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  • FERGUSSON, Sir Ewen, GCMG GCVO (1932-2017)

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    Joined Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service, 1956; Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of Defence, 1957-59; British Embassy, Addis Ababa, 1960; FO, 1963; British Trade Development Office, New York, 1967; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Office of UK Permanent Representative to European Communities, 1972-75; Private Secretary to Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, 1975-78; Assistant Under Secretary of State,…

  • FENN, Sir Nicholas, GCMG (1936-2016)

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    Diplomat. Third Secretary, British Embassy, Rangoon, 1959-63; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1963-67; First Secretary, British Interests Section, Swiss Embassy, Algiers, 1967-69; First Secretary (Public Relations), UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1969-72; Deputy Head, Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; Counsellor, Peking, 1975-77; Head of…

  • FEARN, Sir (Patrick) Robin, KCMG (1934-2006)

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    Diplomat. National Service, Intelligence Corps, 1952-54. Overseas marketing, Dunlop Rubber Co. Ltd, 1957-61; entered Foreign Service, 1961; FO, 1961-62; Third, later Second Secretary, Caracas, 1962-64; Havana, 1965; First Secretary, Budapest, 1966-68; FCO, 1969-72; Head of Chancery, Vientiane, 1972-75; Assistant Head of Science and Technology Department, FCO, 1975-76; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul General, Islamabad,…

  • FEAN, Sir (Thomas) Vincent, KCVO (b. 1952)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975: West Africa Department, FCO, 1975-76; Second Secretary, Baghdad, 1978; First Secretary, Damascus, 1979-82; Western European Department, FCO (Berlin and GDR issues), 1982-84; European Community Department (Internal), FCO, 1984-85; UK Rep to EU, Brussels, 1985-89; Personnel Operations/Management Department, FCO, 1989-92; Counsellor, Press and Public Affairs, Paris, 1992-96; Head, Counter-Terrorism Policy…

  • FAIRWEATHER, Sir Patrick Stanislaus, KCMG (b. 1936)

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    National Service in Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment, 1955-57. Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965; 2nd Secretary, Rome, 1966-69; FCO, 1969-70; 1st Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1970-73; FCO, 1973-75; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Vientiane, 1975-76; 1st Secretary, UK Representation to EEC, Brussels, 1976-78; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), Athens, 1978-83; Head of European Community Department…

  • ELLIOTT, Mark, CMG (b. 1939)

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    HM Forces (Intelligence Corps), 1957–59. Foreign Office, 1963; Tokyo, 1965; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, 1973–74; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Nicosia, 1975–77; Counsellor, 1977–81, Head of Chancery, 1978–81, Tokyo; Head of Far Eastern Department, FCO, 1981–85; Under-Secretary on secondment to Northern Ireland Office, 1985–88; Ambassador to…

  • ELDON, Sir Stewart, KCMG OBE (b. 1953)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1976; UK Mission to UN, New York, 1976-77; United Nations Department, FCO 1977; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Bonn, 1978-82; 1st Secretary, Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1982-83; Private Secretary to Minister of State (Baroness Young), 1983-86; 1st Secretary, UK Mission to UN, New York, 1986-90; Assistant Head, Middle East Dept, FCO (also…

  • EDWARDS, John, CMG (b. 1934)

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    Diplomat. Military Service, 1953-55; Ministry of Supply, 1958; Colonial Office, 1960; Private Secretary to Hugh Fraser, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1961; Principal: Nature Conservancy, 1962; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1965; First Secretary (Development), and UK Permanent Representative to ECAFE, Bangkok, Thailand, 1968; Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Overseas Development, 1971; Head of…

  • EDMONDS, John Christopher, CMG CVO (1921-2015)

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    Diplomat. Entered Royal Navy, 1939. Staff: of NATO Defence College, Paris, 1953-55; of C-in-C Home Fleet, 1956-57 (Commander, 1957); of Chief of Defence Staff, 1958-59. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1959; Foreign Office, 1959-60; 1st Secretary (Commercial), Tokyo, 1960-62; Foreign Office, 1963-67; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1967-68; Counsellor: Ankara, 1968-71; Paris, 1972-74; Head of…

  • EASTWOOD, Basil, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1967; Jedda, 1968; Colombo, 1969; Cairo, 1972; Cabinet Office, 1976; FCO, 1978; Bonn, 1980; Khartoum, 1984; Athens, 1987; Director of Research and Analysis, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991-96; Ambassador to Syria, 1996-2000; Project Director, Middle East Institute, SOAS, 2000-01; Ambassador to Switzerland, 2001-04; Cecily’s…