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  • 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.

  • CROWE, Sir Brian, KCMG (1938-2020)

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    Diplomat. Joined Foreign Office, 1961; served: Moscow, 1962-64; London, 1965-67; Aden, 1967; Washington, 1968-73; Bonn, 1973-76; Counsellor and Head of Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1976-78; Head of Chancery, UK Permanent Representative to EEC, Brussels, 1979-81; Counsellor and Head of EEC Department (External), FCO, 1982-84; Minister, Commercial, Washington, 1985-89; Ambassador to Austria, 1989-92; Economic Director (Deputy…

  • CRAWFORD, Charles Graham, CMG (b. 1954)

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    Diplomat. Entry to Diplomatic Service, 1979; FCO (South East Asia Department), 1979-80; 2nd, then 1st Secretary, Belgrade, 1981-84; FCO speechwriter, 1985-87; 1st Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1987-91; FCO (Soviet, then Eastern Department), 1991-93; Political Counsellor, Moscow, 1993-96; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-98; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1998-99; Deputy Political Director, FCO,…

  • CRADOCK, Sir Percy, GCMG PC (1923-2010)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Kuala Lumpur, 1957, Hong Kong, 1961, Peking, 1962; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Peking 1966; Ambassador to East Germany, 1976; Leader of UK delegation to Comprehensive Test Ban Talks; Ambassador to China, 1978-83; Foreign Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister, 1984-92.Interviewed 1997.

  • COX, Ethel (1912-2016)

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    Ethel Cox, née Simes, was born in Smyrna [later Izmir, Turkey] in September 1912. When she was 17, in February 1940, she went to work for the British Embassy in Ankara as a shorthand typist, and served there until her husband was posted to Egypt in June 1943. While in Ankara, she was a witness…

  • COWPER-COLES, Sir Sherard Louis, KCMG, LVO (b. 1955)

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    Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1977: Third, later Second, Secretary, Cairo, 1980-83; First Secretary, Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983-85; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, 1985-87; First Secretary, Washington, 1987-91; Assistant Head, Security Policy Department, FCO, 1991-93; Resident Associate, IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies), 1993-94; Head, Hong Kong Department, FCO, 1994-97; Counsellor…

  • CORTAZZI, Sir (Henry Arthur) Hugh, GCMG (1924-2018)

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    Joined Foreign Office, 1949; Third Secretary, Singapore, 1950–51; Third/Second Secretary, Tokyo, 1951–54; Foreign Office, 1954–58; First Secretary, Bonn, 1958–60; First Secretary, later Head of Chancery, Tokyo, 1961–65; Foreign Office, 1965–66; Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo, 1966–70; Royal College of Defence Studies, 1971–72; Minister (Commercial), Washington, 1972–75; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975–80; Ambassador to…

  • COLVIN, David Hugh, CMG (b. 1941)

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    Assistant Principal, Board of Trade, 1966. Joined HM Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service, 1967; Central Department, Foreign Office, 1967; Second Secretary, Bangkok, 1968–71; European Integration Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971–75; First Secretary, Paris, 1975–77; First Secretary (Press and Information), UK Permanent Representation to the European Community, 1977–82; Assistant Secretary, Cabinet Office, 1982–85; Counsellor and Head…

  • COCKING, Brigadier Nicholas (b. 1936)

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    Soldier. Joined the Army in 1954 and saw service in the Persian Gulf, Aden, Malaysia, Germany, and Northern Ireland, ending his career with seven years as Commander of the British Mission attached to the Saudi National Guard.Interviewed 2004.

  • CLOAKE, John Cecil, CMG (1924-2014)

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    Served in Army, 1943-46 (Lieutenant Royal Engineers). Foreign Office, 1948; 3rd Secretary, Baghdad, 1949, and Saigon, 1951; 2nd Secretary, 1952; FO, 1954; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1956, and to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1957; 1st Secretary, 1957; Consul (Commercial), New York, 1958; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1962; FO, 1963; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1965; Counsellor, 1966; Head…