Ross Patrick Denny (born 1955) is a British diplomat who has been the British Ambassador to Costa Rica and

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since 2015. He was appointed as ambassador on 3 February 2015 and succeeded Sharon Campbell and Chris Campbell in September that year.

Pre-consular career

Before joining the Foreign Service, Denny served in the

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from 1972 until 1979.

Consular career

Denny joined the

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(FCO) in 1979 and first worked in the

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and Atlantic Department. In 1980, he was moved to be an Accountant for the British Embassy in

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and stayed there for three years. He was then moved to the British Embassy in

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to be an Assistant Management Officer. In 1985, Denny was posted to

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and from 1988 to 1990 he was a Desk Officer in the Personnel Department of the FCO. He then became Desk Officer for the

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and South West Pacific Department and in 1992 was sent to

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as a Second Secretary. Denny was made Deputy Head of Mission in

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under Ambassador John Thompson from 2002 to 2005. In 2008, he was appointed the

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. He remained in the post for three years before he was made United Kingdom Ambassador to Bolivia. He stayed as Bolivian ambassador until 2015 when he was made Ambassador to Costa Rica and Non-Resident Ambassador to Nicaragua. In 2018, Denny said that he was "deeply concerned" about the violence of the 2018 Nicaraguan protests and called on the government to "uphold ... the human rights of all Nicaraguans".

Personal life

Denny has a wife and four children, two sons and two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denny, Ross Patrick Living people Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Costa Rica Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Nicaragua Members of HM Diplomatic Service 1955 births People from Southampton 20th-century British diplomats