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  • LYNE, Sir Roderic Michael John, KBE CMG (b. 1948)

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    Diplomat. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970; Army School of Languages, 1971; Moscow, 1972-74; Dakar, 1974-76; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1976-79; Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1979; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1979-82; UK Mission to UN, New York, 1982-86; Visiting Resident Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1986-87; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Moscow,…

  • LYALL GRANT, Sir Mark, GCMG (b. 1956)

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    Joined FCO, 1980; Second Secretary, Islamabad, 1982–85; FCO, 1985–87; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1987–89; First Secretary, Paris, 1990–93; FCO 1993; seconded to European Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1994–96; Deputy High Commissioner and Consul General, South Africa, 1996–98; Head, EU Department (Internal), FCO, 1998–2000; Director, Africa, FCO, 2000–03; High Commissioner to Pakistan, 2003–06; Political…

  • 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…

  • LONGWORTH, Peter, CMG (b. 1942)

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    Journalist, 1963-74: Labour and Industrial Correspondent, Bristol Evening Post, 1964-66; Lobby Correspondent, Western Daily Press, 1966-68; Diplomatic Correspondent, Westminster Press, 1968-74. Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974; First Secretary, FCO, 1974-77; First Secretary (Economic), Bonn, 1977-81; Head of Chancery and HM Consul, Sofia, 1981-84; FCO, 1984-87; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), Copenhagen, 1987-91; Deputy Head of…

  • LONG, Christopher, CMG (1938-2023)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1963–98: Foreign Office, 1963–64; Jedda, 1965–67; Caracas, 1967–69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969–74; Budapest, 1974–77; Belgrade (CSCE), 1977; Counsellor, Damascus, 1978–80; Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative, UKMIS, Geneva, 1980–83; Head, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1983–85; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Deputy Chief Clerk and Chief Inspector), FCO, 1985–88; Ambassador to…

  • LOGAN, Sir Donald Arthur, KCMG (1917-2009)

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    Diplomat. Joined the Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, in December 1945, and his diplomatic career included: Foreign Office, 1945-1947; HM Embassy, Tehran [Iran], 1947-1951; Foreign Office, 1951-1953; Assistant Political Agent, Kuwait, 1953-1955; Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [John Selwyn-Lloyd], 1956-1958; HM Embassy, Washington, 1958-1960; HM Ambassador to Guinea, 1960-1962; Foreign…

  • LEAHY, Sir John Henry Gladstone, KCMG (1928-2015)

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    Diplomat. RAF, 1950-52; FO, 1952-54 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1953-54); 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1955-57; FO, 1957-58; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Paris, 1958-62; FO, 1962-65; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1965-68; Counsellor, FCO, 1969; Head of Personnel Services Department, 1969-70; Head of News Department, FCO, 1971-73; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris,…

  • LAMPORT, Martin (1952-2020)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974: West Indian and Atlantic Department, FCO, 1975-76; Finance Department, FCO, 1976; Nationality and Treaty Department, FCO, 1979-80; Libya, 1980-83; Venezuela, 1983-85; Nuclear Energy Department and Science Energy Nuclear Department 1987-89; UK Rep, Brussels, 1989-93; Belize, 1993-96; Security Policy Department, FCO, 1996-99; Sana’a and Consul General Aden, 1999-2002; Lima, 2002-04;…

  • LAING, John Stuart (b. 1948)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service in 1970: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-71; MECAS, Lebanon, 1971-72; 2nd Secretary, Jedda, 1973-75; 1st Secretary: UK Permanent Representative to EC, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-83; Cairo, 1983-87; FCO, 1987-89; Counsellor, Prague, 1989-92; Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General, British Embassy, Riyadh, 1992-95; Head, Know How Fund for Central Europe, FCO, later DFID,…

  • KILLICK, Sir John Edward, GCMG (1919-2004)

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    Diplomat. Served with HM Forces, 1939-46: Suffolk Regiment, W Africa Force and Airborne Forces. Foreign Office, 1946-48; Control Commission and High Commission for Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt and Bonn), 1948-51; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, 1951-54; British Embassy, Addis Ababa, 1954-57; Canadian National Defence College, 1957-58; Western Department, Foreign Office, 1958-62; Imperial Defence College,…