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  • BAYNE, Sir Nicholas Peter, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service, 1961; served at British Embassies in Manila, 1963-66, and Bonn, 1969-72; seconded to Treasury, 1974-75; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1975-79; Head of Financial, later Economic Relations, Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-82; attached to Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1982-83; Ambassador to Zaire, 1983-84, also accredited to the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, 1984;…

  • BARDER, Sir Brian Leon, KCMG (1934-2017)

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    Diplomat. West African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968; First Secretary, Moscow, 1971; Counsellor, Canberra, 1973; Head of Southern African Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978; Ambassador, Addis Ababa, 1982; Ambassador, Warsaw, 1986; High Commissioner, Lagos and Ambassador to Benin, 1988; High Commissioner, Canberra, 1991.Interviewed 1997. DOHP 22 also includes recordings of the BBC Radio…

  • BAKER-BATES, Merrick Stuart, CMG (1939-2023)

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    Journalist, Brussels, 1962–63; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1963; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Tokyo, 1963–68; 1st Secretary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968–73; (Information), Washington, 1973–76; (Commercial), Tokyo, 1976–79; Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo, 1979–82. Director, Cornes and Co., Tokyo, 1982–85; Representative Director, Gestetner Ltd (Japan), 1982–85; Deputy High Commissioner and Counsellor (Commercial/Economic), Kuala Lumpur, 1986–89; Head of South…

  • AMY, Dennis Oldrieve, CMG OBE (1932-2016)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Foreign, later HM Diplomatic Service, 1949; FO, 1949-51 and 1953-58; Athens, 1958-61; Second Secretary and Vice Consul, Moscow, 1961-63; FO, 1963-65; DSAO, 1965; Second Secretary and Passport Officer, Canberra, 1966-70; First Secretary, Ibadan, 1971-74; seconded to Department of Trade, 1974-75; FCO, 1976-78; First Secretary (Commercial), Santiago, 1978-83 (Chargé d’Affaires, 1979); FCO, 1983-86…

  • ALLINSON, Sir Walter Leonard, KCVO CMG (1926-2022)

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    Diplomat. Assistant Principal, Ministry of Fuel and Power (Petroleum Division), 1947–48; Assistant Principal, later Principal, Ministry of Education, 1948–58 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister, 1953–54); transferred to Commonwealth Relations Office, 1958; First Secretary in Lahore and Karachi, 1960–62, Madras and New Delhi, 1963–66; Counsellor and Head of Political Affairs Department, March 1968; Deputy Head, later…

  • BACHE, Andrew Philip Foley, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Commonwealth Relations Office, 1963; 3rd Secretary, Nicosia, 1964-66; Treasury Centre for Administrative Studies, 1966; 2nd Secretary, Sofia, 1966-68; FCO, 1968-71; 1st Secretary, Lagos, 1971-74; FCO, 1974-78; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Vienna, 1978-81; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Tokyo, 1981-85; Counsellor, Ankara, 1985-87; Head of Personnel Services Department, FCO, 1988-90; on secondment as Diplomatic Service…

  • ALEXANDER, Sir Michael, GCMG (1936-2002)

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    Home and James Callaghan) 1972-74; Counsellor (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe) and later Head of Chancery, UK Mission, Geneva, 1974-77; Deputy Head, 1977-78, Head, 1978-79, Personnel Operations Department, FCO; Private Secretary (Overseas Affairs) to the Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher), 1979-81; Ambassador, Vienna, 1982-86; concurrently Head of UK Delegation to the Negotiations on Mutual…