John Leahy

Background

Leahy, John Son of William Henry Gladstone and Ethel Leahy.

Education

Educated, Tonbridge School, Clare College, Cambridge, England educated, Yale University.

Career

With, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1952-1984; 2nd secretary, then 1st secretary, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Paris, 1958-1962; head chancery, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Tehran, 1965-1968; counsellor, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1971-1973; head personnel services department, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1969-1970; head news department, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1971-1973; counsellor, head chancery, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Paris, 1973-1975; undersecretary Northen Ireland office, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1975-1976; assistant undersecretary of state, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1977-1979; ambassador to South Africa, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1979-1982; deputy undersecretary of state, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1982-1984; high commissioner, Foreign Office (now Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Australia, 1984-1988; director, Lonrho PLC, London, since 1993; vice Chairman, Board Of Directors, Lonrho PLC, London, 1994; Chairman, Board Of Directors, Lonrho PLC, London, since 1994. Master Skinner's Company, 1993-1994.

Achievements

• John Leahy has been listed as a noteworthy Business executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Bd.dirs. Observer, '989-93. Executive director Urban Foundation, London, 1989-1991,chairman, 1991-1994. Pro-chancellor City U., since 1991.

Chairman British-AustraliaSoc., since 1994, Franco-British oun., 1989-1993. Member United Oxford and Cambridge U. Club.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Anne Leahy, 1954. 4 children.

Father:

William Henry Gladstone

Mother:

Ethel Leahy

Spouse:

Elizabeth Anne Leahy