General Sir John Chalmers McColl, is a retired senior British Army officer and a past Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. McColl previously served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 2007 to 201
McColl in 2012
McColl as DSACEUR
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Jeremy John Durham Ashdown, Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon, better known as Paddy Ashdown, was a British politician and diplomat who served as Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 1988 to 1999. In
John McColl (British Army officer)
…of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2008 New Year Honours. McColl was the preferred choice of Afghanistan for the role of UN Special Envoy after Paddy Ashdown withdrew. However, on 7 March 2008, Norwegian diplomat Kai Eide was appointed as the UN Special Representative for Afghanistan. McColl retired as DSACEUR…
Formal portrait, 2005
Ashdown in Chippenham during the 1992 general election campaign
Ashdown (second from right) with US secretary of state Colin Powell in 2004
Ashdown accepting the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service from US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld in 2004