predecessor successor birth_place office term_start spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
mel cappe gordon campbell montreal , quebec high and northern ireland commissioner to the united kingdom of great britain 2006 donna thomson james r. wright
 2011 james r. wright mcgill university
james r. wright

james r. wright is a canadian diplomat , and was canada 's high commissioner to the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland from august 27 , 2006 to september 14 , 2011 .
wright was born in montreal and graduated from mcgill university in 1973 .
he is married to donna thomson , and together they have two children , nicholas and natalie .
he speaks fluent english , french and russian .
