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  • GUY, Frances Mary (b. 1959)

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    Guy entered the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1985 and her diplomatic career included the following posts: language training, 1987; Second Secretary (Chancery), Khartoum, 1988–91; First Secretary, Iraq desk and Finance Department, FCO, 1991–95; Head, Political Section, Bangkok, 1995–96; Deputy Head of Mission, Addis Ababa, 1997–2001; Ambassador to the Yemen, 2001–04; Head, Engaging the Islamic…

  • RAMSAY, Sir Allan John Heppel Ramsay, KBE, CMG (1937-2022)

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    Served Army, 1957–70: Somerset Light Infantry, 1957–64; Trucial Oman Scouts, 1964–66; DLI, 1966–68. MECAS, 1968–69; entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970; First Secretary (Commercial), Cairo, 1973–76; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Kabul, 1976–78; Counsellor and Head of Chancery: Baghdad, 1980–83; Mexico City, 1983–85; Ambassador to Lebanon, 1988–90; Ambassador to Sudan, 1990–91; Ambassador to the…

  • 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…

  • SINDALL, Adrian John, CMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office 1956-58; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1958-60; Third Secretary (Commercial), Baghdad, 1960-62; Second Secretary, British Embassy, Rabat, 1962-67; First Secretary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1967-70; Beirut, 1970-72; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Lima, 1972-76; FCO, 1976-79; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Amman, 1979-82; Head of S America…

  • 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…

  • MAITLAND, Sir Donald James Dundas, GCMG OBE (1922-2010)

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    Diplomat. Director, Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon, 1956-60; Counsellor, Egypt, 1963-5; Head of News Department, 1965; Ambassador to Libya, 1969-70; Press Secretary, Prime Minister’s Private Office, 1970-3; UK Permanent Representative, United Nations, 1973-4; Ambassador to EEC, 1975-9; Permanent Under-Secretary, Department of Energy, 1980-2.Interviewed 1997.

  • GRAY, Sir John Walton David, KBE CMG (1936-2003)

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    Diplomat. National Service, 1954-56. Joined Foreign Service, 1962; served: Mecas, 1962; Bahrain Agency, 1964; FO, 1967; Geneva, 1970; Sofia, 1974; Counsellor (Commercial), 1978, Counsellor and Head of Chancery, 1980, Jedda; Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department, FCO, 1982-85; Ambassador to Lebanon, 1985-88; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and…

  • CRAIG, Sir James, GCMG (1924-2017)

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    Served in Army, 1943–44. Lecturer in Arabic, Durham University, 1948–55; seconded to Foreign Office, 1955 as Principal Instructor at Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon; joined Foreign Service substantively, 1956; served: FO, 1958–61; HM Political Agent, Trucial States, 1961–64; 1st Secretary, Beirut, 1964–67; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Jedda, 1967–70; Supernumerary Fellow, St Antony’s…

  • BAILEY, Ronald William, CMG (1917-2010)

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    Diplomat. Vice-Consul, Beirut, 1939, Alexandria, 1941; First Secretary, Cairo, 1945, Beirut, 1949, Washington, 1952; Counsellor, Khartoum, 1957; Chargé d’Affaires, Taiz, 1960-62; Consul-General, Gothenburg, 1963; Minister, Baghdad, 1965; Ambassador, La Paz, 1967, Rabat, 1971-5.Interviewed 1996.