Clive Fairweather CBE
Clive Fairweather was born and educated in Edinburgh. He spent 34 years in the army, rising from the rank of private soldier to full Colonel. During this time he completed three tours with the Special Air Service (SAS), which included appointments as security adviser to the Iranian and Jordanian Royal Households in 1970-71. He was second-in-command of 22 SAS at the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980.
Trained at both the Army and RAF Staff Colleges, his last job in the military was at Edinburgh Castle, where he was responsible for security and defence matters in the Lowland Area and was military security officer for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo.
On retiring from the army he was appointed Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland, a post he held in the period 1994-2002. He joined Stuart Crawford Associates in 2002.
Clive appears frequently on radio and television commenting on justice and security matters and writes regularly for the press. He was appointed CBE in 2003.
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