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  • 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…

  • PATEY, Sir William Charters KCMG, LLD (b. 1953)

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    Patey joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975 and his diplomatic career included: MECAS, 1977–78; Commercial Attaché, Abu Dhabi, 1978–81; Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1981–84; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1984–85; Middle East Department, Iran/Iraq Desk, FCO, 1985-86; Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, FCO, 1986-88; First Secretary (Political), Canberra, 1988–92; Deputy Head, UN Department, FCO,…

  • SEGAR, Christopher, CMG (b. 1950)

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    VSO, Cameroun, 1969; joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; MECAS, 1974–76; Third, later Second Secretary, Dubai, 1976–79; FCO, 1979–84; Head of Chancery and Consul, Luanda, 1984–87; UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1987–90; Deputy Head of Mission and Consul General, Baghdad, 1990–91; on secondment to MoD, 1991–94; Commercial Counsellor: Riyadh, 1994–97; Peking, 1997–2001; Head of Aviation,…

  • BRISTOW, Sir Laurence KCMG (b. 1963)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1990; Second Secretary, Bucharest, 1992–95; First Secretary: FCO, 1995–99; Ankara, 1999–2002; NATO Defence College, Rome, 2002–03; FCO, 2003; Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 2004–07; Deputy Head of Mission, Moscow, 2007–10; Director, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, FCO, 2010–12; Director, National Security, FCO, 2012–15; Ambassador to Russia, 2016–20; UN Climate Change Conference of…

  • ADAMS, Sir Geoffrey, KCMG (b. 1957)

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    Diplomat.  Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1979; Third, later Second, Secretary, Jedda, 1982–85; Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Paris, 1985–87; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1987–91; First Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1991–94; European Secretariat, Cabinet Office, 1995–98; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Cairo, 1998–2001; Consul-General, Jerusalem, 2001–03; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary,…

  • LEVY, Lord Levy of Mill Hill (b. 1944)

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    Michael Levy’s career includes: Lubbock Fine (Chartered Accountants), 1961–66; Principal of M. Levy and Company, 1966–69; Partner, Wagner Prager Levy and Partners, 1969–73; Chairman: Magnet Group, 1973–88; D and J Securities Limited, 1988–92; M and G Records, 1992–97; Wireart Limited, 1992–2002; Chase Music (formerly M and G Music) Limited, 1992–2002; International Standard Asset Management, 2008–11;…

  • GOMERSALL, Sir Stephen John, KCMG (b. 1948)

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    Entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1970; Tokyo, 1972–77; Rhodesia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1977–79; Private Secretary to Lord Privy Seal, 1979–82; Washington, 1982–85; Economic Counsellor, Tokyo, 1986–90; Head of Security Policy Department, FCO, 1990–94; Deputy Permanent Representative, UK Mission to UN, 1994–98; Director, International Security, FCO, 1998–99; Ambassador to Japan, 1999–2004. Interviewed 2023. Sir Stephen…

  • 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…

  • 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;…

  • YOUNG, Sir John Robertson (Sir Rob), GCMG (b. 1945)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1967; MECAS, Lebanon, 1968; Third Secretary, Cairo, 1970; Second Secretary, FCO, 1972; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1975; First Secretary, Paris, 1977; Assistant Head, Western European Department, FCO, 1982; Counsellor, Damascus, 1984; Head of Middle East Department, FCO, 1987; Minister, Paris, 1991; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, 1994–98, and Chief…