Lyn Parker (born 25 November 1952) is a British civil servant, diplomat, and legal scholar. He was the British High Commissioner to Cyprus from 2001 to 2005, the British Ambassador to the Netherlands from 2005 to 2009, and Chef de Cabinet to the President of the International Criminal Court from 2011 to 2016. Biography Parker was born on 25 November 1952. Having been awarded the MacKinnon Law Scholarship, he studied jurisprudence at Magdalen College, Oxford. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1974. He then studied for a Master of Arts (MA) degree in European Community Studies at the University of Manchester. He completed his MA with distinction in 1975. From 1975 to 1978, he was a lecturer in law at the University of Manchester: he taught international law, legal philosophy, contract law, and criminal law. He then joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1978. he would continue in the Civil Service until 2010, when he left to work at the International Criminal Court. References 1952 births Living people Members of HM Diplomatic Service High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Cyprus Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Netherlands British legal scholars International Criminal Court people Civil servants in the Cabinet Office Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Manchester Academics of the University of Manchester 20th-century British diplomats 21st-century British diplomats