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{{Short description|British diplomat (born 1963)}}
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'''James Clark''' (born 12 March 1963) was a British [[diplomat]]. He served as the [[Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Luxembourg|British Ambassador to Luxembourg]] from 2004 to 2007 and now leads the [[Consul General|British Consulate General]] in [[Chicago]].<ref name=Times>Damian Whitworth, "A new breed of diplomat", ''The Times'', 14 January 2005; see [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article411914.ece ''The Times'' online archives]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}; Retrieved 3 August 2010.</ref> He was called "a new breed of diplomat" by ''The Times''.<ref name=Times/> A career diplomat, he was assigned to the [[European Union]] first secretariat in [[Bonn, Germany]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}

Clark's appointment as British Ambassador to Luxembourg in March 2004 was heralded with some small controversy, due largely to his being openly gay.<ref name=Times/><ref name=Doubles>
Helen Pidd, "Diplomatic doubles," ''The Guardian'', 2 August 2008.  Found at [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/02/zambia ''The Guardian'' online]. Retrieved 3 August 2010.</ref>

On 30 March 2004, he and his partner Anthony Stewart<ref name=Doubles/> made history by becoming the first officially recognised gay couple to have an audience with [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]].

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