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  • 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,…

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • COLES, Sir (Arthur) John, GCMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Served HM Forces, 1955-57. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1960; Middle Eastern Centre for Arabic Studies, Lebanon, 1960-62; Third Secretary, Khartoum, 1962-64; FO (later FCO), 1964-68; Assistant Political Agent, Trucial States (Dubai), 1968-71; FCO, 1971-75; Head of Chancery, Cairo, 1975-77; Counsellor (Developing Countries), UK Permanent Mission to EEC, 1977-80; Head of South Asian Department, FCO, 1980-81;…

  • CARRICK, Sir Roger John, KCMG LVO (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Served in Royal Navy, 1956-58. Joined Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1956; School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1961; Sofia, 1962; Foreign Office, 1965; Paris, 1967; Singapore, 1971; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Counsellor and Deputy Head, Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1976; Visiting Fellow, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1977-78; Counsellor,…

  • BYATT, Ronald Archer Campbell (1930-2019)

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    RNVR, 1949-50; Colonial Service, Nyasaland, 1955-58; Foreign Service, 1959; Havana, 1961-63; FO, 1963-66; UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1966; Kampala, 1970; Head of Rhodesia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; Visiting Fellow, Glasgow University, 1975-76; Rhodesia Conference, Geneva, 1976; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1977-79; Assistant…

  • BEETHAM, Roger Campbell, CMG (1937-2009)

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    Diplomat. Beetham entered the Diplomatic Service in 1960, and his career included: Foreign Office, (1960-62); British Delegation to Disarmament Conference, Geneva [Switzerland], (1962-65); Washington [United States], (1965-68); News Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (1969-72); Head of Chancery, Helsinki [Finland], (1972-76); FCO, (1976); seconded to European Commission, Brussels [Belgium], as Spokesman of the President, Roy Jenkins,…

  • 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…

  • 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…