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  • FRY, Sir Graham Holbrook, KCMG (b. 1949)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1972; Third, later Second, Secretary, Tokyo, 1974-78; seconded to Invest in Britain Bureau, Department of Industry, 1979-80; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-83; First Secretary, Paris, 1983-87; FCO, 1987-88; Political Counsellor, Tokyo, 1989-93; Head, Far Eastern Department, later Far Eastern and Pacific Department, FCO, 1993-95; Director, Northern Asia and Pacific, FCO, 1995-98;…

  • FRASER, Sir Simon James, GCMG (b. 1958)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Second Secretary, Baghdad, 1982–84; Second Secretary, Damascus, 1984–86; First Secretary, FCO, 1986–88; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1989–90; Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1991–92; Assistant Head, Non-Proliferation and Defence Department, FCO, 1992-93; First Secretary, Financial and Economic Affairs, Paris, 1994-96; Deputy Chef de Cabinet of Vice-President of EC,…

  • FIELDING, Sir Leslie, KCMG (1932-2021)

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    Served with Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1951-53; Territorial Army, 1953-56. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1956; served in: Tehran, 1957-60; Foreign Office, 1960-64; Singapore, 1964; Phnom Penh (Chargé d’Affaires), 1964-66; Paris, 1967-70; Deputy Head of Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-73; seconded for service with European Commission in Brussels, 1973; Director (External Relations Directorate General), 1973-77;…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • CAMPBELL, Juliet Jeanne d’Auvergne, CMG (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Joined Foreign Office 1957; Common Market Delegation, Brussels, 1961-63; FO, 1963-64; Second, later First Secretary, Bangkok, 1964-66; News Department, FO, 1967-70; Head of Chancery, The Hague, 1970-74; European Integration Department, FCO, 1974-77; Counsellor (Information), Paris, 1977-80; Royal College of Defence Studies, 1981; Counsellor, Jakarta, 1982-83; Head of Training Department, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Luxembourg,…

  • BUTLER, Sir Michael Dacres, GCMG (1927-2013)

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    Diplomat. UK Mission to United Nations, 1952-6; First Secretary, Baghdad, 1956-8; South East Asia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1958-61; First Secretary, Paris, 1961-5; Counsellor, UK Mission to United Nations, 1968-70, Washington, 1971-2; Head of European Integration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-4, Assistant Under-Secretary in charge of European Community Affairs, 1974-6, Deputy Under-Secretary of State,…

  • BURTON, Sir Michael, KCVO CMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. 2nd Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, 1955-57. Foreign Office, 1960; Assistant Political Agent, Dubai, Trucial States, 1962-64; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FO, 1964-67; Second (later First) Secretary (Information), Khartoum, 1967-69; First Secretary (Information), Paris, 1969-72; Assistant, Science and Technology Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Amman, 1975-77; Counsellor,…