Peter Andrew Waterworth (born 15 April 1957) is a British barrister and diplomat, who was the Governor of Montserrat from 2007 to 2011.^[1][2]

Biography

Waterworth is originally from Belfast and was schooled at Methodist College.^[3] He entered Durham University in 1975, reading for a law degree as a member of Hatfield College, graduating in 1978.^[4] Waterworth was also Senior Man of Hatfield from 1977 to 1978.^[5] He later studied at Downing College, Cambridge, completing an LLM degree in 1982.^[6]

Career

Waterworth practised as a barrister from 1983 until 1987, when he joined the Foreign Office.^[6] He was an Assistant Legal Adviser from 1987 to 1990, before being posted to Bonn (which had until recently been the capital of West Germany) where he served until 1994.^[6] He then returned to London to work in the Middle East Department, and from 1996 to 2000 was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Rome.^[6] After a period in the Northern Ireland Office, Waterworth was Counsellor in Islamabad from 2003 to 2005 and Consul-General in Lagos from 2005 to 2007.^[6]

He was sworn in at the Legislative Council of Montserrat on 27 July 2007, 19 years to the day since he was last in Montserrat, when he served as a Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal adviser.

He has a wife, Catherine.

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