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  • WHITTING, Ian Robert, OBE, (b. 1953)

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    Joined FCO, 1972; Attaché, Moscow, 1975–76; Third Secretary, Tunis, 1976–79; Third Secretary, Cairo, 1979; Press Attaché, Athens, 1980–83; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1983–85; Second Secretary, Moscow, 1985–88; Southern Africa Department, FCO, 1988–90 and joint organiser, NATO Summit, 1990; First Secretary, Dublin, 1990–94; Deputy Head of Mission, Abidjan, 1994–97; Conference media coordinator, Information Department,…

  • TOMKYS, Sir William Roger, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Foreign Service, 1960; MECAS, 1960; 3rd Secretary, Amman, 1962; 2nd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1964; 1st Secretary, Head of Chancery, Benghazi, 1967; Planning Staff, FCO, 1969; Head of Chancery, Athens, 1972; Counsellor, seconded to Cabinet Office, 1975; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Rome, 1980–81; Ambassador: to Bahrain,…

  • RHODES, Sir Peregrine Alexander, KCMG (1925-2005)

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    Diplomat. Served with Coldstream Guards, 1944-47. Joined Foreign Office, 1950; 2nd Secretary, Rangoon, 1953-56; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Vienna, 1959-62; 1st Secretary, Helsinki, 1962-65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965-68, Counsellor 1967; Institute for Study of International Organisation, Sussex University, 1968-69; Counsellor, Rome, 1970-73; Chargé d’Affaires, East Berlin, 1973-75; on secondment…

  • O’KEEFFE, (Peter) Laurence, CMG CVO (1931-2003)

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    Diplomat. HM Customs and Excise, 1953-62; 2nd, later 1st Secretary (Economic), Bangkok, 1962-5; FO, 1965-8; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Athens, 1968-72; Commercial Counsellor, Jakarta, 1972-5; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-6; Director-General, British Information Services, and Deputy Consul General (Information), New York, 1976-8; Counsellor, Nicosia, 1978-81;…

  • MOBERLY, Sir John Campbell, KBE CMG (1925-2004)

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    Diplomat. War Service in Royal Navy, 1943-47 (despatches). Entered Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service, 1950; Political Officer, Kuwait, 1954-56; Political Agent, Doha, 1959-62; First Secretary, Athens, 1962-66; Counsellor, Washington, 1969-73; Director, Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1973-75; Ambassador, Jordan, 1975-79; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1979-82; Ambassador, Iraq, 1982-85; Consultant, then Associate Fellow, Middle East…

  • MILES, (Richard) Oliver, CMG (1936-2019)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Aden, Mukalla, Nicosia, Jedda; Counsellor, Athens, 1977-80; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1980-83; Ambassador to: Libya, 1984; Luxembourg, 1985-88; Under-Secretary on loan to Home Civil Service, Belfast, 1988-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economic), FCO, 1990-91; Director General of…

  • 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…

  • 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;…

  • 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…

  • EASTWOOD, Basil, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1967; Jedda, 1968; Colombo, 1969; Cairo, 1972; Cabinet Office, 1976; FCO, 1978; Bonn, 1980; Khartoum, 1984; Athens, 1987; Director of Research and Analysis, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991-96; Ambassador to Syria, 1996-2000; Project Director, Middle East Institute, SOAS, 2000-01; Ambassador to Switzerland, 2001-04; Cecily’s…