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}}| partner = | children = | parents = | education = Nottingham High SchoolSt John’s College, Oxford (Master of Arts (Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin)>MA)| occupation = Diplomat, civil servant, politician| known_for = 25px) Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George}}David George Hamilton Frost, Baron Frost {{post-nominals|size=100%|country=GBR|CMG|PC}} (born 21 February 1965) is a former British diplomat, civil servant and politician who served as a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office between March and December 2021. Frost was Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe from January 2020 until his resignation in December 2021.Frost spent his early professional career in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), becoming Ambassador to Denmark, EU Director at the FCO, and Director for Europe and International Trade at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. He was a special adviser to Boris Johnson when the latter was Foreign Secretary in Theresa May’s government.After Johnson was appointed Prime Minister, Frost was Chief Negotiator for Exiting the European Union from 2019 to 2020 and the Prime Minister’s Europe Adviser from 2019 to 2021. He was appointed Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe in January 2020. He was elevated to the House of Lords as a life peer in September 2020. Frost became Minister of State at the Cabinet Office and a full member of the cabinet in March 2021. He resigned from his government positions in December 2021.

Early life

Frost was born in Derby and was educated at Nottingham High School as a free scholar from 1976 to 1983, before attending St. John’s College, Oxford, where he took a first-class degree (MA) in French and history.

Diplomatic career

Frost joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1987, and shortly after was posted to the British High Commission in Nicosia where he learned Greek and was responsible for covering Greek Cypriot politics and the Cyprus problem. In 1993, he was posted to the UK Representation to the EU in Brussels as First Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs, where he worked on issues such as the EU Budget, the economic and financial implications of enlargement to Central Europe, and the Euro. He was then posted to the UK Mission to the United Nations in New York, where he covered Human Rights and Social and Economic Affairs.Frost returned to London to be successively the Private Secretary to the Head of the Diplomatic Service, Sir John Kerr (now Lord Kerr of Kinlochard), and Deputy Head of the European Union External Department, covering international trade policy issues and relations with the Balkans and Eastern Europe.Frost was promoted Economic Counsellor to the British Embassy, Paris, in 2001, where he was responsible for reporting and lobbying on all aspects of French economic and commercial life, together with its EU policy. He returned to London to be Head of the EU (Internal) Department and then Director for the European Union in the Foreign Office. In this period he led work on a range of economic and social issues, notably the resistance to the initial Working Time Directive, and the negotiation on the EU’s multi-annual Budget framework. He was a member of the UK’s leadership team during its EU Presidency in 2005.From May 2006 until October 2008, Frost served as HM Ambassador to Denmark and was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 2006 Birthday Honours. He was then Director for Strategy and Policy Planning in the Foreign Office from October 2008 to October 2010, before being seconded to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills where he served three years as Director for Europe, Trade, and International Affairs, HMG’s most senior trade policy official.WEB,www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-42701, Frost, David George Hamilton, 1 December 2018, ukwhoswho.com, Oxford University Press, 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u42701, 978-0-19-954088-4, 23 July 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130605/https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-42701, live, NEWS, Hutchinson, Laura, All about David Frost - the PM’s new Chief Brexit Negotiator,www.politicshome.com/members/article/all-about-david-frost--the-pms-new-chief-brexit-negotiator, 29 June 2020, PoliticsHome, 2 August 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130609/https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/all-about-david-frost--the-pms-new-chief-brexit-negotiator, live,

