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  • MILES, (Richard) Oliver, CMG (1936-2019)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Abu Dhabi, Amman, Aden, Mukalla, Nicosia, Jedda; Counsellor, Athens, 1977-80; Head of Near East and North Africa Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1980-83; Ambassador to: Libya, 1984; Luxembourg, 1985-88; Under-Secretary on loan to Home Civil Service, Belfast, 1988-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Economic), FCO, 1990-91; Director General of…

  • 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…

  • McDONALD, Lord McDonald of Salford, GCMG KCVO (b. 1961)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982; Jedda, 1985; Riyadh, 1985–88; Bonn, 1988–90; FCO, 1990; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1993–95; First Secretary, Washington, 1995–98; Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General, Riyadh, 1998–2001; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 2001–03; Ambassador to Israel, 2003–06; Director, Iraq, FCO, 2006–07; Foreign Policy Adviser to…

  • McBAIN, (David) Malcolm, LVO (1928-2022)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Civil Aviation appointments in Tripoli, Libya, 1949-51, New Delhi, 1953-54; Diplomatic Service: New Delhi, 1958-61; Kenya, 1963-67; Thailand, 1968-75; Brunei, 1978-81; Texas, 1981-84; Ambassador to Madagascar, 1984-87.Interviewed 2000. Also includes a chapter from Malcolm McBain’s memoirs relating to his time as Ambassador to Madagascar.

  • MARSHALL, Sir Peter Harold Reginald, KCMG CVO (1924-2023)

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    After serving in the RAFVR, 1943-46, Marshall joined the Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service in 1949, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: Foreign Office, 1949-52; 2nd Secretary and Private Secretary to Ambassador, Washington, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-60; on staff of Civil Service Selection Board, 1960; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Baghdad,…

  • MARGETSON, Sir John William Denys, KCMG (1927-2020)

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    Lieutenant, Life Guards, 1947-49. Colonial Service, District Officer, Tanganyika, 1951-60 (Private Secretary to Governor, Sir Edward Twining, 1956-57); entered Foreign Service, 1960; The Hague, 1962-64; speech writer to Foreign Secretary, George Brown, 1966-68; Head of Chancery, Saigon, 1968-70; Counsellor 1971, seconded to Cabinet Secretariat, 1971-74; Head of Chancery, UK Delegation to NATO, 1974-78; Ambassador to…

  • 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.

  • LYNE, Sir Roderic Michael John, KBE CMG (b. 1948)

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    Diplomat. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970; Army School of Languages, 1971; Moscow, 1972-74; Dakar, 1974-76; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1976-79; Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1979; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1979-82; UK Mission to UN, New York, 1982-86; Visiting Resident Fellow, Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1986-87; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Moscow,…

  • 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…