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  • COCKING, Brigadier Nicholas (b. 1936)

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    Soldier. Joined the Army in 1954 and saw service in the Persian Gulf, Aden, Malaysia, Germany, and Northern Ireland, ending his career with seven years as Commander of the British Mission attached to the Saudi National Guard.Interviewed 2004.

  • CLOAKE, John Cecil, CMG (1924-2014)

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    Served in Army, 1943-46 (Lieutenant Royal Engineers). Foreign Office, 1948; 3rd Secretary, Baghdad, 1949, and Saigon, 1951; 2nd Secretary, 1952; FO, 1954; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1956, and to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1957; 1st Secretary, 1957; Consul (Commercial), New York, 1958; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1962; FO, 1963; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1965; Counsellor, 1966; Head…

  • CLAY, Sir Edward, KCMG (b. 1945)

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    Joined Foreign Office, later Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968; Nairobi, 1970; Second, later First, Secretary, Sofia, 1973; FCO, 1975; First Secretary: Budapest, 1979; FCO, 1982; Counsellor: Nicosia, 1985; FCO, 1989; Ambassador (non-resident) to Rwanda, 1994–95, to Burundi, 1994–96; High Commissioner to Uganda, 1993–97; Director, Public Diplomacy and Public Services, FCO, 1997–99; High Commissioner to Cyprus,…

  • CLARK, Sir Terence Joseph, KBE CMG (b. 1934)

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    Diplomat. While on his National Service with the RAF (1953-55), Clark was attached to the School of Slavonic Studies, Cambridge, and joined the Foreign Service in 1955. His postings included: Middle Eastern Centre for Arab Studies, (1956-57); Bahrain, (1957-58); Amman [Jordan], (1958-60); Casablanca [Morocco], (1961-62); Foreign Office, (1962-65); Assistant Political Agent, Dubai, (1965-68); Belgrade [Yugoslavia],…

  • CHARLTON, Alan, CMG CVO (b. 1952)

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    After a brief spell as a teacher at Gesamtschule, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 1975–77, Charlton joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978, and his diplomatic career included: West Africa Department, FCO, 1978–79; Amman, 1981–84; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1984–86; British Military Government, Berlin, 1986–90; Deputy Chief, Assessments Staff, Cabinet Office, 1991–93; Head, Eastern…

  • CHAPLIN, Edward Graham Mellish, CMG OBE (b. 1951)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Muscat, 1975–77; Brussels, 1977–78; Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris, 1978–79; on secondment to Civil Service Department as Private Secretary to Lord President of the Council and Leader of House of Lords, 1980–81; FCO, 1981–84; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1985–87; FCO, 1987–89; on secondment to Price Waterhouse Management Consultants, 1990–92; Deputy…

  • CARTLEDGE, Sir Bryan, KCMG (b. 1931)

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    Diplomat. Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1950-51. Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Stanford University, 1956-57; Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 1958-59 (Hon. Fellow, 1987). Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Foreign Office, 1960-61; Stockholm, 1961-63; Moscow, 1963-66; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1966-68; Tehran, 1968-70; Harvard University, 1971-72; Counsellor, Moscow, 1972-75; Head of East European and Soviet Department, FCO,…

  • CARTER, Andrew, CMG (b. 1943)

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    Diplomat. Assistant Master, Marlborough College, 1965-70. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1971; Warsaw, 1972; the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, Geneva, 1975; Bonn, 1975; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978; Brussels, 1986; Deputy Governor, Gibraltar, 1990-95; Minister, Moscow, 1995-97; UK Permanent Representative to Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 1997-2003.Interviewed 2006.

  • 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,…

  • CARLESS, Hugh Michael, CMG (1925-2011)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1950; 3rd Secretary, Kabul, 1951; 2nd Secretary, Rio de Janeiro, 1953; Tehran, 1956; 1st Secretary, 1957; Foreign Office, 1958; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1961; Budapest, 1963; Civil Service Fellow, Department of Politics, Glasgow University, 1966; Counsellor and Consul-General, Luanda, 1967-70; Counsellor, Bonn, 1970-73; Head of Latin American…