Post-diplomatic career

Frost left HM Diplomatic Service in 2013 to become CEO of the Scotch Whisky Association, a trade association.NEWS,www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24108270, Former diplomat to lead whisky body, 16 September 2013, BBC News, 23 July 2019, 11 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210111222119/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-24108270, live, In 2015, in a hearing before the Scottish Parliament, he argued in favour of the UK’s membership of the EU, noting that for a Briton on an average salary, the benefit of the UK being a member of the EU was around £1,500 a year.WEB, 2021-11-24, Brexit chief Lord Frost said leaving EU single market would cost Brits £1,500 each,www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-eu-single-market-lord-frost-b1963535.html, 2022-02-09, The Independent, en, Frost was admitted as a liveryman of the Distillers’ CompanyWEB,www.distillers.org.uk/, distillers.org.uk, Home – The Worshipful Company of Distillers, 23 December 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130611/https://www.distillers.org.uk/, live, in 2016. It was in his capacity as CEO that he wrote an article before the Brexit referendumWEB,yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/uk-brexit-negotiator-best-case-outcome-cant-be-as-good-as-what-we-have-now/, Yorkshire Bylines - UK Brexit negotiator: “best-case outcome can’t be as good as what we have now”, 5 October 2021, 5 October 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211005185216/https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/uk-brexit-negotiator-best-case-outcome-cant-be-as-good-as-what-we-have-now/, live, for Portland Communications, in which he supported the case for remaining in the EU’s Single Market and said that leaving it would be “fraught with economic risk”.After Boris Johnson became Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Frost was appointed in November 2016 as his special adviser,NEWS,www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-37765156, Whisky boss quits for Boris Johnson role, 25 October 2016, BBC News, 23 July 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130607/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-37765156, live, NEWS,www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-advisor-david-frost-whole-industries-could-be-destroyed-by-hard-brexit-article-50-2016-10, Boris Johnson’s new advisor could be Britain’s hope for avoiding a ‘Hard Brexit’, Colson, Thomas, 27 October 2016, Business Insider UK, 23 July 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130608/https://www.businessinsider.com/boris-johnson-advisor-david-frost-whole-industries-could-be-destroyed-by-hard-brexit-article-50-2016-10, live, serving until Johnson resigned from office in July 2018.In early 2019, Frost became CEO of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry.WEB,www.wildsearch.org/news/2019/02/13davidfrostannouncement, David Frost CMG to become next Chief Executive at the London Chamber of Commerce, WILD SEARCH, 23 July 2019, He has also served as a public commentator on the European Union, global economic and commercial issues, and multilateral diplomacy, as a member of the Advisory Council of the eurosceptic think tank Open Europe, and between June and October 2016, through his industry role as head of the Scotch Whisky Association, as a member of the Scottish Government’s Standing Council on Europe advising on Brexit.WEB, Mairs, Nicholas, Scottish Government Brexit adviser quits to become Boris Johnson’s spad,www.holyrood.com/news/view,scottish-government-brexit-adviser-quits-to-become-boris-johnsons-spad_12577.htm, Holyrood, 26 June 2021, 26 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210626063447/https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,scottish-government-brexit-adviser-quits-to-become-boris-johnsons-spad_12577.htm, live,

Johnson government

Brexit negotiations

{{further|Brexit negotiations in 2019|Trade negotiation between the UK and the EU}}Frost was the United Kingdom’s Chief Negotiator for Exiting the European Union during the Brexit negotiations in 2019 which resulted in the revised Brexit withdrawal agreement. After the UK left the European Union in January 2020, Frost led the UK’s negotiations with the EU on a free trade agreement during the Brexit transition period.The UK government led by Boris Johnson pursued a desire to trade freely with the EU while being subject to as few EU rules as possible, and especially not to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice.NEWS, Mueller, Benjamin, 24 December 2020, 5 Takeaways From the Post-Brexit Trade Deal, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/brexit-uk-eu-explained.html, 29 December 2020, 29 December 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201229062101/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/brexit-uk-eu-explained.html, live, For its part, the EU insisted that the price for UK access to the European Single Market was compliance with EU subsidies, social, environmental and other regulations to avoid distorting competition in the single market. Another major point of contention was fisheries. Part of the impetus for Brexit was the desire of some of the British to regain full control over their fishing waters, whereas EU coastal states demanded to retain all or most of the fishing rights they enjoyed under the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy.The trade agreement, negotiated under increasing time pressure due to the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, had to address all of these issues.NEWS, Landler, Mark, Castle, Stephen, 24 December 2020, Britain and E.U. Reach Landmark Deal on Brexit, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/brexit-trade-deal-uk-eu.html, 29 December 2020, 28 December 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201228144735/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/24/world/europe/brexit-trade-deal-uk-eu.html, live, Formal trade negotiations, in which Michel Barnier represented the EU and Frost represented the UK, began on 31 March 2020. They were originally due to be concluded by the end of October 2020.NEWS,www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/23/uk-making-post-brexit-trade-deal-unlikely-michel-barnier-warns/, UK sets October deadline for post-Brexit trade deal as Michel Barnier warns agreement ‘unlikely’, Gordon, Rayner, James, Frayne, 23 July 2020, 23 July 2020, The Telegraph, 22 December 2020,web.archive.org/web/20201222000017/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2020/07/23/uk-making-post-brexit-trade-deal-unlikely-michel-barnier-warns/, live, However, negotiations continuedNEWS, Negotiators hunker down in Brussels in search of Brexit breakthrough. Talks to continue in Belgian capital until at least Monday, Jim, Brunsden,www.ft.com/content/ea4a0508-c5d4-42ef-80a2-ca87fb8a61b3, 30 October 2020, 1 November 2020, Financial Times, 2 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210102171031/https://www.ft.com/content/ea4a0508-c5d4-42ef-80a2-ca87fb8a61b3, live, and formally ended on 24 December 2020 when an agreement, the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, was reached in principle after ten negotiating rounds.

Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe

On 31 January 2020, Frost was appointed Chief Negotiator of Task Force Europe.TWEET, Number10press, 1229521998197510146, The negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU are led by Task Force Europe, a team within No 10 who report directly into the Prime Minister., 17 February 2020, 23 February 2020, No.10 Press Office, WEB,www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-eu-task-force-europe-boris-johnson-department-exiting-a9303886.html, The Independent, Brexit: New Task Force Europe to lead EU trade negotiations as UK leaves bloc, Woodcock, Andrew, 27 January 2020, 23 February 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130600/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-trade-deal-eu-task-force-europe-boris-johnson-department-exiting-a9303886.html, live, WEB,www.ft.com/content/bef4d592-21a4-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b, Financial Times, Boris Johnson puts faith in Brexit supporter David Frost, Parker, George, 15 January 2020, 16 January 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130558/https://www.ft.com/content/bef4d592-21a4-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b, live, WEB,www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-to-unveil-taskforce-europe-5bvnzgh57, The Times, Boris Johnson to unveil Taskforce Europe, Zeffman, Henry, 29 December 2019, 16 January 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130600/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-to-unveil-taskforce-europe-5bvnzgh57, live, WEB,www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-boris-johnson-taskforce-europe-eu-talks-free-trade-a9263166.html, The Independent, Brexit: Boris Johnson ‘to launch Taskforce Europe’ negotiating team in charge of future relationship talks with EU, Cowburn, Ashley, 29 December 2019, 16 January 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130601/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-boris-johnson-taskforce-europe-eu-talks-free-trade-a9263166.html, live, WEB,www.politicshome.com/news/uk/political-parties/conservative-party/boris-johnson/news/108777/boris-johnson-take-charge-eu, PoliticsHome, Boris Johnson ‘to take charge of EU trade talks’ with new ‘Taskforce Europe’, Honeycombe-Foster, Matt, 29 December 2019, 29 December 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130602/https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/boris-johnson-to-take-charge-of-eu-trade-talks-with-new-taskforce-europe, live, NEWS,inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-cabinet-cull-budget-top-boris-johnson-to-do-list-1351132, i, Brexit, Cabinet cull and Budget are top of Boris Johnson’s New Year to-do list, Vaughan, Richard, 29 December 2019, 29 December 2019, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130603/https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/brexit-cabinet-cull-budget-top-boris-johnson-to-do-list-379600, live, On 19 December 2021 he was replaced by Liz Truss, the Foreign Secretary, as the government’s chief negotiator with the EU.WEB, Ministerial appointments: 19 December 2021, GOV.UK, 19 December 2021,www.gov.uk/government/news/ministerial-appointments-19-december-2021, 19 December 2021,

