11 Facts About Freedman Lawrence

Freedman Lawrence has been described as the "dean of British strategic studies" and was a member of the Iraq Inquiry.

Freedman Lawrence is an Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London.

Freedman Lawrence then held a part-time lectureship at Balliol College.

Freedman Lawrence held positions at the International Institute for Strategic Studies and Royal Institute of International Affairs before he was appointed, in 1982, Professor of War Studies at King's College London.

Freedman Lawrence was appointed a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford in the Blavatnik School of Government in 2015.

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Freedman Lawrence contributed to the preparation of the 1999 Chicago speech in which Tony Blair set out the 'Blair doctrine'.

Freedman Lawrence was the official historian of the Falklands campaign, and author of The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, published in two volumes.

Freedman Lawrence has written extensively on nuclear strategy and the cold war, as well as commentating regularly on contemporary security issues, and provides book reviews for Foreign Affairs.

Freedman Lawrence was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1995 and appointed Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1996 and Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George in 2003.

Freedman Lawrence was made a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom when appointed to the Iraq Inquiry in 2009.

Freedman Lawrence's wife is Judith Freedman, Pinsent Masons Professor of Taxation Law and a Fellow of Worcester College at Oxford University.