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  • PATEY, Sir William Charters KCMG, LLD (b. 1953)

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    Patey joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975 and his diplomatic career included: MECAS, 1977–78; Commercial Attaché, Abu Dhabi, 1978–81; Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1981–84; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1984–85; Middle East Department, Iran/Iraq Desk, FCO, 1985-86; Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, FCO, 1986-88; First Secretary (Political), Canberra, 1988–92; Deputy Head, UN Department, FCO,…

  • FERGUSSON, George (b. 1955)

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    Joined Northern Ireland Office, 1978; seconded to Northern Ireland Department of Commerce, 1979–80; Private Secretary to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, 1982–83; First Secretary, Dublin, 1988–91; joined Diplomatic Service, 1990; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991–93; First Secretary, Seoul, 1994–96; FCO, 1996–99; Head: Republic of Ireland Department, 1997–99; Devolved Administrations Department, 1999; Consul General, Boston,…

  • COLLECOTT, Peter, CMG (b. 1950)

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    Royal Society Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Physics and Astrophysics, Munich, 1976–77; joined Diplomatic Service, 1977: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977–78; MECAS, Lebanon, later London, 1978–80; 1st Secretary: (Political), Khartoum, 1980–82; (Economic), Commercial, Agriculture), Canberra, 1982–86; Head, Iran/Iraq Section, Middle East Department, FCO, 1986–88; Assistant Head, EC Department (External), FCO, 1988–89; Counsellor, Head of Chancery…

  • HEWITT, Gavin Wallace, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Ministry of Transport, 1967–70; on secondment from MoT as Third, later Second, Secretary to UK Delegation, EEC, Brussels, 1970–72; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972–73; First Secretary, British High Commission, Canberra, 1973–78; FCO, 1978–81; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1981–84; Member, Joint FCO/BBC Review Group, BBC External Services, 1984; Counsellor on loan…

  • BROWN, Sir Stephen, KCVO (b. 1945)

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    Arms Control and Disarmament Department, FCO, 1976–77; 1st Secretary, Nicosia, 1977–80; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Paris, 1980–85; Mexico, Central America and Cuba Department, then Information Department, FCO, 1985–89; Department of Trade and Industry, 1989; Consul-General, Melbourne, 1989–94; Commercial Counsellor and Director of Trade Promotion, Beijing, 1994–97; Ambassador, Republic of Korea, 1997–2000; High Commissioner, Singapore, 2001–02; Chief…

  • TUCKER, Herbert Harold, OBE (1925-1996)

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    Diplomat. Economic Information Unit, Treasury, 1948-49; Foreign Office, Information Research Department, 1951-74; Counsellor (Information), Australia, 1974-79; Consul-General, Vancouver, 1979-83; Disarmament and Arms Control Information Co-ordinator, 1983-84.Interviewed 1996.

  • SMEDLEY, Sir Harold, KCMG MBE (1920-2004)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, New Zealand, 1948-51, Rhodesia, 1951-4; Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1954-7; Counsellor, Calcutta, 1957, Delhi, 1958; High Commissioner, Ghana, 1964-5 and 1966-7; Ambassador to Laos, 1968-70; High Commissioner, Sri Lanka, 1973-6, New Zealand, 1976-80.Interviewed 1997.

  • SINDALL, Adrian John, CMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office 1956-58; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1958-60; Third Secretary (Commercial), Baghdad, 1960-62; Second Secretary, British Embassy, Rabat, 1962-67; First Secretary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1967-70; Beirut, 1970-72; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Lima, 1972-76; FCO, 1976-79; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Amman, 1979-82; Head of S America…

  • ROBERTS, Sir Ivor, KCMG (b. 1946)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1968; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1969; Third, later Second Secretary, Paris, 1970-73; Second, later First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-78; First Secretary, Canberra, 1978-82; Deputy Head of News Department, FCO, 1982-86; Head, Security Co-ordination Department, FCO, 1986-88; Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Madrid, 1989-93; Chargé d’Affaires, Belgrade,…

  • LEAHY, Sir John Henry Gladstone, KCMG (1928-2015)

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    Diplomat. RAF, 1950-52; FO, 1952-54 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1953-54); 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1955-57; FO, 1957-58; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Paris, 1958-62; FO, 1962-65; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1965-68; Counsellor, FCO, 1969; Head of Personnel Services Department, 1969-70; Head of News Department, FCO, 1971-73; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris,…