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  • GORDON, Robert Anthony Eagleson, CMG OBE (b. 1952)

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    Gordon’s diplomatic career included: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1973; Second Secretary, Warsaw, 1975–77; First Secretary, Santiago, 1978–83; FCO, 1983–87; First Secretary, UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1987–92; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Warsaw, 1992–95; Ambassador to Burma (Union of Myanmar), 1995–99; Head, South East Asia Department, FCO, 1999–2003; Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of…

  • GOODENOUGH, Sir Anthony, KCMG (b. 1941)

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    Voluntary Service Overseas, Sarawak, 1963–64; Foreign Office, S E Asia Department, 1964-65; Foreign Office, Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, 1965-67; Second Secretary, Athens, 1967-71; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary, 1971, and Minister of State, FCO, 1972; First Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1974-77; Assistant, FCO Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department, 1977-78; Assistant, FCO European Integration Department (Internal) 1978-80;…

  • GLOVER, Edward, CMG MVO (b. 1943)

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    Joined Foreign Office from Board of Trade, 1967: Private Secretary to High Commissioner, Australia, 1971–73; Washington, 1973–77; Secretary to UK Delegation to UN Law of Sea Conference, 1978–80; on secondment to Guinness Peat Group, 1981–83; Section Head, Arms Control and Disarmament Department, FCO, 1983–85; Senate Liaison Officer, British Military Government, Berlin, 1985–89; Deputy Head, Near…

  • GLOVER, Dame Audrey Frances, DBE CMG (b. c 1942)

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    Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1961; Lord Chancellor’s Department, 1965–67; HM Diplomatic Service, 1967–97: joined Foreign Office, as Assistant Legal Adviser, 1967; Assistant (Temporary), Attorney General’s Department, Australia, 1972–73; Adviser on British Law, Library of Congress, Washington, 1974–77; Legal Adviser (Assistant), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978–85; Legal Adviser, British Military Government, Berlin, 1985–89; Legal…

  • GLADSTONE, David, CMG (b. 1935)

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    National Service, 1954-56; Oxford University, 1956-59; Annan, Dexter and Company (Chartered Accountants), 1959-60; Foreign Office, 1960; MECAS, Lebanon, 1960-62; Bahrain, 1962-63; Foreign Office (working on atomic energy), 1963-65; Bonn, 1965-69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969-72; Cairo, 1972-75; British Military Government, Berlin, 1976-79; Head of Western European Department, FCO, 1979-82; Consul-General, Marseilles, 1983-87; High Commissioner, Colombo,…

  • FYJIS-WALKER, Richard, CMG CVO (1927-2013)

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    Army (KRRC), 1945–48. Joined Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1955; served: Amman, 1956; Foreign Office, 1957–61; Paris, 1961–63; Cairo, 1963–65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1966–71; Counsellor, 1970; Ankara, 1971–74; Counsellor (Information), Washington, 1974–78; Counsellor, UK Mission to UN, New York, 1978–79; Ambassador to the Sudan, 1979–84; Ambassador to Pakistan, 1984–87.Interviewed 2013 (and interview completed by Gabrielle…

  • FRY, Sir Graham Holbrook, KCMG (b. 1949)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1972; Third, later Second, Secretary, Tokyo, 1974-78; seconded to Invest in Britain Bureau, Department of Industry, 1979-80; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-83; First Secretary, Paris, 1983-87; FCO, 1987-88; Political Counsellor, Tokyo, 1989-93; Head, Far Eastern Department, later Far Eastern and Pacific Department, FCO, 1993-95; Director, Northern Asia and Pacific, FCO, 1995-98;…

  • FRETWELL, Sir John Emsley, GCMG (1930-2017)

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    Diplomat. Diplomatic Service, 1953; 3rd Secretary, Hong Kong, 1954-55; 2nd Secretary, Peking, 1955-57; Foreign Office, 1957-59; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1959-62; FO, 1962-67; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Washington, 1967-70; Commercial Counsellor, Warsaw, 1971-73; Head of European Integration Department (Internal), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1976-79; Minister, Washington, 1980-81; Ambassador to France, 1982-87.…

  • FRASER, Sir Simon James, GCMG (b. 1958)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Second Secretary, Baghdad, 1982–84; Second Secretary, Damascus, 1984–86; First Secretary, FCO, 1986–88; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1989–90; Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1991–92; Assistant Head, Non-Proliferation and Defence Department, FCO, 1992-93; First Secretary, Financial and Economic Affairs, Paris, 1994-96; Deputy Chef de Cabinet of Vice-President of EC,…

  • FIELDING, Sir Leslie, KCMG (1932-2021)

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    Served with Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1951-53; Territorial Army, 1953-56. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1956; served in: Tehran, 1957-60; Foreign Office, 1960-64; Singapore, 1964; Phnom Penh (Chargé d’Affaires), 1964-66; Paris, 1967-70; Deputy Head of Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-73; seconded for service with European Commission in Brussels, 1973; Director (External Relations Directorate General), 1973-77;…