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  • RICKETTS, Lord, GCMG GCVO (b. 1952)

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    Joined FCO, 1974; Reporting Officer, UKMIS New York, 1974; Singapore, 1975-78; UK Delegation to NATO, 1978-81; Arab-Israel desk, FCO, 1981-86; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1983-86; Washington, 1986-89; Deputy Head of Security Policy, FCO, 1989-91; Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO, 1991-1994; Economic and Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1994-97; Deputy Political Director, FCO, 1997-99; Director,…

  • RICHARDS, Sir Francis Neville, KCMG CVO DL (b. 1945)

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    Royal Green Jackets, 1967-69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969; Moscow, 1971; UK Delegation to MBFR (Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction) negotiations, Vienna, 1973; FCO, 1976-85 (Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1981-82); Economic and Commercial Counsellor, New Delhi, 1985-88; FCO, 1988-90 (Head, South Asian Department); High Commissioner, Namibia, 1990-92; Minister, Moscow, 1992-95; Director (Europe), FCO,…

  • RHODES, Sir Peregrine Alexander, KCMG (1925-2005)

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    Diplomat. Served with Coldstream Guards, 1944-47. Joined Foreign Office, 1950; 2nd Secretary, Rangoon, 1953-56; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Vienna, 1959-62; 1st Secretary, Helsinki, 1962-65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965-68, Counsellor 1967; Institute for Study of International Organisation, Sussex University, 1968-69; Counsellor, Rome, 1970-73; Chargé d’Affaires, East Berlin, 1973-75; on secondment…

  • PRINGLE, Dame Anne Fyfe, DCMG (b. 1955)

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    Joined FCO, 1977: Third Secretary, Moscow, 1980–83; Vice Consul, San Francisco, 1983–85; Second Secretary, UK Rep., Brussels, 1986–87; FCO, 1988–91; First Secretary, European Political Co-operation Secretariat, Brussels, 1991–93; Deputy Head, Security Co-ordination Department, then African Department (Equatorial), FCO, 1994–96; Head, Common Foreign and Security Policy Department, FCO, and European Correspondent, 1996–98; Head, Eastern Department, FCO,…

  • PRENDERGAST, Sir (Walter) Kieran, KCVO CMG (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Turkish language student Istanbul, 1964; Ankara, 1965; Foreign Office (later Foreign and Commonwealth Office), 1967; 2nd Secretary Nicosia, 1969; 1st Secretary FCO, 1972; The Hague, 1973; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary (Anthony Crosland, Dr David Owen), 1976; UK Mission to UN, New York, 1979 (detached for duty Jan-Mar 1980 at Government House, Salisbury);…

  • POWELL, Lord Powell of Bayswater, KCMG (b. 1941)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1963; Third Secretary, FO, 1963-65 (Desk officer, Muscat and Oman); Second Secretary, Helsinki, 1965-67; FCO, 1968-71; First Secretary and Private Secretary to HM Ambassador, Washington (Lord Cromer), 1971-74; First Secretary, Bonn, 1974-77; FCO, 1977-80 (Counsellor, 1979; Special Counsellor for Rhodesia negotiations, 1979-80); Counsellor, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, 1980-84; Private…

  • PHILLIPS, Sir Horace, KCMG (1917-2004)

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    Diplomat. Vice Consul, Shiraz and Bushire, Iran, 1947-9; Oriental Secretary, Afghanistan, 1949-50; Head of Chancery, Saudi Arabia, 1953-6; Protectorate Secretary, Aden, 1956-60; Counsellor, Iran, 1960-4; Deputy Political Resident, Persian Gulf, 1964; Ambassador to Indonesia, 1966-73; Ambassador to Turkey, 1973-7.Interviewed 1997.

  • PARSONS, Sir Richard, KCMG (1928-2016)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1951-53; 3rd Secretary, Washington, 1953-56; 2nd Secretary, Vientiane, 1956-58; FO, 1958-60; 1st Secretary, Buenos Aires, 1960-63; FO, 1963-65; 1st Secretary, Ankara, 1965-67; FO, 1967-69; Counsellor, Lagos, 1969-72; Head of Personnel Operations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-76; Ambassador to Hungary, 1976-79; Ambassador to Spain, 1980-84; Ambassador to Sweden, 1984-87.Interviewed 2005.

  • PARSONS, Sir Anthony Derrick, GCMG LVO MC (1922-1996)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Turkey, 1955-59, Jordan, 1959-60, Egypt, 1960, Sudan, 1964-65; Political Agent, Bahrain, 1965-69; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK Mission to UN, 1969-71; Ambassador to Iran, 1974-79; UK Permanent Representative to UN, 1979-82; Foreign Policy Adviser to Prime Minister, 1982-83.

  • O’KEEFFE, (Peter) Laurence, CMG CVO (1931-2003)

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    Diplomat. HM Customs and Excise, 1953-62; 2nd, later 1st Secretary (Economic), Bangkok, 1962-5; FO, 1965-8; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Athens, 1968-72; Commercial Counsellor, Jakarta, 1972-5; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-6; Director-General, British Information Services, and Deputy Consul General (Information), New York, 1976-8; Counsellor, Nicosia, 1978-81;…