Colin Crorkin
Colin Wynn Crorkin, OBE (born 31 January 1957) was the UK's Ambassador to the Gambia from 2014 to 2017.
Early life[]
Crorkin was born in Edinburgh and attended the Rowlinson School in Sheffield.
Career[]
He joined the Foreign Office in 1975. He became ambassador to the Gambia in June 2014, having been appointed in early January 2014. Gambia had only recently withdrawn from the Commonwealth.[1]
In 2018 Sharon Wardle became the new ambassador.[2]
Personal life[]
He married Joanne Finnamore in 1991. They have one son and two daughters,
References[]
- ^ "Statement by UK Ambassador to The Gambia on recent sentencing". GOV.UK. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Sharon Wardle". GOV.UK. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
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Categories:
- 1957 births
- Ambassadors and High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Gambia
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Diplomats from Edinburgh
- People from Meadowhead
- Living people
- Scottish diplomats