Adam Wood
{{Short description|British diplomat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = His Excellency
|name = Adam Wood
|image = MMRC Sloc 2012-04-27 (0).jpg
|caption = Wood in April 2012
|order = 29th
|office = Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
|term_start = 7 April 2011
|term_end = 27 May 2016
|monarch = Elizabeth II
|predecessor = Paul Haddacks
|successor = Sir Richard Gozney
|birth_name = Adam Kenneth Compton Wood
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|3|13|df=y}}
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|death_date =
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|spouse = Catherine Richardson
|children = Persie (Persephone)
|alma_mater = Oriel College, Oxford
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| name= Adam Wood
(2011–2016)
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| offstyle= Your Excellency
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Adam Kenneth Compton Wood (born 13 March 1955) is a retired British diplomat, and was the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man from 2011 to 2016.
Life and career
Wood was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford in 1977.[http://www.gov.im/cso/crown/biography_gov.xml Biography of the Lieutenant Governor] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031085815/http://www.gov.im/cso/Crown/biography_gov.xml |date=2010-10-31 }}, Isle of Man Government
Wood's later career consisted of major diplomatic roles in Africa, as the British High Commissioner to Uganda from 2002 to 2005, then High Commissioner to Kenya from 2005 to 2008. Prior to his retirement from the diplomatic service in 2010, he was Africa Director at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, managing Britain's embassies in Africa.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-11767215 Queen names Adam Wood as new Isle of Man governor], BBC News, 16 November 2010.
He was announced as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man in November 2010, and was sworn in on 7 April 2011.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-12999875 New Governor Adam Wood meets Isle of Man residents], BBC News, 7 April 2011.
References
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{{s-ttl|title=British High Commissioner to Uganda|years=2002–2005}}
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{{s-bef|before=Edward Clay}}
{{s-ttl|title=British High Commissioner to Kenya|years=2005–2008}}
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{{s-bef|before=Paul Haddacks}}
{{s-ttl|title=Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man|years=2011–2016}}
{{s-aft|after=Sir Richard Gozney}}
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Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Kenya
Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Uganda
Category:Lieutenant governors of the Isle of Man
Category:People educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe
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