Born in 1935, Rimington attended Jesus College, Cambridge, before completing on National Service in the Army.
After another period abroad from 1974 (as a counsellor in the UK's permanent representation to the European Economic Community), he was transferred to the Manpower Services Commission in 1977.
[4] In retirement, he has held a visiting professorship at the University of Strathclyde and delivered the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents' Allan St John Holt Lecture in 2008.
Stella Rimington commented "It's a good recipe for marriage, I'd say: split up, live separately, and return to it later".
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