Sarah Squire (''

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'' Hutchison; born 18 July 1949), is a British former

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. She was President of

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, a college of the

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, from 2006 to 2014.4 May 2006: Hughes Hall, Cambridge, elects new President

Early life

Born in London, Sara Hutchison (as she then was) was educated at St Paul's Girls' School, London, before winning an exhibition to read History at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

. From Cambridge she entered HM Diplomatic Service.

Career

Her work as a diplomat took her to

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Senegal Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...

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and

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. From 1995 she developed a major interest in the transition process in the countries of central and eastern Europe, working for the Know How Fund and as deputy head of the FCO Central European department. From 2000 to 2003 she was HM Ambassador in

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. In 2006 Sarah Squire was elected as the 14th President of Hughes Hall, Cambridge, a position she held until 2014. In this period she also served as a Deputy Vice Chancellor, Deputy Chairman of the Cambridge Alumni Advisory Board, Syndic of the

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and Chair of Fitzwilliam Enterprises and Chair of the Centre for Family Research. In 2010, she chaired the University's Trademark and Licensing working group. She was also Deputy Chairman of the Cambridge Commonwealth, European and International Trust. Outside the University she was connected with

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as a member of the Advisory Board of the

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, and from 2004-6 was an international trustee of the New Eurasia Foundation. She has been Chairman of the Kurt Hahn Trust, Chair of Cambridge VSO and a board member of the Cambridge Humanitarian Centre. She served as a Magistrate on the Cambridge Bench from 1992-2009. Subsequent to her time at Hughes Hall she has been, from 2015–16, joint Chair of Cambridge for Europe, a grass roots organisation campaigning in Cambridge and its region for a Remain vote in the EU referendum; a member of Chapter and Canon of Ely Cathedral; and a trustee of United Learning and the United Church Schools Trust, a governor of two local schools and a trustee of The Bell Trust, Cambridge. She is currently Deputy High Steward of Cambridge University and a member of the Executive of Cambridge Liberal Democrats

Family

Her husband, William Squire, died in 2021. He was British Ambassador to

(1979–1982) and to

(1984–1988), the first Director of Development of Cambridge University, and Chairman and Director (Europe) of Grenzebach Glier. She has a son and a daughter and three stepchildren.''Who's Who 2007'' (London, A. & C. Black, 2007)

Notes

External links

Hughes Hall, Cambridge - Official Website
* www.cambridgeforeurope.co.uk {{DEFAULTSORT:Squire, Sarah 1949 births Living people Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Estonia Presidents of Hughes Hall, Cambridge Recipients of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class British women ambassadors