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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = The Lord Ricketts
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG|GCVO}}
| image = Official_portrait_of_Lord_Ricketts_crop_2.jpg
| office = [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to France| = [[British Ambassador to France]]
| monarch = [[Elizabeth II]]
| primeminister = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start = 2012
| term_end = 2016
| predecessor = [[Peter Westmacott]]
| successor = [[Julian King (diplomat)|Julian King]]
| office1 = [[National Security Council (United Kingdom)#National Security Advisor|United Kingdom National Security Advisor]]
| term_start1 = 12 May 2010
|monarch1 = [[Elizabeth II]]
| term_end1 = 23 January 2012
|term_start1 = 12 May 2010
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''
|term_end1 = 23 January 2012
| successor1 = [[Kim Darroch]]
|predecessor1 = ''Position established''
|successor1 primeminister1 = [[KimDavid DarrochCameron]]
| office2 = [[Permanent Secretary]], [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]
|primeminister1 = [[David Cameron]]
| term_start2 = 2006
|office2 = [[Permanent Secretary]], [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]
| term_end2 = 2010
|term_start2 = 2006
| predecessor2 = [[Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme|Michael Jay]]
|term_end2 = 2010
| successor2 = [[Simon Fraser (civil servant)|Simon Fraser]]
|predecessor2 = [[Michael Jay, Baron Jay of Ewelme|Michael Jay]]
| primeminister2 = [[Tony Blair]]<br />[[Gordon Brown]]
|successor2 = [[Simon Fraser (civil servant)|Simon Fraser]]
| office3 = [[Members of the House of Lords|Member]] of the [[House of Lords]]<br />{{small|[[Lord Temporal]]}}
|monarch2 = [[Elizabeth II]]
|primeminister2 term_start3 = [[Tony17 Blair]]October 2016<br />{{small|[[GordonLife BrownPeerage]]}}
| term_end3 =
|office3 = [[Members of the House of Lords|Member]] of the [[House of Lords]]<br />{{small|[[Lord Temporal]]}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|09|30|df=yes}}
|term_start3 = 17 October 2016<br />{{small|[[Life Peerage]]}}
| birth_place = [[Sutton Coldfield]], [[Warwickshire]], England, UK
|term_end3 =
| birthname = Peter Forbes Ricketts
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|09|30|df=yes}}
| nationality = {{Flagicon|UK}} [[British nationality law|British]]
|birth_place = [[Sutton Coldfield]], [[Warwickshire]], England, UK
|birthname =spouse Peter Forbes = Suzanne Ricketts
| children = 2
|nationality = {{Flagicon|UK}} [[British nationality law|British]]
| education = [[Bishop Vesey's Grammar School]]
|spouse = Suzanne Ricketts
| alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Oxford]]
|children = 2
| occupation = Diplomat
| education = [[Bishop Vesey's Grammar School]]
| honorific_prefix = [[The Right Honourable]]
|alma_mater = [[Pembroke College, Oxford]]
|occupation = Diplomat
}}
 
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== Diplomatic career ==
{{Moresources|BLP sources section|date=October 2022}}
Ricketts began his career in the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in 1974 and served as the Assistant Private Secretary to former Foreign Secretary [[Geoffrey Howe]]. He later served as the [[Permanent Representative]] to [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]]. Apart from Brussels, he has been posted to Singapore, Washington DC and Paris.
 
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