Kim Darroch

The Right Honourable The Lord Darroch of Kew KCMG
Darroch in 2016
British Ambassador to the United States
In office 28 January 2016 – 31 December 2019
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	David Cameron Theresa May Boris Johnson
Preceded by	Peter Westmacott
Succeeded by	Karen Pierce
United Kingdom National Security Advisor
In office 23 January 2012 – 7 September 2015
Prime Minister	David Cameron
Preceded by	Peter Ricketts
Succeeded by	Mark Lyall Grant
United Kingdom Permanent Representative to the European Union
In office July 2007 – 23 January 2012
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Prime Minister	Gordon Brown David Cameron
Preceded by	John Grant
Succeeded by	Jon Cunliffe
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 November 2019 Life Peerage
Personal details
Born	Nigel Kim Darroch (1954-04-30) 30 April 1954 (age 69) South Stanley, County Durham, England[1]
Spouse(s)	Vanessa, Lady Darroch ​ ​ (m. 1978)​
Children	2
Education	Abingdon School
Alma mater	Hatfield College, Durham (BSc)

Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, KCMG ( /ˈdærək/; born 30 April 1954) is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.

On 10 July 2019, following the leak of diplomatic cables in which he had been critical of the Trump presidential administration, he resigned from his position as HM Ambassador in Washington. Darroch concluded his post in December 2019 upon retirement from HM Diplomatic Service after a career spanning 40 years of public service.