What is Adam Wood?
[[File:MMRC Sloc 2012-04-27 (0).jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The Isle of Man Lieutenant Governor, Adam Wood}}]] '''Adam Kenneth Compton Wood''' (born 13 March 1955) is a [[Retirement|retired]] [[British]] [[diplomat]]. He is the current [[Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man]].{{efn|The Lieutenant Governor (often shortened to Governor) is the representative of the [[Elizabeth II|Queen]] on the [[Isle of Man]]. He serves at the Queen's pleasure, usually a period of five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.im/about-the-government/offices/cabinet-office/external-relations/crown-services/office-of-lieutenant-governor/ |title=Office of Lieutenant Governor |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |publisher=Government of the Isle of Man |access-date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=16 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416183305/http://www.gov.im/about-the-government/offices/cabinet-office/external-relations/crown-services/office-of-lieutenant-governor/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} == Career == Wood was born on 13 March 1955.<ref name=FCO>{{cite web |url=http://www.wired-gov.net/wg/wg-news-1.nsf/54e6de9e0c383719802572b9005141ed/12ef13eba87dddd9802572ab004bb261?OpenDocument |title=Change of British High Commissioner to Kenya |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=29 April 2005 |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office |access-date=9 July 2014 }}</ref> He was [[education|educated]] at the [[Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe]] and [[Graduation|graduated]] from [[Oriel College, Oxford]] in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gov.im/about-the-government/offices/cabinet-office/external-relations/crown-services/biography-of-lieutenant-governor/ |title=Biography of Lieutenant Governor |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2014 |publisher=Government of the Isle of Man |access-date=9 July 2014 |archive-date=17 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417021705/http://www.gov.im/about-the-government/offices/cabinet-office/external-relations/crown-ser