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  • GLADSTONE, David, CMG (b. 1935)

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    National Service, 1954-56; Oxford University, 1956-59; Annan, Dexter and Company (Chartered Accountants), 1959-60; Foreign Office, 1960; MECAS, Lebanon, 1960-62; Bahrain, 1962-63; Foreign Office (working on atomic energy), 1963-65; Bonn, 1965-69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969-72; Cairo, 1972-75; British Military Government, Berlin, 1976-79; Head of Western European Department, FCO, 1979-82; Consul-General, Marseilles, 1983-87; High Commissioner, Colombo,…

  • GILLMORE, David Howe, Baron, GCMG (1934-1998)

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    Diplomat. HM Diplomatic Service, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-72; First Secretary, Moscow, 1972-75; Counsellor, UK Delegation, Vienna, 1975-78; Head of Defence Department, FCO, 1979-81; Assistant Under Secretary of State, FCO, 1981-83; High Commissioner in Malaysia, 1983-86; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1986-90; Visiting Fellow: Harvard University, 1990-91; WEU Institute, Paris, 1990-91; Permanent Under-Secretary of…

  • FULLERTON, William Hugh, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Shell International Petroleum Company in Uganda, 1963-65; joined Foreign Office, 1965; MECAS, Shemlan, Lebanon, 1965-66; Information Officer, Jeddah, 1966-67; UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1967; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-70; Head of Chancery, Kingston, Jamaica (also accredited to Haiti), 1970-73; Ankara, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-80; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), 1980-83 and Consul-General, 1981-83, Islamabad;…

  • FRY, Sir Graham Holbrook, KCMG (b. 1949)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1972; Third, later Second, Secretary, Tokyo, 1974-78; seconded to Invest in Britain Bureau, Department of Industry, 1979-80; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-83; First Secretary, Paris, 1983-87; FCO, 1987-88; Political Counsellor, Tokyo, 1989-93; Head, Far Eastern Department, later Far Eastern and Pacific Department, FCO, 1993-95; Director, Northern Asia and Pacific, FCO, 1995-98;…

  • FRETWELL, Sir John Emsley, GCMG (1930-2017)

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    Diplomat. Diplomatic Service, 1953; 3rd Secretary, Hong Kong, 1954-55; 2nd Secretary, Peking, 1955-57; Foreign Office, 1957-59; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1959-62; FO, 1962-67; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Washington, 1967-70; Commercial Counsellor, Warsaw, 1971-73; Head of European Integration Department (Internal), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1976-79; Minister, Washington, 1980-81; Ambassador to France, 1982-87.…

  • FENN, Sir Nicholas, GCMG (1936-2016)

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    Diplomat. Third Secretary, British Embassy, Rangoon, 1959-63; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1963-67; First Secretary, British Interests Section, Swiss Embassy, Algiers, 1967-69; First Secretary (Public Relations), UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1969-72; Deputy Head, Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; Counsellor, Peking, 1975-77; Head of…

  • FEARN, Sir (Patrick) Robin, KCMG (1934-2006)

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    Diplomat. National Service, Intelligence Corps, 1952-54. Overseas marketing, Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd, 1957-61; entered Foreign Service, 1961; FO, 1961-62; Third, later Second Secretary, Caracas, 1962-64; Havana, 1965; First Secretary, Budapest, 1966-68; FCO, 1969-72; Head of Chancery, Vientiane, 1972-75; Assistant Head of Science and Technology Department, FCO, 1975-76; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul General, Islamabad,…

  • FALL, Sir Brian, GCVO KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Joined Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service, 1962; served in Foreign Office United Nations Department, 1963; Moscow, 1965; Geneva, 1968; Civil Service College, 1970; FO Eastern European and Soviet Department and Western Organisations Department, 1971; New York, 1975; Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1976; Counsellor, Moscow, 1977-79; Head of Energy, Science and Space Department, Foreign and…

  • FAIRWEATHER, Sir Patrick Stanislaus, KCMG (b. 1936)

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    National Service in Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment, 1955-57. Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965; 2nd Secretary, Rome, 1966-69; FCO, 1969-70; 1st Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1970-73; FCO, 1973-75; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Vientiane, 1975-76; 1st Secretary, UK Representation to EEC, Brussels, 1976-78; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), Athens, 1978-83; Head of European Community Department…

  • ELLIOTT, Mark, CMG (b. 1939)

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    HM Forces (Intelligence Corps), 1957–59. Foreign Office, 1963; Tokyo, 1965; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, 1973–74; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Nicosia, 1975–77; Counsellor, 1977–81, Head of Chancery, 1978–81, Tokyo; Head of Far Eastern Department, FCO, 1981–85; Under-Secretary on secondment to Northern Ireland Office, 1985–88; Ambassador to…