UK National Security Adviser nomination

On 28 June 2020, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his nomination of Frost for a life peerage and as UK National Security Adviser, succeeding Sir Mark Sedwill.PRESS RELEASE, Appointment of Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser,www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-prime-ministers-national-security-advisor, 28 June 2020, 28 June 2020, Prime Minister’s Office, The Financial Times reported that this was unpopular with military and security services, who felt Frost was underqualified.NEWS, Payne, Sebastian, Parker, George, Pickard, Jim, 28 June 2020, Mark Sedwill steps down as UK’s top civil servant, Financial Times, London,www.ft.com/content/d9f422a6-b3ed-4be3-aac4-624ae512cc1c, 29 June 2020, 29 June 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200629030213/https://www.ft.com/content/d9f422a6-b3ed-4be3-aac4-624ae512cc1c, live, The appointment received criticism from former Cabinet Secretary Lord O’Donnell and former National Security Adviser Lord Ricketts due to concerns that the Civil Service’s impartiality was being eroded by appointing a special adviser in this role.NEWS, Murphy, Joe, 29 June 2020, Former top mandarins voice fears over Boris Johnson’s choice of David Frost as National Security Adviser, Evening Standard, London,www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/former-top-mandarins-voice-fears-over-pm-s-security-choice-a4483036.html, 29 June 2020, The appointment was also criticised by previous Prime Minister Theresa May in Parliament, who highlighted its political nature, and said Frost does not have proven expertise in national security.NEWS, Theresa May criticises PM over choice of Brexit envoy for security role,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53233500, 30 June 2020, BBC News, 30 June 2020, Created a life peer, titled Baron Frost, of Allenton in the County of Derbyshire, on 12 August 2020, he was introduced to the House of Lords on 8 September 2020.WEB, No. 3614444,www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3614444, The London Gazette, 17 August 2020, 13 September 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200913090350/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3614444, live, NEWS, 28 June 2020, UK’s top civil servant announces exit, BBC News,www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53210773, 28 June 2020, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130602/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-53210773, live, David Quarrey took over the role of acting National Security Adviser while Lord Frost was completing the Brexit negotiations.WEB,www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/695574/response/1663299/attach/3/FOI2020%2013631%20REPLY.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1, Deputy National Security Advisers, 23 October 2020, whatdotheyknow.com, 23 October 2020, David Frost remains Chief Negotiator for the EU talks and those negotiations will remain his top single priority until they have concluded, one way or another. Therefore, the Prime Minister agreed that David Quarrey should become Acting NSA, 8 November 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211108130607/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/695574/response/1663299/attach/3/FOI2020%2013631%20REPLY.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1, live, On 29 January 2021, before he could take up the role full-time, Frost was replaced as UK National Security Adviser by Sir Stephen Lovegrove.NEWS, Stewart, Heather, Sabbagh, Dan, Brexit negotiator David Frost pulled away from national security role,www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/29/brexit-negotiator-david-frost-pulled-away-from-national-security-role, 29 January 2021, The Guardian, London, 31 January 2021, 30 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210130185309/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/jan/29/brexit-negotiator-david-frost-pulled-away-from-national-security-role, live, NEWS, No 10 replaces Frost as National Security Adviser days before he starts,www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55854541, 29 January 2021, BBC News, 31 January 2021, 31 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210131083000/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-55854541, live, NEWS, Parker, George, Warrell, Helen, Foster, Peter, Boris Johnson reverses decision on new UK national security adviser,www.ft.com/content/3817aa80-7157-4b3b-9aa4-f0956946da1e, 29 January 2021, Financial Times, London, 31 January 2021, 30 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210130223646/https://www.ft.com/content/3817aa80-7157-4b3b-9aa4-f0956946da1e, live, Instead, Frost was appointed UK Representative for Brexit and International Policy.NEWS, Gallardo, Cristina, David Frost stays in the Brexit driver’s seat,www.politico.eu/article/david-frost-brexit-driving-seat/, 29 January 2021, Politico, 31 January 2021, 31 January 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210131071127/https://www.politico.eu/article/david-frost-brexit-driving-seat/, live,

