| term_start3 = 2019
| term_start3 = 2019
| term_end3 = July 2022
| term_end3 = July 2022
| spouse = [[Clemency Burton-Hill]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Millie |title=Meet James Roscoe and Clemency Burton-Hill: Washington’s new power couple |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-roscoe-clemency-burton-hill-mandelson-us-ambassador-b2824833.html |access-date=13 September 2025 |date=11 September 2025}}</ref>
| spouse = [[Clemency Burton-Hill]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Millie |title=Meet James Roscoe and Clemency Burton-Hill: Washington’s new power couple |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-roscoe-clemency-burton-hill-mandelson-us-ambassador-b2824833.html |access-date=13 September 2025 |date=11 September 2025}}</ref>
| birth_date = 1976 (aged 49)<ref name=”thetimes”/>
| birth_date = 1976 (aged 49)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charter |first1=David |last2=Balls |first2=Katy |title=Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as US ambassador? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/james-roscoe-diplomat-peter-mandelson-f2tscfpfb |publisher=The Times |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
| children = 2 <ref name=”independent”/>
| children = 2 <ref>{{cite news |last1=Cooke |first1=Millie |title=Meet James Roscoe and Clemency Burton-Hill: Washington’s new power couple |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/james-roscoe-clemency-burton-hill-mandelson-us-ambassador-b2824833.html |access-date=13 September 2025 |date=11 September 2025}}</ref>
| alma_mater = [[Durham University]]
| alma_mater = [[Durham University]]
}}
}}
==Career==
==Career==
Roscoe has previously worked for [[His Majesty’s Diplomatic Service]] in [[Iraq]], [[Sierra Leone]] and the [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|UK Mission to the UN]].<ref>{{cite web |title=James Roscoe MVO |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/james-roscoe-mvo |website=gov.uk |publisher=UK Government |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
Roscoe has previously worked for [[His Majesty’s Diplomatic Service]] in [[Iraq]], [[Sierra Leone]] and the [[Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations|UK Mission to the UN]].<ref>{{cite web |title=James Roscoe MVO |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/james-roscoe-mvo |website=gov.uk |publisher=UK Government |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
Between 2006 and 2009, Roscoe was the chief press officer to prime ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]].<ref>{{cite web |title=James Roscoe MVO |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/james-roscoe-mvo |website=gov.uk |publisher=UK Government |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref> He served as communications secretary to [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charter |first1=David |last2=Balls |first2=Katy |title=Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as US ambassador? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/james-roscoe-diplomat-peter-mandelson-f2tscfpfb |publisher=The Times |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
Between 2006 and 2009, Roscoe was the chief press officer to prime ministers [[Tony Blair]] and [[Gordon Brown]].<ref =gov.uk/> He served as communications secretary to [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] from 2013 to 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charter |first1=David |last2=Balls |first2=Katy |title=Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as US ambassador? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/james-roscoe-diplomat-peter-mandelson-f2tscfpfb |publisher=The Times |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
In September 2025, Roscoe became chargé d’affaires ad interim to the United States following the dismissal of [[Peter Mandelson]] as ambassador by prime minister [[Keir Starmer]]. Roscoe is expected to be in that position for [[List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump|Donald Trump’s second state visit to the United Kingdom]].
In September 2025, Roscoe became chargé d’affaires ad interim to the United States following the dismissal of [[Peter Mandelson]] as ambassador by prime minister [[Keir Starmer]]. Roscoe is expected to be in that position for [[List of international presidential trips made by Donald Trump|Donald Trump’s second state visit to the United Kingdom]].
==Early and personal life==
==Early and personal life==
Roscoe attended [[Ysgol Aberconwy]] in [[Conwy]], [[Wales]] and maintains close connections to Conwy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vranic |first1=Marko |title=Conwy connection for newly-appointed UK ambassador to the US |url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/25461806.conwy-connection-newly-appointed-uk-ambassador-us/ |access-date=13 September 2025 |date=12 September 2025}}</ref> He met his wife, British broadcaster [[Clemency Burton-Hill]] in Sierra Leone in 2006, and has two sons, Tomos and Joe.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Charter |first1=David |last2=Balls |first2=Katy |title=Who is in the running to replace Peter Mandelson as US ambassador? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/james-roscoe-diplomat-peter-mandelson-f2tscfpfb |publisher=The Times |access-date=13 September 2025}}</ref>
Roscoe attended [[Ysgol Aberconwy]] in [[Conwy]], [[Wales]] and maintains close connections to Conwy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vranic |first1=Marko |title=Conwy connection for newly-appointed UK ambassador to the US |url=https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/25461806.conwy-connection-newly-appointed-uk-ambassador-us/ |access-date=13 September 2025 |date=12 September 2025}}</ref> He met his wife, British broadcaster [[Clemency Burton-Hill]] in Sierra Leone in 2006, and has two sons, Tomos and Joe.<ref =thetimes/>
==References==
==References==
