Jeremy Cresswell

Jeremy Cresswell
British High Commissioner to Jamaica
In office 2005–2009
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Tony Blair Gordon Brown
Preceded by	Peter Mathers
Succeeded by	Howard Drake
Personal details
Born	(1949-10-01) 1 October 1949 (age 75)

Jeremy Michael Cresswell CVO (born 1 October 1949)[1] is a British former diplomat[2] who was High Commissioner to Jamaica and the Bahamas from 2005 to 2009. He retired from the Diplomatic Service in December 2009.[3]

Early life

Cresswell was born in Windsor. He was educated at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School; Exeter College, Oxford; and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Career

Cresswell entered the FCO in 1972. He served in Brussels and Kuala Lumpur before becoming Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the FCO in 1980. He was later Deputy Head at the News Department; Assistant Head at the South America Department; Counsellor (Political) for the UK Delegation to NATO; Deputy Head of Mission in Prague; on the Senior Directing Staff at the RCDS; and Head of the European Union Department at the FCO. From 2001 to 2005 he was Minister and Deputy Head of Mission in Berlin.

References

1. [Anon.] (2024). "Cresswell, Jeremy Michael". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U12315. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. "FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE". The London Gazette. No. 46798. 16 January 1976. p. 786. The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to appoint the undermentioned to be Officers of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service 22nd December 1975 Jeremy Michael Cresswell, Esquire
3. "Nailing the jelly with Jeremy Cresswell". Jamaica Gleaner. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2024.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Peter Mathers	British High Commissioner to Jamaica 2005–2009	Succeeded by Howard Drake
Preceded by Roderick Gemmell	British High Commissioner to the Bahamas 2005–2009