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  • FERGUSSON, George (b. 1955)

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    Joined Northern Ireland Office, 1978; seconded to Northern Ireland Department of Commerce, 1979–80; Private Secretary to Minister of State for Northern Ireland, 1982–83; First Secretary, Dublin, 1988–91; joined Diplomatic Service, 1990; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1991–93; First Secretary, Seoul, 1994–96; FCO, 1996–99; Head: Republic of Ireland Department, 1997–99; Devolved Administrations Department, 1999; Consul General, Boston,…

  • RANKIN, John James CMG (b. 1957)

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    Solicitor and Member, Law Society of Scotland. Lecturer in Public Law, University of Aberdeen, 1984–88; Assistant, then Senior Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1988–90; Legal Adviser, UKMIS and UKDIS, Geneva, 1991–94; Legal Counsellor, FCO, 1995; Deputy Head, OSCE Department, 1996–98; Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission, Dublin, 1999–2003; Consul General, Boston, 2003–07; Director,…

  • HEWITT, Gavin Wallace, CMG (b. 1944)

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    Ministry of Transport, 1967–70; on secondment from MoT as Third, later Second, Secretary to UK Delegation, EEC, Brussels, 1970–72; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972–73; First Secretary, British High Commission, Canberra, 1973–78; FCO, 1978–81; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1981–84; Member, Joint FCO/BBC Review Group, BBC External Services, 1984; Counsellor on loan…

  • BARRIE, (Charles) David Ogilvy, CBE (b. 1953)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1975; Central and Southern Africa Department, FCO, 1975–76; Dublin, 1976–80; seconded to Cabinet Office Assessments Staff, 1980–81; North America Department, FCO, 1982–83; Republic of Ireland Department, FCO, 1983-87; transferred to Cabinet Office, 1988; seconded to Japan Festival 1991, as Executive Director, 1989–92; resigned from Cabinet Office, 1992. David Barrie

  • WRIGHT, Sir (John) Oliver, GCMG GCVO DSC (1921-2009)

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    Diplomat. Royal Navy 1941-45; Entered FO 1945; Vice-Consul, New York, 1946; 3rd Secretary, Bucharest, 1948; 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1950; FO 1952 (Western and Southern Departments); First Secretary, Berlin, 1954-57, South Africa, 1957-59; Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, 1964-66; Ambassador to Denmark, 1966-69; Seconded to Government of Northern Ireland, 1969-70; Chief Clerk, Foreign and Commonwealth…

  • WESTMACOTT, Sir Peter John, GCMG LVO (b. 1950)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972; Tehran, 1974, Brussels, 1978; First Secretary, Paris, 1980; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1984; Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1987; Deputy Private Secretary to Prince of Wales, 1990; Counsellor, Washington, 1993; Director, Americas, FCO, 1997; Deputy Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 2000-01; Ambassador to Turkey, 2002-06; Ambassador to France,…

  • SUTHERLAND, Dame Veronica Evelyn, DBE CMG (b. 1939)

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    Diplomat. Joined Diplomatic Service, 1965; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Copenhagen, 1967-70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-75; 1st Secretary, New Delhi, 1975-78; FCO, 1978-80; Counsellor, 1981; Permanent UK Delegate to UNESCO, 1981-84; Counsellor, FCO, 1984-87; Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, 1987-90; Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Personnel), FCO, 1990-95; Ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, 1995-99.Interviewed 2005.

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • LEAHY, Sir John Henry Gladstone, KCMG (1928-2015)

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    Diplomat. RAF, 1950-52; FO, 1952-54 (Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1953-54); 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Singapore, 1955-57; FO, 1957-58; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, Paris, 1958-62; FO, 1962-65; Head of Chancery, Tehran, 1965-68; Counsellor, FCO, 1969; Head of Personnel Services Department, 1969-70; Head of News Department, FCO, 1971-73; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris,…