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  • RAMSAY, Sir Allan John Heppel Ramsay, KBE, CMG (1937-2022)

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    Served Army, 1957–70: Somerset Light Infantry, 1957–64; Trucial Oman Scouts, 1964–66; DLI, 1966–68. MECAS, 1968–69; entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970; First Secretary (Commercial), Cairo, 1973–76; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Kabul, 1976–78; Counsellor and Head of Chancery: Baghdad, 1980–83; Mexico City, 1983–85; Ambassador to Lebanon, 1988–90; Ambassador to Sudan, 1990–91; Ambassador to the…

  • ADAMS, Sir Geoffrey, KCMG (b. 1957)

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    Diplomat.  Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1979; Third, later Second, Secretary, Jedda, 1982–85; Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris, 1985–87; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1987–91; First Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1991–94; European Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1995–98; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Cairo, 1998–2001; Consul-General, Jerusalem, 2001–03; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary,…

  • LEVY, Lord Levy of Mill Hill (b. 1944)

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    Michael Levy’s career includes: Lubbock Fine (Chartered Accountants), 1961–66; Principal of M. Levy and Company, 1966–69; Partner, Wagner Prager Levy and Partners, 1969–73; Chairman: Magnet Group, 1973–88; D and J Securities Limited, 1988–92; M and G Records, 1992–97; Wireart Limited, 1992–2002; Chase Music (formerly M and G Music) Limited, 1992–2002; International Standard Asset Management, 2008–11;…

  • YOUNG, Sir John Robertson (Sir Rob), GCMG (b. 1945)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1967; MECAS, Lebanon, 1968; Third Secretary, Cairo, 1970; Second Secretary, FCO, 1972; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1975; First Secretary, Paris, 1977; Assistant Head, Western European Department, FCO, 1982; Counsellor, Damascus, 1984; Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1987; Minister, Paris, 1991; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, 1994–98, and Chief…

  • RAMSBOTHAM, Hon Sir Peter, GCMG (1919-2010)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, October 1948; Political Division of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, November 1948; transferred to Foreign Office, 1950; 1st Secretary, 1950; Head of Chancery, UK Delegation, New York, 1953; Foreign Office, 1957; Counsellor, 1961, Head of Western Organisations and Planning Dept; Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Paris, 1963-67; Foreign Office, 1967-69 (Sabbatical year,…

  • PLUMBLY, Sir Derek, KCMG (b. 1948)

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    Diplomat. VSO, Pakistan, 1970-71; Third Secretary, FCO, 1972-73; MECAS, 1973-75; Second Secretary, Jedda, 1975-77; First Secretary, Cairo, 1977-80; FCO, 1980-84; First Secretary, Washington, 1984-88; Deputy Head of Mission, Riyadh, 1988-92; Head of Chancery, UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1992-96; International Drugs Co-ordinator, and Director, Drugs and International Crime, FCO, 1996-97; Director, Middle East…

  • 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.

  • LONG, Christopher, CMG (1938-2023)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1963–98: Foreign Office, 1963–64; Jedda, 1965–67; Caracas, 1967–69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969–74; Budapest, 1974–77; Belgrade (CSCE), 1977; Counsellor, Damascus, 1978–80; Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative, UKMIS, Geneva, 1980–83; Head, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1983–85; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Deputy Chief Clerk and Chief Inspector), FCO, 1985–88; Ambassador to…

  • LOGAN, Sir Donald Arthur, KCMG (1917-2009)

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    Diplomat. Joined the Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, in December 1945, and his diplomatic career included: Foreign Office, 1945-1947; HM Embassy, Tehran [Iran], 1947-1951; Foreign Office, 1951-1953; Assistant Political Agent, Kuwait, 1953-1955; Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [John Selwyn-Lloyd], 1956-1958; HM Embassy, Washington, 1958-1960; HM Ambassador to Guinea, 1960-1962; Foreign…