Brian Donnelly

Sir Joseph Brian Donnelly (born 4 April 1945) is a retired British diplomat.

Early life and education Brought up in Workington, he was educated at Workington Grammar School, The Queen's College Oxford (1963–66) (Wyndham scholar, MA, ed Cherwell), University of Wisconsin-Madison (MA). He began an MPhil at the London School of Economics, but left in 1970 and began working at GCHQ. From 1995 to 1997 he became the United Kingdom Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to NATO and the Western European Union (WEU) in Brussels. becoming Deputy Chair, and the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.

He was made an honorary fellow of The Queen's College Oxford in 2015.

Private life Donnelly married before going to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; they had one daughter. and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the 2003 New Year Honours.