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  • HOLMES, Sir John, GCVO KBE CMG (b. 1951)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1973–2007: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-76; 3rd Secretary, then 2nd Secretary, Moscow, 1976-78; Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1978-82; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1982-84; 1st Secretary (Economic), Paris, 1984-87; Assistant Head of Soviet Department, FCO, 1987-89; seconded to Thomas de la Rue and Company, 1989-91; Counsellor, Economic and…

  • 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…

  • HAWLEY, Sir Donald, KCMG MBE (1921-2008)

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    Diplomat. Served in HM Forces, 1941. Sudan Political Service, 1944; joined Sudan Judiciary, 1947. Called to Bar, Inner Temple, 1951. Chief Registrar, Sudan Judiciary, and Registrar-General of Marriages, 1951; resigned from Sudan Service, 1955; joined Foreign Service, 1955; Foreign Office, 1956: Political Agent, Trucial States, in Dubai, 1958; Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Cairo, 1962;…

  • HANNAY, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, GCMG CH (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1959-60; Tehran, 1960-61; 3rd Secretary, Kabul, 1961-63; 2nd Secretary, FO, 1963-65; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, UK Delegation to European Communities, Brussels, 1965-70; 1st Secretary, UK Negotiating Team with European Communities, 1970-72; Chef de Cabinet to Sir Christopher Soames, Vice President of EEC, 1973-77; Head of Energy, Science and Space Department, FCO, 1977-79;…

  • GREENSTOCK, Sir Jeremy Quentin, GCMG (b. 1943)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service (Nigeria desk), 1969; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1970; Dubai, 1972; Private Secretary to the Ambassador, Washington, 1974; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Planning Staff, 1978; Personnel Operations Department, 1979; North East and North African Department, 1981; Counsellor (Commercial), Jedda, then Riyadh, 1983; Head of Chancery, Paris, 1987; FCO, Assistant Under-Secretary…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • GORE-BOOTH, Hon Sir David Alwyn, KCMG KCVO (1943-2004)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Office, 1964; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1964; Third Secretary, Baghdad, 1966; Third, later Second Secretary, Lusaka, 1967; FCO, 1969; Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1969; FCO, 1971; First Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels, 1974; Assistant Head of Financial Relations Department, FCO, 1978; Counsellor, Jedda, 1980; Counsellor and Head of…

  • GLOVER, Edward, CMG MVO (b. 1943)

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    Joined Foreign Office from Board of Trade, 1967: Private Secretary to High Commissioner, Australia, 1971–73; Washington, 1973–77; Secretary to UK Delegation to UN Law of Sea Conference, 1978–80; on secondment to Guinness Peat Group, 1981–83; Section Head, Arms Control and Disarmament Department, FCO, 1983–85; Senate Liaison Officer, British Military Government, Berlin, 1985–89; Deputy Head, Near…

  • GLOVER, Dame Audrey Frances, DBE CMG (b. c 1942)

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    Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1961; Lord Chancellor’s Department, 1965–67; HM Diplomatic Service, 1967–97: joined Foreign Office, as Assistant Legal Adviser, 1967; Assistant (Temporary), Attorney General’s Department, Australia, 1972–73; Adviser on British Law, Library of Congress, Washington, 1974–77; Legal Adviser (Assistant), Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1978–85; Legal Adviser, British Military Government, Berlin, 1985–89; Legal…