Alison Flora MacMillan LVO,DL, is a British diplomat, who served as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar from 2013 to 2016. For two periods during 2013 and 2015, MacMillan served as governor in an acting capacity.[1][2][3]

Alison Flora MacMillan
Governor of Gibraltar
Acting
In office
28 September 2015  19 January 2016
MonarchElizabeth II
Chief Minister
Fabian Picardo
Preceded bySir James Dutton
Succeeded byEd Davis
In office
13 November 2013  6 December 2013
MonarchElizabeth II
Preceded bySir Adrian Johns
Succeeded bySir James Dutton
Deputy Governor of Gibraltar
In office
May 2013  September 2016
Succeeded byNick Pyle
Personal details
Born
Devon, United Kingdom
SpouseJulian
Children2
ProfessionDiplomat

Career

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MacMillan joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in February 1982, having previously worked as a translator in Paris. She served in British diplomatic missions in Mexico, the US, Chile and Nicaragua.[4] MacMillan was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order in the 2013 New Year Honours when she was deputy director of protocol and assistant marshal of the Diplomatic Corps.[5]

Following the departure of Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns in 2013, MacMillan was sworn in to assume the full powers of the governor.[6] She once more served as interim governor from September 2015 when Johns' successor Lieutenant General Sir James Dutton also left having resigned.[7]

References

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  1. "Change of Governor of Gibraltar". Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  2. "Shadow Defence Secretary heads to Gibraltar after "provocative and dangerous" Spanish manoeuvres". LabourList – Labour's biggest independent grassroots e-network. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  3. "The Royal Victorian Order". Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  4. "Biographies – The Convent – Office of the Governor". Archived from the original on 16 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  5. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 4.
  6. "Alison MacMillan Takes Oath After Sir Adrian's Departure". Your Gibraltar TV. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
  7. "Deputy Governor sworn in as interim Governor at the Convent". GBC. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2019.