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  • WESTCOTT, Dr Nicholas (b. 1956)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982; on secondment to EC, 1984–85; UK Perm. Rep. to EC, Brussels, 1985–89; FCO, 1989–93; Head of Common Foreign and Security Policy Unit, 1992–93; Deputy High Commissioner, Dar es Salaam, 1993–96; Head of Economic Relations Department, FCO, 1996–98; Minister-Counsellor (Trade and Transport), Washington, 1999–2002; Head of IT Strategy, subsequently Chief…

  • YOUNG, Elisabeth Ann, MBE (b. c 1945)

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    Married Thomas Young in 1971, and accompanied him to the following postings: Ankara, 1969-71; Madrid, 1972-76; Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1979-80; Deputy Director of Trade Development, New York, 1981; First Secretary, Washington, 1981-84; Assistant Head, Nuclear Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1984-86; Deputy High Commissioner, Accra, 1987-90; Director of Trade Promotion, British High Commission,…

  • SMEDLEY, Sir Harold, KCMG MBE (1920-2004)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, New Zealand, 1948-51, Rhodesia, 1951-4; Principal Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1954-7; Counsellor, Calcutta, 1957, Delhi, 1958; High Commissioner, Ghana, 1964-5 and 1966-7; Ambassador to Laos, 1968-70; High Commissioner, Sri Lanka, 1973-6, New Zealand, 1976-80.Interviewed 1997.

  • MILES, (Frank) Stephen, CMG (1920-2013)

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    Diplomat. Fleet Air Arm, 1942-46 (Lt (A) RNVR); Scottish Home Department, 1948; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-80. Miles served in: New Zealand, 1949-52; East and West Pakistan, 1954-57; Ghana, 1959-62; Uganda, 1962-63; British Deputy High Commissioner, Tanzania, 1963-65 (Acting High Commissioner, 1963-64); Acting High Commissioner in Ghana, March-April 1966; Consul-General, St Louis [United States], 1967-70;…

  • MELLON, Sir James, KCMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. Department of Agriculture for Scotland, 1953-60; Agricultural Attaché, Copenhagen and The Hague, 1960-63; Foreign Office, 1963-64; Head of Chancery, Dakar, 1964-66; UK Delegation to European Communities, 1967-72; Counsellor, 1970; Head of Science and Technology Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-75; Commercial Counsellor, East Berlin, 1975-76; Head of Trade Relations and Export Department, FCO, 1976-78;…

  • GOODENOUGH, Sir Anthony, KCMG (b. 1941)

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    Voluntary Service Overseas, Sarawak, 1963–64; Foreign Office, S E Asia Department, 1964-65; Foreign Office, Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, 1965-67; Second Secretary, Athens, 1967-71; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary, 1971, and Minister of State, FCO, 1972; First Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1974-77; Assistant, FCO Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department, 1977-78; Assistant, FCO European Integration Department (Internal) 1978-80;…

  • DEAN, Cecil Roy (1927-2019)

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    Diplomat, writer and broadcaster. After serving in the RAF (1945-48) in India and Pakistan, Dean joined the Central Office of Information, where he worked for ten years. In 1958 he joined the Diplomatic Service, and his subsequent diplomatic career included: Second, later First Secretary, Colombo [Sri Lanka], (1958-62); Vancouver [Canada], (1962-64); Lagos [Nigeria], (1964-68); Foreign…