Geographical Categories: Europe

  • LYNE, Sir Roderic Michael John, KBE CMG (b. 1948)

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    Diplomat. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970; Army School of Languages, 1971; Moscow, 1972-74; Dakar, 1974-76; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1976-79; Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1979; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1979-82; UK Mission to UN, New York, 1982-86; Visiting Resident Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1986-87; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Moscow,…

  • LYALL GRANT, Sir Mark, GCMG (b. 1956)

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    Joined FCO, 1980; Second Secretary, Islamabad, 1982–85; FCO, 1985–87; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1987–89; First Secretary, Paris, 1990–93; FCO 1993; seconded to European Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1994–96; Deputy High Commissioner and Consul General, South Africa, 1996–98; Head, EU Department (Internal), FCO, 1998–2000; Director, Africa, FCO, 2000–03; High Commissioner to Pakistan, 2003–06; Political…

  • LUCAS, Ivor Thomas Mark, CMG (1927-2018)

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    Diplomat. Served in Royal Artillery, 1945-48 (Captain). Entered Diplomatic Service, 1951; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1952; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Bahrain, Sharjah and Dubai, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Karachi, 1959-62; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Tripoli, 1962-66; Foreign Office, 1966-68; Counsellor, Aden, 1968-69 (Chargé d’Affaires, August 1968-February 1969); Deputy…

  • LONGWORTH, Peter, CMG (b. 1942)

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    Journalist, 1963-74: Labour and Industrial Correspondent, Bristol Evening Post, 1964-66; Lobby Correspondent, Western Daily Press, 1966-68; Diplomatic Correspondent, Westminster Press, 1968-74. Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974; First Secretary, FCO, 1974-77; First Secretary (Economic), Bonn, 1977-81; Head of Chancery and HM Consul, Sofia, 1981-84; FCO, 1984-87; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), Copenhagen, 1987-91; Deputy Head of…

  • 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…

  • LOGAN, Sir David, KCMG (b. 1943)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965; Istanbul, Ankara and FCO, 1965-70; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1970-73; First Secretary, 1972; UK Mission to United Nations, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-82; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Oslo, 1982-86; Head of Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1986-88; Senior Associate Member, St…

  • LEVER, Sir Paul, KCMG (b. 1944)

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    3rd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1966-67; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Helsinki, 1967-71; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, UK Delegation to NATO, 1971-73; FCO, 1973-81; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary (David Owen), 1978-81; Chef de Cabinet to Christopher Tugendhat, Vice-President of EEC, 1981-85; Head of UN Department, FCO, 1985-86; Head of Defence Department, 1986-87; Head…

  • LESLIE, Dame Alison Mariot, DCMG (b. 1954)

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    After a brief spell in the Scottish Office from 1975, Leslie joined HM Diplomatic Service in 1977 and during her diplomatic career served in the following posts: Singapore, 1978-81; Bonn, 1982-86; Paris (on secondment to Quai d’Orsay), 1990-92; Head, Environment, Science and Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1992-93; Scottish Office Industry Department, 1993-95; Head,…

  • LEAHY, Sir John Henry Gladstone, KCMG (1928-2015)

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    Diplomat. RAF, 1950-52; FO, 1952-54 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1953-54); 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1955-57; FO, 1957-58; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Paris, 1958-62; FO, 1962-65; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1965-68; Counsellor, FCO, 1969; Head of Personnel Services Department, 1969-70; Head of News Department, FCO, 1971-73; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris,…