David Manning
Sir David Geoffrey Manning, GCMG, KCVO (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting between American president George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Until 2019, he was appointed to the Household of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Sir David Manning GCMG KCVO | |
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Sir David Manning during an interview with Donald Rumsfeld and Jack Straw, on 9 May 2005. | |
| British Ambassador to the United States | |
| In office 2003–2007 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Christopher Meyer |
| Succeeded by | Nigel Sheinwald |
| UK Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council | |
| In office 2001–2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir John Goulden |
| Succeeded by | Sir Emyr Jones Parry |
| British Ambassador to Israel | |
| In office 1995–1998 | |
| Prime Minister | John Major Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Robert Andrew Burns |
| Succeeded by | Francis Cornish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 December 1949 |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies |
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