Richard Gozney

Sir Richard Gozney KCMGCVOKStJ
30thLieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man
In office 27 May 2016 – 29 August 2021
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Howard Quayle
Preceded by	Adam Wood
Succeeded by	Sir John Lorimer
Governor of Bermuda
In office 12 December 2007 – 18 May 2012
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Premier	Brown,Cox
Preceded by	Sir John Vereker
Personal details
Born	(1951-07-21)21 July 1951
Spouse	Diana Edwina Baird ​ (m.1982)​
Children	2
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, Oxford

Viceregal styles of Sir Richard Gozney (2016–2021)
Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency

Sir Richard Hugh Turton GozneyKCMGCVOKStJ(born 21 July 1951) is a British career diplomat. He wasgovernorandcommander in chiefofBermudafrom 12 December 2007to 18 May 2012 and served as theLieutenant Governor of the Isle of Manfrom 27 May 2016 until 29 August 2021.

Career

Educated atMagdalen College SchoolandSt Edmund Hall, Oxford,Gozney joined theForeign and Commonwealth Officein 1973.He became Head of Chancery and Political Section inMadridin 1984,Private Secretaryto theSecretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairsin 1989 and BritishHigh CommissionertoSwazilandin 1993.

After that, he became Head of the Security Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1996, Chief of the Assessments Staff at theCabinet Officein 1998 and BritishAmbassadortoIndonesiain 2000.He then became BritishHigh CommissionertoNigeriain 2004, Governor andCommander-in-ChiefofBermudain 2007 andLieutenant Governor of the Isle of Manin 2016.

Family

He married Diana Edwina Baird in 1982 and has two sons.

Publication

• Gibraltar and the EC: Aspects of the Relationship(Royal Institute of International Affairs Discussion Paper, 1993)