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  • RICKETTS, Lord, GCMG GCVO (b. 1952)

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    Joined FCO, 1974; Reporting Officer, UKMIS New York, 1974; Singapore, 1975-78; UK Delegation to NATO, 1978-81; Arab-Israel desk, FCO, 1981-86; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1983-86; Washington, 1986-89; Deputy Head of Security Policy, FCO, 1989-91; Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO, 1991-1994; Economic and Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1994-97; Deputy Political Director, FCO, 1997-99; Director,…

  • RAMSBOTHAM, Hon Sir Peter, GCMG (1919-2010)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, October 1948; Political Division of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, November 1948; transferred to Foreign Office, 1950; 1st Secretary, 1950; Head of Chancery, UK Delegation, New York, 1953; Foreign Office, 1957; Counsellor, 1961, Head of Western Organisations and Planning Dept; Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Paris, 1963-67; Foreign Office, 1967-69 (Sabbatical year,…

  • PALLISER, Sir Michael, GCMG PC (1922-2012)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1947; South East Asia Department, Foreign Office, 1947-49; Athens, 1949-51; Second Secretary, 1950; Foreign Office: German Finance Department, 1951-52; Central Department, 1952-54; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1954-56; First Secretary, 1955; Paris, 1956-60; Head of Chancery, Dakar, 1960-62 (Chargé d’Affaires in 1960, 1961 and 1962); Counsellor, and seconded to Imperial…

  • MORRIS, Warwick (b. 1948)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service, 1969; Third Secretary, Paris, 1972–74; Korean language training, Yonsei University, Seoul, 1975–76; Second Secretary, Seoul, 1977–79; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979–83; First Secretary, 1982; First Secretary (Commercial), Mexico City, 1984–87; Head of Chancery, Seoul, 1988–91; Deputy Head, Far Eastern Department, FCO, 1991–93; Counsellor, 1993, Head, 1994, Permanent Under Secretary’s Department, FCO; Economic…

  • MIERS, Sir (Henry) David, KBE CMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Foreign Service, 1961; Reporting Officer United Nations General Assembly 16 and United Nations Department, FO, 1961-63; Tokyo, 1963; Vientiane, 1966; Private Secretary to Minister of State, Foreign Office, 1968; Paris, 1972; Assistant in Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-76; Counsellor, Tehran, 1977-79; Head of the Middle Eastern Department, FCO, 1980-83; Ambassador…

  • MARSHALL, Sir Peter Harold Reginald, KCMG CVO (1924-2023)

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    After serving in the RAFVR, 1943-46, Marshall joined the Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service in 1949, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: Foreign Office, 1949-52; 2nd Secretary and Private Secretary to Ambassador, Washington, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-60; on staff of Civil Service Selection Board, 1960; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Baghdad,…

  • MALLABY, Sir Christopher Leslie George, GCMG GCVO (1936-2022)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Berlin, 1966-9; Deputy Director, British Trade Development Office, New York, 1971-4; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Soviet Union, 1975-7; Head, Arms Control and Disarmament Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977-9; Head, East European and Soviet Department, 1979-80; Minister, Bonn, 1982-5; Deputy Secretary, Cabinet Office, 1985-8; Ambassador to West Germany, 1988-92, and to…

  • MACGREGOR, John, CVO (b. 1946)

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    Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1973; 2nd Secretary, United Nations Affairs, 1973–74; 1st Secretary (political), New Delhi, 1975; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1981; speechwriter to Foreign Secretary, 1982; Assistant, Soviet Department, FCO, 1983; Deputy Head of Mission, Prague, 1986; Head of Chancery, Paris, 1990–93; Head of EU Department…

  • 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…