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James Wilfrid Watt was educated at Ampleforth College and The Queen"s College, Oxford.
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He worked for Kleinwort Benson 1974-1975 and was a freelance broadcaster and interpreter in Madrid 1975-1977, then joined the Diplomatic Service. He studied at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, then served at Abu Dhabi, the United Nations in New York and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Foreign and Commonwealth Office). He was Consul-General and deputy Head of Mission at Amman 1992-1996 and deputy High Commissioner at Islamabad 1996-1998, then took a sabbatical year at the School of Oriental and African Studies 1999–2000.
He was Director of Consular Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2000-2003, Ambassador to Lebanon 2003-2006 and Ambassador to Jordan 2006-2011 before being appointed Ambassador to Egypt from March 2011 to 2014.
Watt was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1997 after Queen Elizabeth made a state visit to Pakistan.
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