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  • THOMSON, Sir John Adam, GCMG (1927-2018)

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    Foreign Office, 1950; Third Secretary, Jedda, 1951; Damascus, 1954; FO, 1955; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1958–60; First Secretary, Washington, 1960–64; FO, 1964; Acting Head of Planning Staff, 1966; Counsellor, 1967; Head of Planning Staff, FO, 1967; seconded to Cabinet Office as Chief of Assessments Staff, 1968–71; Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to North Atlantic…

  • RHODES, Sir Peregrine Alexander, KCMG (1925-2005)

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    Diplomat. Served with Coldstream Guards, 1944-47. Joined Foreign Office, 1950; 2nd Secretary, Rangoon, 1953-56; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Vienna, 1959-62; 1st Secretary, Helsinki, 1962-65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965-68, Counsellor 1967; Institute for Study of International Organisation, Sussex University, 1968-69; Counsellor, Rome, 1970-73; Chargé d’Affaires, East Berlin, 1973-75; on secondment…

  • LUCAS, Ivor Thomas Mark, CMG (1927-2018)

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    Diplomat. Served in Royal Artillery, 1945-48 (Captain). Entered Diplomatic Service, 1951; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1952; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Bahrain, Sharjah and Dubai, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Karachi, 1959-62; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Tripoli, 1962-66; Foreign Office, 1966-68; Counsellor, Aden, 1968-69 (Chargé d’Affaires, August 1968-February 1969); Deputy…

  • HARDING, Sir (George) William, KCMG CVO (1927-2016)

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    Royal Marines, 1945–48. Entered HM Foreign Service, 1950; Singapore, 1951–52; Burma, 1952–55; Paris, 1956–59; Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1959-60; Santo Domingo, 1960–63; Latin America Department, FCO, 1963-67; Mexico City, 1967–70; Paris, 1970–74; Head of Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1974-77; Ambassador to Peru, 1977–79; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, FCO,…

  • GRAHAM, Sir John Alexander Noble, 4th bt, GCMG (1926-2019)

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    Foreign Service, 1950; MECAS, 1951; Third Secretary, Bahrain 1951, Kuwait 1952 and Amman, 1953; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1954-57; First Secretary, Belgrade, 1957-60, Benghazi, 1960-61; Foreign Office (Personnel Department and Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department), 1961-66; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Kuwait, 1966-69; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1969-72; Counsellor…

  • FYJIS-WALKER, Richard, CMG CVO (1927-2013)

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    Army (KRRC), 1945–48. Joined Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1955; served: Amman, 1956; Foreign Office, 1957–61; Paris, 1961–63; Cairo, 1963–65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1966–71; Counsellor, 1970; Ankara, 1971–74; Counsellor (Information), Washington, 1974–78; Counsellor, UK Mission to UN, New York, 1978–79; Ambassador to the Sudan, 1979–84; Ambassador to Pakistan, 1984–87.Interviewed 2013 (and interview completed by Gabrielle…

  • EDMONDS, John Christopher, CMG CVO (1921-2015)

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    Diplomat. Entered Royal Navy, 1939. Staff: of NATO Defence College, Paris, 1953-55; of C-in-C Home Fleet, 1956-57 (Commander, 1957); of Chief of Defence Staff, 1958-59. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1959; Foreign Office, 1959-60; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Tokyo, 1960-62; Foreign Office, 1963-67; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1967-68; Counsellor: Ankara, 1968-71; Paris, 1972-74; Head of…