Alan Urwick

Sir Alan Bedford Urwick (2 May 1930 – 8 December 2016 ) was a British diplomat, who served as Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons from 1989 to 1995.

Early life Alan Bedford Urwick was born on 2 May 1930, in London. He was the younger of the two children, of Lt. Col. Lyndall Fownes Urwick and Joan Wilhelmina Saunders (née Bedford).

Alan Urwick was educated at Dragon School in Oxford, and then at Rugby School in Warwickshire.

Alan Urwick graduated from New College, Oxford, obtaining a first in Modern History in 1952. and was the British High Commissioner in Canada (1987–1989). He left the diplomatic service in 1989.

Serjeant-at-Arms He then served as Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons until his retirement in 1995.

Retirement and death In retirement, Urwick served as the Chairman of the Anglo-Jordanian Society from 1997 to 2001.

A memorial service was held at St. Margaret's Church in Westminster Abbey on 19 October 2017.

Personal life Urwick married Marta Montagne, the daughter of the Peruvian ambassador to Lebanon, in 1960 in Beirut. They had three sons together, Christopher, Richard, and Michael. Urwick spoke fluent French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, and Arabic. Urwick was a member of the Garrick Club and an honorary member of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants.