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Transcript of interview: Sir Stephen Wall, 2010 - 2012

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 136

Scope and Contents

The majority of this interview deals with Britain's relations with Europe.

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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

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Biographical / Historical

Stephen Wall was born on 10 January 1947, son of John Derwent Wall and Maria Laetitia Wall (née Whitmarsh). He was educated at Douai School and Selwyn College, University of Cambridge (BA; Honorary Fellow, 2000). In 1975 he married Catharine Jane Reddaway, daughter of G. F. N. Reddaway, CBE and of Jean Reddaway, OBE, having one son.

Wall joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1968 and his diplomatic career included the following: Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], 1969-72; Private Secretary to the British Ambassador to France, 1972-74; First Secr

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Stephen Wall

Sir Stephen Wall

Country

Great Britain

Birth - Death

1947 -

Occupation

Politics

Notable Achievements

Ambassador

Description

Diplomat who served as Britain's ambassador to Portugal (1993-1995) and Permanent Representative to the European Union (1995-2000). Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (1988-1991) and Private Secretary to Prime Minister John Major (1991-1993). Chairman of Cumberland Lodge (an educational charity). Former Council Member at University College London and was Council Chair (2008-2014). Official Historian of the Cabinet Office. Author of the books 'A Stranger in Europe: Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair' (2008) and 'The Official History of Britain and the European Community, 1963-1975' (2012). Member of The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and awarded the Royal Victorian Order.

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Stephen Wall

Sir Stephen WallGCMG, LVO (born 1947 in Croydon, Surrey) is a retired diplomat, and a trustee of Kaleidoscope, a charity campaigning for LGBT rights, especially in the Commonwealth. He was formerly LGBT Equality Champion at University College London.

Biography

He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1968.[1] His early postings included the United Nations, Addis Ababa and Paris.[1] On his return to London in 1974, he worked in the Foreign Office News Department and was later seconded to the press office of James Callaghan, who was then Prime Minister.[2] He subsequently served as Assistant Private Secretary to David Owen, the Foreign Secretary.[1]

Wall spent four years at the British Embassy in Washington from 1979 to 1983, when he returned to the Foreign Office.[1] He was Private Secretary to successive Foreign Secretaries from 1988 to 1991 and Private Secretary to the Prime Minister from 1991 to 1993.[2]

Wall was sent as Ambassador to Portugal in 1993, and he remained there until 1995, when he was named

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