Minister of State at the Cabinet Office

Frost was made a Minister of State at the Cabinet Office on 1 March 2021, and a full member of the cabinet.WEB, 2 March 2021, Lord Frost CMG appointed as a Minister of State in the Cabinet Office,www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-frost-cmg-appointed-as-a-minister-of-state-in-the-cabinet-office, live, 17 February 2021, gov.uk, 17 February 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210217173402/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/lord-frost-cmg-appointed-as-a-minister-of-state-in-the-cabinet-office, He was given responsibility for both the domestic and international aftermath of Brexit.NEWS, Dickson, Annabelle, In memoriam: Britain’s many Brexit negotiators,www.politico.eu/article/uk-brexit-negotiators-of-christmas-past-david-frost/, 23 December 2021, Politico, 19 December 2021, He also succeeded Michael Gove as the UK chairman of the EU–UK Partnership Council.NEWS,www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-gove-stripped-of-europe-role-as-brexit-negotiator-david-frost-joins-cabinet-mbswt0dql, Michael Gove stripped of Europe role as Brexit negotiator David Frost joins cabinet, The Times, Wright, Oliver, Zeffman, Henry, 18 February 2021, 18 February 2021, 18 February 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210218002210/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/michael-gove-stripped-of-europe-role-as-brexit-negotiator-david-frost-joins-cabinet-mbswt0dql, live, His first action, on 3 March, was to exempt British companies from certain regulations when shipping food to Northern Ireland.WEB, Gallardo, Cristina, UK’s new Brexit man makes his mark with Northern Ireland row,www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-brexit-super-minister-david-frost-makes-mark/, 4 March 2021, Politico, 7 March 2021, 5 March 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210305133011/https://www.politico.eu/article/boris-johnson-brexit-super-minister-david-frost-makes-mark/, live, In June 2021, he wrote an article in the Financial Times calling for the EU to revisit the Northern Ireland Protocol that he had negotiated, saying the “EU needs a new playbook for dealing with neighbours, one that involves pragmatic solutions between friends, not the imposition of one side’s rules on the other and legal purism” and noted the government had underestimated the effect of the protocol, even though its implementation was opposed by the Unionist parties in Northern Ireland and its text clearly created a trade barrier between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.NEWS, David, Frost, 6 June 2021, David Frost: the EU must revisit the Northern Ireland protocol,www.ft.com/content/eb35a108-6186-42a4-b401-5e1df0e2c64a, live, 7 June 2021, Financial Times, London, 7 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210607212936/https://www.ft.com/content/eb35a108-6186-42a4-b401-5e1df0e2c64a, NEWS, Fisher, Lucy, 7 June 2021, Boris Johnson thinks ‘special relationship’ label makes Britain look needy, The Telegraph, London,www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/07/boris-johnson-thinks-special-relationship-label-makes-britain/, 7 June 2021, 7 June 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210607212935/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/06/07/boris-johnson-thinks-special-relationship-label-makes-britain/, live, Frost resigned from the government on 18 December 2021, stating that he had “concerns about the current direction of travel” of the government, he had failed to resolve the issues of the Northern Ireland protocol which by then had created political paralysis within the Stormont Government.NEWS, 18 December 2021, Lord Frost resigns as Brexit minister, BBC News,www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59714241, 18 December 2021, He cited Boris Johnson’s tax hikes, net zero commitments, COVID-19 regulations, and failure to seize the benefits of Brexit as the reason for his resignation.NEWS, Sky News,news.sky.com/story/lord-frosts-resignation-marks-a-chaotic-end-to-possibly-boris-johnsons-worst-week-as-pm-12499581, Lord Frost’s resignation marks a chaotic end to possibly Boris Johnson’s worst week as PM, Powell, Rob, 20 December 2021, 23 December 2021, NEWS, 20 December 2021, Lord Frost: I didn’t support PM’s coercive Covid plan, BBC News,www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59726067, 20 December 2021, Frost has also called out against “the neo-socialists, green fanatics and pro-woke crowd” in Downing Street under Johnson’s premiership.NEWS, Swinford, Steven, Boris Johnson must sack Downing Street’s woke crowd, says Lord Frost,www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-must-sack-downing-streets-woke-crowd-says-lord-frost-dhs2jwz2r, The Times, 27 January 2022, en, Although Frost has never held any elected positions within Parliament, he has indicated that he would be willing to stand as an MP if the opportunity arose, although this would mean resigning as a member of the House of Lords.NEWS, 10 May 2022, Will Lord Frost Stand as an MP?, Spectator,www.spectator.co.uk/article/will-lord-frost-stand-as-an-mp-, 15 July 2022, As of 2022, he listed his occupation as “peer of the realm”.WEB, David George Hamilton FROST personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK,find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/UcDDDdlOEqdFfsCI2AL56pzuCLs/appointments, 2022-12-17, find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk, en,

Personal life

In 1993 Frost married Jacqueline Elizabeth Dias, divorcing in 2018.WEB,jacquelinedias.com/, Jacqueline Dias, 23 December 2020, 5 December 2020,jacquelinedias.com/," title="web.archive.org/web/20201205235014jacquelinedias.com/,">web.archive.org/web/20201205235014jacquelinedias.com/, live, He married Harriet Mathews, a former British Ambassador to Somalia, later that year.

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External links

• {{Twitter|id=davidghfrost}}
• David Frost at www.gov.uk
• Lord Frost’s parliamentary profile

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