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  • WRIGHT, Sir (John) Oliver, GCMG GCVO DSC (1921-2009)

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    Diplomat. Royal Navy 1941-45; Entered FO 1945; Vice-Consul, New York, 1946; 3rd Secretary, Bucharest, 1948; 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1950; FO 1952 (Western and Southern Departments); First Secretary, Berlin, 1954-57, South Africa, 1957-59; Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1964-66; Ambassador to Denmark, 1966-69; Seconded to Government of Northern Ireland, 1969-70; Chief Clerk, Foreign and Commonwealth…

  • WRIGHT, Sir Denis, GCMG (1911-2005)

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    Diplomat. Employed from outbreak of war as Vice-Consul on economic warfare work at HM Consulate at Constantza (Romania), 1939-41. Vice-Consul-in-charge of HM Consulate at Trebizond (Turkey), 1941-43; Acting-Consul-in-charge of HM Consulate, Mersin (Turkey), 1943-45; First Secretary (Commercial) to HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1946-48; Superintending Trade Consul at Chicago for Middle-Western Region of USA, 1949-51; Head of…

  • WILLSON, John Michael, CMG (1931-2013)

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    Diplomat. Colonial Service, Northern Rhodesia, 1955-64; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1965-70; seconded to British High Commission, Malta, as First Secretary (Economic), 1967-70; joined Diplomatic Service, 1970; British Consulate-General, Johannesburg, 1972-75; Foreign and Commonwealth Office (West Indian and North American Departments), 1975-8; Special Counsellor for African Affairs, 1978; Secretary-General, Rhodesian Independence Conference, 1979; on staff of…

  • WARREN, Sir David Alexander, KCMG (b. 1952)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1975; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975–77; Third, later Second, then First Secretary, Tokyo, 1977–81; FCO, 1981–87; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Nairobi, 1987–90; FCO, 1990–91; on secondment as Head, International Division, Science and Technology Secretariat, later OST, then OPSS, Cabinet Office, 1991–93; Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo, 1993–98; Head, Hong Kong Department,…

  • WALKER, Sir Harold Berners, KCMG (b. 1932)

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    Diplomat. Assistant Political Agent, Dubai, 1958-60; Principal Instructor, Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1963-64; First Secretary, Egypt, 1964-66; Head of Chancery and Consul, Damascus, Syria, 1966-67; First Secretary (Commercial), Washington, 1970-73; Counsellor, Jedda, 1973-75; Deputy Head, Personnel Operations Department, 1975; Head of Personnel Operations Department, 1976; Ambassador, Bahrain, 1979-81, Abu Dhabi, 1981-86, Ethiopia, 1986-90,…

  • VARCOE, Jeremy Richard Lovering Grosvenor, CMG (b. 1937)

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    Colonial Service: District Officer, Swaziland, 1962–65. Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1966; Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham, 1967–70; joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–72; Deputy Secretary General, Pearce Commission on Rhodesian Opinion, 1972; First Secretary, Ankara, 1972–74, Lusaka, 1974–78; FCO, 1978–79; Counsellor, Kuala Lumpur, 1979–82; Head of Southern African…

  • TONKIN, Derek, CMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. HM Forces, 1948-49; FO, 1952; Warsaw, 1955; Bangkok, 1957; Phnom Penh, 1961; FO, 1963; Warsaw, 1966; Wellington, 1968; FCO, 1972; East Berlin, 1976; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1980-82; Minister, Pretoria, 1983-86; Ambassador to Thailand, and concurrently to Laos, 1986-89.Interviewed 2000.

  • TOMKYS, Sir William Roger, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Foreign Service, 1960; MECAS, 1960; 3rd Secretary, Amman, 1962; 2nd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1964; 1st Secretary, Head of Chancery, Benghazi, 1967; Planning Staff, FCO, 1969; Head of Chancery, Athens, 1972; Counsellor, seconded to Cabinet Office, 1975; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Rome, 1980–81; Ambassador: to Bahrain,…

  • TATHAM, David, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1960; New York, 1962–63; Milan, 1963–67; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, 1967–69; Jeddah, 1969–70; FCO, 1971–74; Muscat, 1974–77; Assistant Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Dublin, 1981–84; Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic, also accredited to Republic of Djibouti, 1984–87; Head of Falkland Islands Department, FCO, 1987–90; Ambassador to…

  • SUTHERLAND, Dame Veronica Evelyn, DBE CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1965; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1967-70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-75; 1st Secretary, New Delhi, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-80; Counsellor, 1981; Permanent UK Delegate to UNESCO, 1981-84; Counsellor, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, 1987-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Personnel), FCO, 1990-95; Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, 1995-99.Interviewed 2005.