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  • EDWARDS, John, CMG (b. 1934)

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    Diplomat. Military Service, 1953-55; Ministry of Supply, 1958; Colonial Office, 1960; Private Secretary to Hugh Fraser, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1961; Principal: Nature Conservancy, 1962; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1965; First Secretary (Development), and UK Permanent Representative to ECAFE, Bangkok, Thailand, 1968; Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development, 1971; Head of…

  • EASTWOOD, Basil, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1967; Jedda, 1968; Colombo, 1969; Cairo, 1972; Cabinet Office, 1976; FCO, 1978; Bonn, 1980; Khartoum, 1984; Athens, 1987; Director of Research and Analysis, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991-96; Ambassador to Syria, 1996-2000; Project Director, Middle East Institute, SOAS, 2000-01; Ambassador to Switzerland, 2001-04; Cecily’s…

  • DOWSE, Timothy Michael, CMG (b. 1955)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1978; UN Department, Foreign Office, 1978–80; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Manila, 1980-82; Israeli language training, 1982-83; 1st Secretary and Press Officer, Tel Aviv, 1983-86; Economic Relations Department (ERD), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1986-88; Southern Africa Department, FCO, and Resident Clerk, 1988-90; Deputy Head, Gulf War Political/Military Emergency Unit, FCO, 1991; Assistant Head,…

  • DONNELLY, Sir (Joseph) Brian, KBE CMG (b. 1945)

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    Diplomat. Administrative trainee, GCHQ, 1970; joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1973; 2nd Secretary, FCO, 1973; 1st Secretary, UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1975–79; Head of Chancery, Singapore, 1979–82; Assistant Head, Personnel Policy Dept, FCO, 1982–84; Deputy to Chief Scientific Adviser, Cabinet Office, 1984–87; Counsellor and Consul General, Athens, 1988–91; Royal College of Defence Studies,…

  • DONALDSON, Brian (b. c 1945)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1965; Algiers, Management Officer, 1968; La Paz, Archivist, 1971; FCO, Communications Operations Department, 1974; Lagos [Nigeria], Entry Clearance Officer (Visas), 1975; Luxembourg, Vice-Consul, 1979; FCO, Trade Relations and Exports Department (COCOM desk), 1982; FCO, Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State (Malcolm Rifkind), 1983; Mauritius, 2nd (later 1st) Secretary, Aid/Commercial, 1985;…

  • DOBLE, Denis Henry (b. 1936)

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    Diplomat. Royal Air Force (1955-57); Colonial Office (1960-64), Assistant Private Secretary to Duncan Sandys, Commonwealth and Colonial Secretary, (1963-64); Diplomatic Service (1965); First Secretary in Brussels [Belgium] (1966-68) and Lagos [Nigeria] (1968-72); South Asian and Defence Departments, FCO (1972-75); First Secretary (Economic), Islamabad [Pakistan] (1975-78); Head of Chancery, Lima [Peru] (1978-82); East African Department, FCO…

  • DEAN, Cecil Roy (1927-2019)

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    Diplomat, writer and broadcaster. After serving in the RAF (1945-48) in India and Pakistan, Dean joined the Central Office of Information, where he worked for ten years. In 1958 he joined the Diplomatic Service, and his subsequent diplomatic career included: Second, later First Secretary, Colombo [Sri Lanka], (1958-62); Vancouver [Canada], (1962-64); Lagos [Nigeria], (1964-68); Foreign…

  • DAY, Sir Derek Malcolm, KCMG (1927-2015)

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    Diplomat. Counsellor, Cyprus, 1972; Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1975-78; High Commissioner, Canada, 1984-87.Interviewed 1996.

  • DALES, Sir Richard Nigel, KCVO CMG (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Dales entered the Foreign Office in 1964, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: 3rd Secretary, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 1965–67; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968–70; 2nd Secretary, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1970–73; FCO, 1973; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1974–77; 1st Secretary, Head of Chancery and Consul, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1977–81; FCO,…

  • CULLIMORE, Charles Augustine Kaye, CMG (b. 1933)

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    Diplomat. Northern Ireland Short Service Commission, 1955-57; HMOCS, Tanganyika, 1958-61; ICI Ltd, 1961-71; joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1971; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971-73; First Secretary, Bonn, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-79; Counsellor, New Delhi, 1979-82; Deputy High Commissioner, Canberra, 1982-86; FCO, Head of Central African Department, 1986-89; High Commissioner, Uganda, 1989-93.Interviewed 2009.