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  • IMRAY, Sir Colin Henry, KBE CMG (1933-2020)

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    Diplomat. CRO, 1957; Canberra, 1958-61; CRO, 1961-63; Nairobi, 1963-66; FCO, 1966-70; British Trade Commissioner, Montreal, 1970-73; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Islamabad, 1973-77; RCDS, 1977; Commercial Counsellor, Tel Aviv, 1977-80; Rayner Project Officer, 1980; Deputy High Commissioner, Bombay, 1980-84; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Deputy Chief Clerk and Chief Inspector), FCO, 1984-85; High Commissioner: Tanzania,…

  • HUGH-JONES, Sir Wynn, LVO (1923-2019)

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    Diplomat. Served in RAF, 1943-46. Entered Foreign Service (now Diplomatic Service), 1947; Foreign Office, 1947-49; Jedda, 1949-52; Paris, 1952-56; FO, 1956-59; Chargé d’Affaires, Conakry, 1959-60; Head of Chancery, Rome, 1960-64; FO, 1964-66, Counsellor, 1964; Consul, Elizabethville (later Lubumbashi), 1966-68; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Ottawa, 1968-70; FCO, 1971, attached Lord President’s Office; Cabinet Office, 1972-73;…

  • HOGGER, Henry, CMG (b. 1948)

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    Joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969: MECAS, Lebanon, 1971-72; served Aden, 1972; Caracas, 1972-75; Kuwait, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-82; Head of Chancery, Abu Dhabi, 1982-86; FCO, 1986-89; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Amman, 1989-92; High Commissioner, Namibia, 1992-96; Head, Latin America, later Latin America and Caribbean Department, FCO, 1996-2000; Ambassador to Syria, 2000-03; Governorate…

  • HIGGINS, Desmond (b. 1930)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Supply, Liverpool, 1947; National Service, 1947-49; joined Commonwealth Relations Office, 1956; 3rd Secretary (Information), New Delhi, 1957-59; Commonwealth Relations Office, 1960; British High Commission, Lagos, 1960-61; 2nd Secretary, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1962-65; Commonwealth Relations Office, 1965; British High Commission, Bathurst, The Gambia, 1966-68; Commonwealth Relations Office (Cultural Relations Department); British…

  • HENNESSY, Sir James, KBE CMG (1923-2024)

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    Appointed to Overseas Service, Basutoland, District Officer, 1948; Judicial Commissioner, 1953; District Commissioner, 1954–56; Joint Secretary, Constitutional Commission, 1957–59; Supervisor of Elections, 1959; Secretary to Executive Council, 1960; seconded to Office of High Commissioner, Cape Town/Pretoria, 1961–63; Permanent Secretary for local government, 1964; MLC, 1965; Secretary for External Affairs, Defence and Internal Security, 1967; Prime…

  • HAWLEY, Sir Donald, KCMG MBE (1921-2008)

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    Diplomat. Served in HM Forces, 1941. Sudan Political Service, 1944; joined Sudan Judiciary, 1947. Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1951. Chief Registrar, Sudan Judiciary, and Registrar-General of Marriages, 1951; resigned from Sudan Service, 1955; joined Foreign Service, 1955; Foreign Office, 1956: Political Agent, Trucial States, in Dubai, 1958; Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Cairo, 1962;…

  • GREENHILL OF HARROW, Denis Arthur, Baron, GCMG OBE (1913-2000)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Bulgaria, 1947-9, Washington, 1949-51; Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, 1955-6, Singapore, 1956-9, Washington 1959-64; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969-73.Interviewed 1996.

  • GRAY, Sir John Walton David, KBE CMG (1936-2003)

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    Diplomat. National Service, 1954-56. Joined Foreign Service, 1962; served: Mecas, 1962; Bahrain Agency, 1964; FO, 1967; Geneva, 1970; Sofia, 1974; Counsellor (Commercial), 1978, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, 1980, Jedda; Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department, FCO, 1982-85; Ambassador to Lebanon, 1985-88; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and…

  • GRANT, Ann (b. 1948)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971; Calcutta, 1973–75; Department of Energy, 1976–79; News Department, 1979; Head of Chancery and Consul, Maputo, 1981–84; First Secretary (Energy), Office of UK Permanent Representative to EU, Brussels, 1987–89, resigned; Communications Director, Oxfam, 1989–91; rejoined FCO, 1991; Head of Recruitment [? 1991-92]; Counsellor (Economic and Social Affairs), UK Mission to…

  • 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…