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  • TICKELL, Sir Crispin, GCMG KCVO (1930-2022)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1954. Served at: Foreign Office, 1954-55; The Hague, 1955-58; Mexico, 1958-61; FO (Planning Staff), 1961-64; Paris, 1964-70; Private Secretary to successive Ministers responsible for British entry into the European Community, 1970-72; FCO, 1972-75; Chef de Cabinet to President of European Community, 1977-81; Ambassador to Mexico, 1981-83; Deputy Under-Secretary of State,…

  • THOMAS, Sir Derek Morison David, KCMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, 1953; Midshipman 1953, Sub-Lieutenant 1955, RNVR; FO, 1955; 3rd, later 2nd, Secretary, Moscow, 1956-59; 2nd Secretary, Manila, 1959-61; UK Delegation to Brussels Conference, 1961-62; 1st Secretary, FO, 1962; Sofia, 1964-67; Ottawa, 1967-69; seconded to Treasury, 1969-70; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1971-75; Head of North American Department, FCO, 1975-76; Assistant Under Secretary of…

  • TATHAM, David, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1960; New York, 1962–63; Milan, 1963–67; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, 1967–69; Jeddah, 1969–70; FCO, 1971–74; Muscat, 1974–77; Assistant Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Dublin, 1981–84; Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic, also accredited to Republic of Djibouti, 1984–87; Head of Falkland Islands Department, FCO, 1987–90; Ambassador to…

  • SYNNOTT, Sir Hilary, KCMG (1945-2011)

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    Diplomat. RN 1962-73 (HM Submarines, 1968-73). Joined Diplomatic Service, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1975; Bonn, 1978; Southern European Department, FCO, 1981; Head of Chancery, Amman, 1985; Head of Western European Department, FCO, 1989; Head of Security Co-ordination Department, FCO, 1991; Minister and Deputy High Commissioner, New Delhi, 1993-96; Director…

  • SUTHERLAND, Dame Veronica Evelyn, DBE CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1965; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1967-70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-75; 1st Secretary, New Delhi, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-80; Counsellor, 1981; Permanent UK Delegate to UNESCO, 1981-84; Counsellor, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, 1987-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Personnel), FCO, 1990-95; Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, 1995-99.Interviewed 2005.

  • SUMMERHAYES, David Michael, CMG (1922-2008)

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    Diplomat. Served War of 1939-45 in Royal Artillery (Captain), North Africa and Italy. 3rd Secretary, Foreign Office, 1948; Baghdad, 1949; Brussels, 1950-53; 2nd Secretary, FO, 1953-56; 1st Secretary (Commercial), The Hague, 1956-59; 1st Secretary and Consul, Reykjavik, 1959-61; FO, 1961-65; Consul-General and Counsellor, Buenos Aires, 1965-70; Head of Arms Control and Disarmament Department, Foreign and…

  • STUART, Andrew Christopher, CMG (1928-2014)

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    Diplomat. Royal Navy, 1947-49. Colonial Administrative Service, Uganda, 1953; retired from HMOCS as Judicial Adviser, 1965. Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1965. Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1965; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Helsinki, 1968; Assistant, South Asian Department, FCO, 1971; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, FCO, 1972-75; Counsellor, Jakarta, 1975-78; British…

  • SNOXELL, David Raymond (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entry to FCO (UN Department), 1969; FCO, Information Administration Department, 1971; Islamabad, 1973; UK Mission to Geneva, 1976; FCO, Republic of Ireland Department, 1981; FCO, Economic Relations Department, 1983; Director, British Information Services, New York, 1986; Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department, 1991; Deputy Head of Southern Africa Department, FCO, 1994; Ambassador to…

  • SANKEY, John Anthony, CMG (1930-2021)

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    National Service in 1st (Singapore) Regiment, RA (2nd Lieutenant), 1952. Entered Colonial Office, 1953-61; UK Mission to United Nations, 1961-64; Foreign Office, 1964-68; Guyana, 1968-71; Singapore, 1971-73; NATO Defence College, Rome, 1973; Malta, 1973-75; The Hague, 1975-79 (Governor, British School in the Netherlands); Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Head of Central African Department, 1979-82; High Commissioner,…

  • ROSE, Sir Clive Martin, GCMG (1921-2019)

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    Diplomat. Rifle Brigade, 1941-46 (Major; despatches): served in Europe, 1944-45; India, 1945; Iraq, 1945-46. CRO, 1948; Office of Deputy High Commissioner, Madras, 1948-49; Foreign Office, 1950-53; UK High Commission, Germany, 1953-54; British Embassy, Bonn, 1955; FO, 1956-59; 1st Secretary and HM Consul, Montevideo, 1959-62; FO, 1962-65; Commercial Counsellor, Paris, 1965-67; Imperial Defence College, 1968; Counsellor,…