Peter Andrew Waterworth (born 15 April 1957) is a British

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and

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, who was the

Governor of Montserrat The governor of Montserrat is the representative of the British monarch in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of Montserrat. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The main role of the governor ...

from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

Waterworth is originally from

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and was schooled at Methodist College. He entered

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in 1975, reading for a law degree as a member of

Hatfield College Hatfield College is one of the constituent colleges of Durham University in England. It occupies a city centre site above the River Wear on the World Heritage Site peninsula, lying adjacent to North Bailey and only a short distance from Durha ...

, graduating in 1978. Waterworth was also Senior Man of Hatfield from 1977 to 1978. He later studied at

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 950 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to the university between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the oldest of ...

, completing an

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degree in 1982.

Career

Waterworth practised as a barrister from 1983 until 1987, when he joined the

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. He was an Assistant Legal Adviser from 1987 to 1990, before being posted to

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(which had until recently been the capital of

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) where he served until 1994. He then returned to London to work in the Middle East Department, and from 1996 to 2000 was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Rome. After a period in the Northern Ireland Office, Waterworth was Counsellor in

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from 2003 to 2005 and Consul-General in

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from 2005 to 2007. He was sworn in at the

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on 27 July 2007, 19 years to the day since he was last in Montserrat, when he served as a

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legal adviser. He has a wife, Catherine.

References

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