- [1988-1999] Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party. He was made a life peer on his retirement from the House of Commons in 2001.
- He was awarded Knighthood of the British Empire in the 2000 Queen's Birthday Honors List for his services to politics.
- He was was awarded the GCMG (Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George) before being awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire and awarded the Member of the Companion of Honour in the 2015 Queen's New Years Honours List for his services to public and political service. He lives in Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England.
- European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina from the 27th May 2002 until the 31st January 2006.
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