Sir Richard Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ |
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Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man | |
Assumed office 27 May 2016 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier | Allan Bell |
Preceded by | Adam Wood |
Governor of Bermuda | |
In office 12 December 2007 – 18 May 2012 |
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Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Premier |
Ewart Brown Paula Cox |
Preceded by | John Vereker |
Succeeded by | George Fergusson |
Personal details | |
Born |
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK |
21 July 1951
Spouse(s) | Diana Edwina Baird; 2 children |
Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
Sir Richard Hugh Turton Gozney KCMG CVO KStJ (born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He was Governor and Commander in Chief of Bermuda from 12 December 2007 to 18 May 2012. On 27 May 2016, he was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man.
The son of Thomas Leonard Gozney and his wife Elizabeth Margaret Lilian Gardiner, Gozney was educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford. He took a BA (Hons) degree in Geology in 1973. In 1970, between school and the University, he briefly taught at a school in Kenya.
He married Diana Edwina Baird on 24 April 1982 and has two sons; James and Alexander.