John Olav Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard in Perth and Kinross GCMG, (b. 22 February 1942) ,is a former diplomat and cross-bench member of the House of Lords. He was raised to the peerage in 2004. Perth and Kinross (Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

He was educated at Glasgow Academy and at Pembroke College, Oxford (BA modern history 1963). The Glasgow Academy is the oldest fully-independent school in Glasgow, Scotland. ... College name Pembroke College Named after William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke Established 1624 Sister College Queens College Master Giles Henderson JCR President Claire Addison Undergraduates 408 Graduates 94 Homepage Boatclub Pembroke College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...

He served in the British Diplomatic Service from 1966 until 2002. This included postings at the British Embassy in Moscow, and at the High Commission in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was Private secretary to the Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1974 until 1979, and was on secondment to HM Treasury from 1979 until 1984, during which time he was Principal private secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1981 until 1984. He was Head of Chancery at the British Embassy in Washington DC from 1984 until 1987, then Assistant Under Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1987 until 1990. Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Rawalpindi (Urdu: راولپنڈی) is a city in the Potwar Plateau near Islamabad, the current capital of Pakistan. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury (Her/His Majestys Treasury) is the United Kingdom government department responsible for and putting into effect the UK Governments financial and economic policy. ... The Rt. ...

He was Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to the European Commission/European Union in Brussels from 1990 until 1995, then Ambassador to United States in Washington from 1995 to 1997. He returned to Britain in 1997 and was Permanent Under Secretary and Head of Diplomatic Service at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1997 until 2002. His final post was as Secretary General of the European Convention from 2000 until 2003. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive body of the European Union. ... Emblem of the Brussels-Capital Region Flag of The City of Brussels Brussels (French: Bruxelles, pronounced in Belgian French and in International French; Dutch: Brussel; German: Brüssel) is the capital of Belgium, the French community of Belgium, the Flemish community and one of the three capitals of the European... The Permanent Secretary, in most departments officially titled the Permanent Under-Secretary of State (although the full title is rarely used), is the most senior civil servant of a British Government ministry, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. ... The European Convention, sometimes known as the Convention on the Future of Europe, was a body established by the European Council in December 2001 as a result of the Laeken Declaration. ...

He is a Director of Shell Transport and Trading Co and Scottish American Investment Trust since 2002, and of Rio Tinto plc since 2003. Rio Tinto is a multinational mining and resources group founded originally in 1873 to mine the copper ores found in southern Spain at the site of an ancient mine which supplied the Roman Empire. ...

He is a Trustee of the Rhodes Trust (since 1997), the National Gallery (since 2002), and the Fulbright Commission (since 2004), and is an executive committee member of the Trilateral Commission. He has been Chairman of the Court and Council of Imperial College London since January 2005. The National Gallery from Trafalgar Square The National Gallery is an art gallery in London, located on the north side of Trafalgar Square. ... The Fulbright Program is a program of educational grants (Fulbright Fellowships) sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the United States Department of State and by governments in other countries. ... The Trilateral Commission is a private organization, founded in 1973 at the initiative of David Rockefeller, of over 300 private citizens from Europe, Japan, and North America to promote closer cooperation between these three areas. ... Imperial College London is one of the colleges of the University of London (although negotiations with regard to its withdrawal from the University are underway) and primarily focuses on science, engineering and medicine, complemented by a business school. ...

He was appointed CMG in 1987, KCMG in 1991, and GCMG 2001. These initials could mean: The postnominal of a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George CMG, a telecommunications and IT consultancy company which merged with Logica to form LogicaCMG (CMG Admiral became Logica CMG) CMG was founded in 1964 by Bob Collins, Bryan Mills and chairman Doug... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ... On the Orders insignia, St Michael is often depicted subduing Satan. ...