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  • BOWDEN, James Nicholas Geoffrey, CMG OBE MVO (b. 1960)

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    Served Army, 1979–86; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1986; 2nd Secretary, Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1986–88; Arabic language training, SOAS and Cairo, 1988-90; Deputy then Acting Consul General, Aden, 1990–91; 2nd Secretary, Khartoum, 1991–93; Head of Political Section, UN Department, FCO, 1993–96; 1st Secretary, Washington, 1996–99; 1st Secretary, Riyadh, 1999–2000; GCHQ, 2000-03, and Deputy Head, Afghanistan…

  • MUNRO, Sir Alan Gordon, KCMG (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1958-60; British Embassy, Beirut, 1960-62; Kuwait, 1961; FO, 1963-65; Head of Chancery, Benghazi, 1965-66 and Tripoli, 1966-68; FO, 1968-73; Consul (Commercial), 1973-74, Consul-General, 1974-77, Rio de Janeiro; Head of East African Department, FCO, 1977-78; Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1979; Head of Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1979-81;…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • LAMB, Sir Albert Thomas (Sir Archie), KBE CMG DFC (1921-2021)

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    Diplomat. Served RAF 1941-46. Foreign Office 1938-41; Embassy, Rome [Italy], 1947-50; Consulate-General, Genoa, 1950; Embassy, Bucharest [Romania], 1950-53; Foreign Office 1953-55; Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, 1955-57; Political Residency, Bahrain, 1957-61; Foreign Office 1961-65; Embassy, Kuwait, 1965; Political Agent in Abu Dhabi, 1965-68; Inspector, 1968-70, Senior Inspector, 1970-73, Assistant Under-Secretary of State and Chief…

  • LAING, John Stuart (b. 1948)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service in 1970: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-71; MECAS, Lebanon, 1971-72; 2nd Secretary, Jedda, 1973-75; 1st Secretary: UK Permanent Representative to EC, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-83; Cairo, 1983-87; FCO, 1987-89; Counsellor, Prague, 1989-92; Deputy Head of Mission and HM Consul-General, British Embassy, Riyadh, 1992-95; Head, Know How Fund for Central Europe, FCO, later DFID,…

  • HOGGER, Henry, CMG (b. 1948)

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    Joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969: MECAS, Lebanon, 1971-72; served Aden, 1972; Caracas, 1972-75; Kuwait, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-82; Head of Chancery, Abu Dhabi, 1982-86; FCO, 1986-89; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Amman, 1989-92; High Commissioner, Namibia, 1992-96; Head, Latin America, later Latin America and Caribbean Department, FCO, 1996-2000; Ambassador to Syria, 2000-03; Governorate…

  • 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…

  • FULLERTON, William Hugh, CMG (b. 1939)

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    Shell International Petroleum Company in Uganda, 1963-65; joined Foreign Office, 1965; MECAS, Shemlan, Lebanon, 1965-66; Information Officer, Jeddah, 1966-67; UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1967; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968-70; Head of Chancery, Kingston, Jamaica (also accredited to Haiti), 1970-73; Ankara, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-80; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), 1980-83 and Consul-General, 1981-83, Islamabad;…

  • 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,…