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  • GORDON, Pamela (b. 1951)

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    Pamela Gordon (née Taylor) joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973, and initially her career included: Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1973-75; 3rd Secretary, Political and Press, Havana, 1975-77; 3rd Secretary, UKRep, Brussels, 1977-78.  Upon her marriage to her fellow diplomat Robert Gordon in 1978, she took special unpaid leave while her husband was stationed in…

  • RHODES, Sir Peregrine Alexander, KCMG (1925-2005)

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    Diplomat. Served with Coldstream Guards, 1944-47. Joined Foreign Office, 1950; 2nd Secretary, Rangoon, 1953-56; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1956-59; 1st Secretary, Vienna, 1959-62; 1st Secretary, Helsinki, 1962-65; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965-68, Counsellor 1967; Institute for Study of International Organisation, Sussex University, 1968-69; Counsellor, Rome, 1970-73; Chargé d’Affaires, East Berlin, 1973-75; on secondment…

  • MORLAND, Martin Robert, CMG (1933-2020)

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    Diplomat. National Service with the Grenadier Guards, 1954-56; British Embassy, Rangoon [Burma, later Myanmar], 1957-60; News Department, Foreign Office, 1961; UK Delegation to Common Market negotiations, Brussels [Belgium], 1962-63; Foreign Office, 1963-65; UK Disarmament Delegation, Geneva [Switzerland], 1965-67; Private Secretary to Lord Chalfont [Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office], 1967-68; European Integration Department, FCO,…

  • HARDING, Sir (George) William, KCMG CVO (1927-2016)

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    Royal Marines, 1945–48. Entered HM Foreign Service, 1950; Singapore, 1951–52; Burma, 1952–55; Paris, 1956–59; Permanent Under-Secretary’s Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1959-60; Santo Domingo, 1960–63; Latin America Department, FCO, 1963-67; Mexico City, 1967–70; Paris, 1970–74; Head of Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1974-77; Ambassador to Peru, 1977–79; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Americas, FCO,…

  • GORDON, Robert Anthony Eagleson, CMG OBE (b. 1952)

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    Gordon’s diplomatic career included: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1973; Second Secretary, Warsaw, 1975–77; First Secretary, Santiago, 1978–83; FCO, 1983–87; First Secretary, UK Delegation to OECD, Paris, 1987–92; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Warsaw, 1992–95; Ambassador to Burma (Union of Myanmar), 1995–99; Head, South East Asia Department, FCO, 1999–2003; Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of…

  • FENN, Sir Nicholas, GCMG (1936-2016)

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    Diplomat. Third Secretary, British Embassy, Rangoon, 1959-63; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1963-67; First Secretary, British Interests Section, Swiss Embassy, Algiers, 1967-69; First Secretary (Public Relations), UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1969-72; Deputy Head, Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; Counsellor, Peking, 1975-77; Head of…