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  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • LAMPORT, Sir Stephen, GCVO DL (b. 1951)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1974–2002: UK Mission to United Nations, 1974; Tehran, 1975–79; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979–84; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1981–84; First Secretary, Rome, 1984–88; FCO, 1988–93; Deputy Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales, 1993–96; Private Secretary and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales, 1996–2002; Chapter Clerk and Receiver General, Westminster…

  • HANNAY, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, GCMG CH (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1959-60; Tehran, 1960-61; 3rd Secretary, Kabul, 1961-63; 2nd Secretary, FO, 1963-65; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, UK Delegation to European Communities, Brussels, 1965-70; 1st Secretary, UK Negotiating Team with European Communities, 1970-72; Chef de Cabinet to Sir Christopher Soames, Vice President of EEC, 1973-77; Head of Energy, Science and Space Department, FCO, 1977-79;…

  • GRAHAM, Sir John Alexander Noble, 4th bt, GCMG (1926-2019)

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    Foreign Service, 1950; MECAS, 1951; Third Secretary, Bahrain 1951, Kuwait 1952 and Amman, 1953; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1954-57; First Secretary, Belgrade, 1957-60, Benghazi, 1960-61; Foreign Office (Personnel Department and Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department), 1961-66; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Kuwait, 1966-69; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1969-72; Counsellor…

  • CLOAKE, John Cecil, CMG (1924-2014)

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    Served in Army, 1943-46 (Lieutenant Royal Engineers). Foreign Office, 1948; 3rd Secretary, Baghdad, 1949, and Saigon, 1951; 2nd Secretary, 1952; FO, 1954; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1956, and to Parliamentary Under-Secretary, 1957; 1st Secretary, 1957; Consul (Commercial), New York, 1958; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1962; FO, 1963; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1965; Counsellor, 1966; Head…