Chloe Squires - Revision history

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 | Various national security roles (NATO, legislation, crisis management)
 | Cabinet Office / FCDO
-| Domestic & international security posts<ref>UK Parliament, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/121.pdf Defence contribution evidence] ''publications.parliament.uk'', 2009 (Cabinet Office role).</ref>
+| Domestic & international security posts, including in the [[National Security Secretariat]] in 2008<ref>UK Parliament, [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdfence/121/121.pdf Defence contribution evidence] ''publications.parliament.uk'', 2009 (Cabinet Office role).</ref>
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 | Early 2000s

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 | Director General for Homeland Security (Senior Responsible Officer for Counter Terrorism)
 | Home Office
-| Replaced Tom Hurd; led Homeland Security Group<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-director-general-for-homeland-security-announced New Director General for Homeland Security announced] ''gov.uk'', 7 April 2021.</ref><ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref>
+| Replaced [[Tom Hurd]]; led [[Homeland Security Group]]<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-director-general-for-homeland-security-announced New Director General for Homeland Security announced] ''gov.uk'', 7 April 2021.</ref><ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref>
 |-
 | May 2019 – March 2021
 | Director National Security
-| Home Office
+| [[Home Office]]
-| Led counter-terrorism, hostile state activity, Investigatory Powers Act, MI5 liaison<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref><ref>Civil Service World, [https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-appoints-director-of-homeland-security Home Office appoints director of homeland security] ''Civil Service World'', April 2021.</ref>
+| Led counter-terrorism, hostile state activity, [[Investigatory Powers Act]], [[MI5]] liaison<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref><ref>Civil Service World, [https://www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article/home-office-appoints-director-of-homeland-security Home Office appoints director of homeland security] ''Civil Service World'', April 2021.</ref>
 |-
 | 2016 – 2019
 | Director of Strategy (founding team)
-| National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), GCHQ
+| [[National Cyber Security Centre]] (NCSC), [[GCHQ]]
 | Helped establish NCSC in 2016<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref>
 |-
 | pre-2016
 | Director Cyber
-| Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
+| [[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]] (FCDO)
 | Cybersecurity lead<ref>UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/people/chloe-squires Chloe Squires] ''gov.uk'', accessed April 2026.</ref>
 |-
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 | After Oxford History degree
 |}
 ==Family and affiliations==
 Squires was a director of [[Sunnyside Community Gardens]] (Company number 04394724, Appointed on 25 September 2017 Resigned on 24 May 2024).  Her details were given as follows (note the mis-spelling of Pemberton):BOURKE, Chloe Elise Penmberton Correspondence address Sunnyside Ecology Centre, Hazellville Road, London, N19 3LX Role Resigned Director Date of birth October 1977 Nationality British Country of residence England Occupation Company Director.<ref name="CH">https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04394724/officers</ref>

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 **leading efforts to deliver next-generation interception of communications
 **providing critical investment in science and technology to anticipate the emerging technologies of the future.<ref name="biog"/>
 ==Family and affiliations==
 Squires was a director of [[Sunnyside Community Gardens]] (Company number 04394724, Appointed on 25 September 2017 Resigned on 24 May 2024).  Her details were given as follows (note the mis-spelling of Pemberton):BOURKE, Chloe Elise Penmberton Correspondence address Sunnyside Ecology Centre, Hazellville Road, London, N19 3LX Role Resigned Director Date of birth October 1977 Nationality British Country of residence England Occupation Company Director.<ref name="CH">https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04394724/officers</ref>

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	Bourke James B Bickford-Smith Holborn 5c 2091</ref> Micheal Bourke was registered at the same address on the Electoral Roll in 2002-3.		Bourke James B Bickford-Smith Holborn 5c 2091</ref> Micheal Bourke was registered at the same address on the Electoral Roll in 2002-3.

		+	==Resources==
		+	*https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5dfcb69040f0b6666f277155/Senate_Judiciary_Committee_lawful_access_UK_testimony.pdf
	==Notes==		==Notes==

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 Occupation
 Company Director</ref> This would appear to be Chloe Squires husband. A Michael James B. Bourke is registered as having been born in Nottingham in September 1979, mother's maiden name Bickford-Smith.<ref>BOURKE	 MICHAEL JAMES B	 BICKFORD-SMITH	 NOTTINGHAM	 8	1158</ref> His parents were [[James B Bourke]] and [[Ann V Bourke]] (born June 1937 in Lewisham, mother's maiden name Moore.<ref>Bickford-Smith	 Ann V	 Moore	 Lewisham	 1d	1281</ref>) and they lived in Nottingham at least between 2002 and 2016.<ref>Marriages Mar 1965
-Bourke	 James B	 Bickford-Smith	 Holborn	 5c	2091</ref>
+Bourke	 James B	 Bickford-Smith	 Holborn	 5c	2091</ref> Micheal Bourke was registered at the same address on the Electoral Roll in 2002-3.
 ==Notes==

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 Squires was a director of [[Sunnyside Community Gardens]] (Company number 04394724, Appointed on 25 September 2017 Resigned on 24 May 2024).  Her details were given as follows (note the mis-spelling of Pemberton):BOURKE, Chloe Elise Penmberton Correspondence address Sunnyside Ecology Centre, Hazellville Road, London, N19 3LX Role Resigned Director Date of birth October 1977 Nationality British Country of residence England Occupation Company Director.<ref name="CH">https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04394724/officers</ref>
-Squires father was [[Geoffrey T C Squires]] and he married her mother [[Mary P Squires]] (nee Pemberton) in Hampstead in September 1976.<ref>Sep 1976 SQUIRES	 GEOFFREY T C	 PEMBERTON	 HAMPSTEAD	 12	1716</ref> From at least 2002 they lived in Hull. Chloe Squires was also registered at the same address on the Electoral Roll in 2002-3 as was her younger brother [[Rory Sebastian Pemberton Squires]] (born August 1981) between 2002-3 and 2006.<ref>https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/45o1eZGwtHb_MUfei0oYvoitbgk/appointments</ref>
+Squires father is the Derry born Irish poet [[Geoffrey T C Squires]] (born 16 November 1942,<ref name="SM">{{cite web | title=Geoffrey Squires| work=Shearsman Magazine issue 69/70 | url=http://www.shearsman.com/pages/magazine/back_issues/shearsman69_70/squires.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314224056/https://www.shearsman.com/pages/magazine/back_issues/shearsman69_70/squires.html |archive-date=14 March 2007 | access-date=23 July 2021}}</ref>)
 A [[Michael James Bernard Bourke]] (born June 1979) was appointed as a director six days earlier on 19 September 2017.<ref>BOURKE, Michael James Bernard