Editing Pembroke College, Oxford (section)

====Diplomacy====
[[Thomas Randolph (diplomat)|Thomas Randolph]], principal of Pembroke's precursor mediaeval hall, Broadgates, served as ambassador for [[Elizabeth I]] to Scotland from 1559, where he gained the friendship of [[Mary, Queen of Scots]], until he was accused of supporting the rebellion of [[James Francis Edward Stuart|James Stuart]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Thomas_Randolph_(poet).aspx |title=Thomas Randolph (poet) Facts, information, pictures &#124; Encyclopedia.com articles about Thomas Randolph (poet) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=27 April 2013}}</ref> In 1568 he was despatched to Moscow to secure trading rights from [[Ivan IV]], also known as ''Ivan the Terrible'', gaining valuable access to Russia for English merchants of the [[Muscovy Company]].<ref>Mund Stéphane. The discovery of Muscovite Russia in Tudor England. In: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, tome 86, fasc. 2, 2008. p. 364.</ref>

More recently, [[John Kerr, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard|John, Baron Kerr of Kinlochard]], served as HM Ambassador to the United States from 1995 to 1997, before being appointed Head of the [[British Foreign and Commonwealth Office]].  [[Philip Lader]] served as US Ambassador to the UK from 1997 to 2001.  Thus in 1997, both the US Ambassador in London and the UK Ambassador in Washington were former Pembroke students. [[Peter Ricketts|Peter, Baron Ricketts]] was Head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 2006 until 2010, before serving as British Ambassador to France for six years until his retirement in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/peter-ricketts--2|title=Sir Peter Ricketts GCMG GCVO|website=GOV.UK}}</ref>

Additionally, two former chairmen of the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] Senator [[Richard Lugar|Richard G. Lugar]], (Republican), and Senator [[J. William Fulbright]] (Democrat), were students of Pembroke, between them chairing the [[Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] for a 27-year period.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B01IuzJJ3MEC&q=richard+lugar+pembroke%2F&pg=PA199 |title=The next American century: essays in honor of Richard G. Lugar – Google Books |isbn=9780742527881 |access-date=27 April 2013|last1=Lugar |first1=Richard |year=2003 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield }}</ref>

From Europe, the Prime Minister of Hungary, [[Viktor Orbán]] and Polish Foreign Minister [[Radek Sikorski]] MEP studied at Pembroke, as too did the [[Sultan of Oman|Sultan]] [[Haitham bin Tariq Al Said|Haitham bin Tariq of Oman]] and [[King Abdullah II of Jordan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1611351/middle-east|title=Haitham bin Tariq appointed new ruler of Oman|website=Arab News|date=11 January 2020}}</ref>