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  • LOGAN, Sir David, KCMG (b. 1943)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965; Istanbul, Ankara and FCO, 1965-70; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1970-73; First Secretary, 1972; UK Mission to United Nations, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-82; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Oslo, 1982-86; Head of Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1986-88; Senior Associate Member, St…

  • LESLIE, Dame Alison Mariot, DCMG (b. 1954)

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    After a brief spell in the Scottish Office from 1975, Leslie joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1977 and during her diplomatic career served in the following posts: Singapore, 1978-81; Bonn, 1982-86; Paris (on secondment to Quai d’Orsay), 1990-92; Head, Environment, Science and Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1992-93; Scottish Office Industry Department, 1993-95; Head,…

  • KILLICK, Sir John Edward, GCMG (1919-2004)

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    Diplomat. Served with HM Forces, 1939-46: Suffolk Regiment, W Africa Force and Airborne Forces. Foreign Office, 1946-48; Control Commission and High Commission for Germany (Berlin, Frankfurt and Bonn), 1948-51; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign Office, 1951-54; British Embassy, Addis Ababa, 1954-57; Canadian National Defence College, 1957-58; Western Department, Foreign Office, 1958-62; Imperial Defence College,…

  • KERR, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, GCMG (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; served Foreign Office, Moscow, Rawalpindi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Private Secretary to Permanent Under Secretary, FCO, 1974-79; Head of DM1 Division, HM Treasury, 1979-81; Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1981-84; Head of Chancery, Washington, 1984-87; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1987-90; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to…

  • JAY, Lord Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (b. 1946)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Overseas Development, 1969-73; UK Delegation, International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, 1973-75; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1976-78; First Secretary (Aid), New Delhi, 1978-81; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-85 (Planning staff, 1981-82, Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1982-85); Counsellor: Cabinet Office, 1985-87; Counsellor: (Financial and Commercial), Paris,…

  • 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,…

  • HUTSON, John Whiteford, OBE (b. 1927)

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    Diplomat. Consul (Commercial), San Francisco, 1963-67; Head of Chancery, Bulgaria, 1967-69; Counsellor (Commercial), Baghdad, 1971-72, Moscow, 1976-79; Consul-General, Frankfurt, 1979-83, Casablanca, 1984-87.Interviewed 1996.

  • HOLMES, Sir John, GCVO KBE CMG (b. 1951)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1973–2007: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; 3rd Secretary, then 2nd Secretary, Moscow, 1976-78; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1978-82; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1982-84; 1st Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1984-87; Assistant Head of Soviet Department, FCO, 1987-89; seconded to Thomas de la Rue and Company, 1989-91; Counsellor, Economic and…

  • 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…

  • HICKMAN, John Kyrle, CMG (1927-2001)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Wellington, New Zealand, 1959-62, Spain, 1966-7; Consul-General, Bilbao, 1967-9; Deputy High Commissioner, Singapore, 1969-71; Counsellor (later Chargé) Ireland, 1974-7; Ambassador to Ecuador, 1977-80, Chile, 1982-7.Interviewed 1995.