...
term. On 24 June 2011, it was announced that Darroch would replace PeterRicketts as National Security Advisor in January 2012, with Jon Cunliffe selected...
Chairman. Todd Ricketts is the son of Marlene Margaret (née Volkmer) and TD Ameritrade founder and billionaire Joe Ricketts. Ricketts grew up in Omaha...
Sir Peter John Westmacott GCMG LVO (born 23 December 1950) is a senior British diplomat, who was British Ambassador to Turkey, then Ambassador to France...
Government offices Preceded by Sir PeterRicketts Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee 2001–2004 Succeeded by Sir Richard Mottram Permanent Secretary...
Anthony Ricketts (born 12 March 1979 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional squash player. Ricketts won the British Open in...
Michael Jay 2001–2007: Sir John Holmes 2007–2012: Sir Peter Westmacott 2012–2015: Sir PeterRicketts 2016–2016: Sir Julian King 2016–2021: Edward Llewellyn...
July 2009, with public hearings commencing on 24 November 2009 with PeterRicketts, chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee at the time of the invasion...
Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, 2015 Rein Raud, 2011 Governor J. PeterRicketts, 2022 Johannis de Rijke (1842–1913) Wilbur L. Ross (1937–), 2015 Vsevolod...
Adam Peter Rickitt (born 29 May 1978) is an English actor and singer. He portrayed the part of Nick Tilsley on the British soap opera Coronation Street...
Gail Dinter-Gottlieb; and in February 2022 during the presidency of PeterRicketts. AUFA is a member of the Canadian Association of University Teachers...
and diaries were posthumously published. Ricketts was born in Geneva, the only son of Charles Robert Ricketts (1838–1883) and Hélène Cornélie de Soucy...
Richard Ouzounian, "People to watch in 2011: Cara Ricketts". Toronto Star, December 31, 2010. "Cara Ricketts". Canadian Film Centre. Retrieved 2023-03-15....
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