Education
Lamont graduated in Russian Studies from the University of Aberdeen.
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Donald Lamont
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He served in Austria, the Soviet Union, Berlin (through the Fall of the Wall), and Bosnia & Herzegovina. He was British Ambassador to Uruguay (1991-1994), Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1999-2002) and British Ambassador to Venezuela (2003-2006). After retirement he was Chief Executive of Wilton Park (2007-2009).
Lamont lives in Steyning, Sussex, England.
Membership
He was a member of Her Majesty"s Diplomatic Service from 1974 to 2006. He is Chairman of the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust, Founding Board Member of “Sistema Scotland”, Trustee of “Enable Maine” (a disability awareness charity based in Sussex), Chairman of the British Uruguayan Society. Chairman of Friends of the Falkland Islands Museum and the Jane Cameron National Archives and Chairman of the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust.
