Rodric Braithwaite

Who is Rodric Braithwaite?

Sir Rodric Quentin Braithwaite, GCMG is a British diplomat and author.

Braithwaite was educated at Bedales School and Christ's College, Cambridge. After his military service, he joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1955. His diplomatic career included posts in Indonesia, Italy, Poland, the Soviet Union, and a number of positions at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 1988 to 1992 Braithwaite was ambassador in Moscow, first of all to the Soviet Union and then to the Russian Federation. Subsequently, he was the Prime Minister's foreign policy adviser and chairman of the UK Joint Intelligence Committee, and was awarded the GCMG in 1994.

Braithwaite was married in April 1961 to the former Gillian Mary Robinson, better known as the archaeologist and Roman face pottery expert Jill Braithwaite. They had several children, including three sons and one daughter - Richard, Katharine, Julian and David.