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  • HOLT, Dame Denise Mary, DCMG (b. 1949)

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    Research Analyst, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–84; First Secretary, Dublin, 1984–87; Head of Section, FCO, 1988–90; First Secretary, Brasilia, 1991–93; Deputy Head, Eastern Department, FCO, 1993–94; Assistant Director, Personnel, 1996–98; Deputy Head of Mission, Dublin, 1998–99; Director, Personnel, FCO, 1999–2002; Ambassador to Mexico, 2002–05; Director for Migration and Overseas Territories, FCO, 2005–07; Ambassador to Spain,…

  • 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…

  • HIGGINS, Desmond (b. 1930)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Supply, Liverpool, 1947; National Service, 1947-49; joined Commonwealth Relations Office, 1956; 3rd Secretary (Information), New Delhi, 1957-59; Commonwealth Relations Office, 1960; British High Commission, Lagos, 1960-61; 2nd Secretary, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1962-65; Commonwealth Relations Office, 1965; British High Commission, Bathurst, The Gambia, 1966-68; Commonwealth Relations Office (Cultural Relations Department); British…

  • HICKMAN, John Kyrle, CMG (1927-2001)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Wellington, New Zealand, 1959-62, Spain, 1966-7; Consul-General, Bilbao, 1967-9; Deputy High Commissioner, Singapore, 1969-71; Counsellor (later Chargé) Ireland, 1974-7; Ambassador to Ecuador, 1977-80, Chile, 1982-7.Interviewed 1995.

  • HENNESSY, Sir James, KBE CMG (1923-2024)

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    Appointed to Overseas Service, Basutoland, District Officer, 1948; Judicial Commissioner, 1953; District Commissioner, 1954–56; Joint Secretary, Constitutional Commission, 1957–59; Supervisor of Elections, 1959; Secretary to Executive Council, 1960; seconded to Office of High Commissioner, Cape Town/Pretoria, 1961–63; Permanent Secretary for local government, 1964; MLC, 1965; Secretary for External Affairs, Defence and Internal Security, 1967; Prime…

  • HENDERSON, Sir Nicholas, GCMG KCVO (1919-2009)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of War Transport 1940; Office of the Minister Resident at Cairo 1942; Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs 1944; Second Secretary Washington 1947; Athens 1949; Foreign Office 1950; First Secretary (Information) Vienna 1953; First Secretary and Consul Santiago 1956; Foreign Office 1959: Counsellor 1962; Head of Northern Department…

  • 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,…

  • HALL, Sir Peter Edward, KBE CMG (1938-2024)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1961-63; 3rd Secretary, Warsaw, 1963-66; 2nd Secretary, New Delhi, 1966-69; Foreign and Commonwealth Office (European Integration Department), 1969-72; 1st Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to EEC, 1972-76; Assistant Head, Financial Relations Department, FCO, 1976-77; Counsellor, Caracas, 1977-78; Head of British Information Services, New York, 1978-83 and Counsellor, British Embassy, Washington, 1981-83; Director of…

  • 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…

  • GREENHILL OF HARROW, Denis Arthur, Baron, GCMG OBE (1913-2000)

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    Diplomat. First Secretary, Bulgaria, 1947-9, Washington, 1949-51; Counsellor, UK Delegation to NATO, 1955-6, Singapore, 1956-9, Washington 1959-64; Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1969-73.Interviewed 1996.