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  • RANKIN, John James CMG (b. 1957)

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    Solicitor and Member, Law Society of Scotland. Lecturer in Public Law, University of Aberdeen, 1984–88; Assistant, then Senior Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1988–90; Legal Adviser, UKMIS and UKDIS, Geneva, 1991–94; Legal Counsellor, FCO, 1995; Deputy Head, OSCE Department, 1996–98; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Dublin, 1999–2003; Consul General, Boston, 2003–07; Director,…

  • 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,…

  • BARRIE, (Charles) David Ogilvy, CBE (b. 1953)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1975; Central and Southern Africa Department, FCO, 1975–76; Dublin, 1976–80; seconded to Cabinet Office Assessments Staff, 1980–81; North America Department, FCO, 1982–83; Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1983-87; transferred to Cabinet Office, 1988; seconded to Japan Festival 1991, as Executive Director, 1989–92; resigned from Cabinet Office, 1992. David Barrie

  • REDDAWAY, Sir David Norman, KCMG MBE (b. 1953)

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    Diplomat.  Joined FCO in 1975: language student, SOAS, 1976 and Iran, 1977; Tehran: Third Secretary, later Second Secretary (Commercial), 1977–78; Second Secretary. later First Secretary (Chancery), 1978–80; First Secretary: (Chancery), Madrid, 1980–84; FCO, 1985–86; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1986–88; (Chancery), New Delhi, 1988–90; Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, 1990–93 (Counsellor, 1991); Minister, Buenos Aires, 1993–97;…

  • WADE-GERY, Sir Robert Lucian, KCMG (1929-2015)

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    Diplomat. Joined HM Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service, 1951; FO (Economic Relations Department), 1951-54; Bonn, 1954-57; FO (Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, later Southern Department), 1957-60; Tel Aviv, 1961-64; FO (Planning Staff), 1964-67; Saigon, 1967-68; Cabinet Office (Secretary to Duncan Committee), 1968-69; Counsellor 1969; on loan to Bank of England, 1969; Head of Financial Policy and…

  • TATHAM, David, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1960; New York, 1962–63; Milan, 1963–67; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, 1967–69; Jeddah, 1969–70; FCO, 1971–74; Muscat, 1974–77; Assistant Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1977–80; Counsellor, Dublin, 1981–84; Ambassador to Yemen Arab Republic, also accredited to Republic of Djibouti, 1984–87; Head of Falkland Islands Department, FCO, 1987–90; Ambassador to…

  • SUTHERLAND, Dame Veronica Evelyn, DBE CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1965; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1967-70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-75; 1st Secretary, New Delhi, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-80; Counsellor, 1981; Permanent UK Delegate to UNESCO, 1981-84; Counsellor, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, 1987-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Personnel), FCO, 1990-95; Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, 1995-99.Interviewed 2005.

  • SNOXELL, David Raymond (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entry to FCO (UN Department), 1969; FCO, Information Administration Department, 1971; Islamabad, 1973; UK Mission to Geneva, 1976; FCO, Republic of Ireland Department, 1981; FCO, Economic Relations Department, 1983; Director, British Information Services, New York, 1986; Deputy Head, Drugs and International Crime Department, 1991; Deputy Head of Southern Africa Department, FCO, 1994; Ambassador to…

  • ROBERTS, Sir Ivor, KCMG (b. 1946)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1968; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1969; Third, later Second Secretary, Paris, 1970-73; Second, later First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-78; First Secretary, Canberra, 1978-82; Deputy Head of News Department, FCO, 1982-86; Head, Security Co-ordination Department, FCO, 1986-88; Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Madrid, 1989-93; Chargé d’Affaires, Belgrade,…

  • HOLT, Dame Denise Mary, DCMG (b. 1949)

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    Research Analyst, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–84; First Secretary, Dublin, 1984–87; Head of Section, FCO, 1988–90; First Secretary, Brasilia, 1991–93; Deputy Head, Eastern Department, FCO, 1993–94; Assistant Director, Personnel, 1996–98; Deputy Head of Mission, Dublin, 1998–99; Director, Personnel, FCO, 1999–2002; Ambassador to Mexico, 2002–05; Director for Migration and Overseas Territories, FCO, 2005–07; Ambassador to Spain,…