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  • BAYNE, Sir Nicholas Peter, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service, 1961; served at British Embassies in Manila, 1963-66, and Bonn, 1969-72; seconded to Treasury, 1974-75; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1975-79; Head of Financial, later Economic Relations, Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-82; attached to Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1982-83; Ambassador to Zaire, 1983-84, also accredited to the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, 1984;…

  • BAKER-BATES, Merrick Stuart, CMG (1939-2023)

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    Journalist, Brussels, 1962–63; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1963; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Tokyo, 1963–68; 1st Secretary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968–73; (Information), Washington, 1973–76; (Commercial), Tokyo, 1976–79; Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo, 1979–82. Director, Cornes and Co., Tokyo, 1982–85; Representative Director, Gestetner Ltd (Japan), 1982–85; Deputy High Commissioner and Counsellor (Commercial/Economic), Kuala Lumpur, 1986–89; Head of South…

  • 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.

  • AMY, Dennis Oldrieve, CMG OBE (1932-2016)

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    Diplomat. Entered HM Foreign, later HM Diplomatic Service, 1949; FO, 1949-51 and 1953-58; Athens, 1958-61; Second Secretary and Vice Consul, Moscow, 1961-63; FO, 1963-65; DSAO, 1965; Second Secretary and Passport Officer, Canberra, 1966-70; First Secretary, Ibadan, 1971-74; seconded to Department of Trade, 1974-75; FCO, 1976-78; First Secretary (Commercial), Santiago, 1978-83 (Chargé d’Affaires, 1979); FCO, 1983-86…

  • ACLAND, Sir Antony Arthur, KG, GCMG, GCVO (1930-2021)

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    Diplomat. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1953; Middle Eastern Centre for Arab Studies, 1954; Dubai, 1955; Kuwait, 1956; Foreign Office, 1958–62; Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State, 1959–62; UK Mission to UN, 1962–66; Head of Chancery, UK Mission, Geneva, 1966–68; FCO, 1968, Head of Arabian Department, 1970–72; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, 1972–75;…