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  • LEVY, Lord Levy of Mill Hill (b. 1944)

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    Michael Levy’s career includes: Lubbock Fine (Chartered Accountants), 1961–66; Principal of M. Levy and Company, 1966–69; Partner, Wagner Prager Levy and Partners, 1969–73; Chairman: Magnet Group, 1973–88; D and J Securities Limited, 1988–92; M and G Records, 1992–97; Wireart Limited, 1992–2002; Chase Music (formerly M and G Music) Limited, 1992–2002; International Standard Asset Management, 2008–11;…

  • CHRISTOPHER, Sir (Duncan) Robin, KBE CMG (b. 1944)

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    Christopher joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1970 and his diplomatic career included: Second, then First, Secretary, New Delhi, 1972; First Secretary, FCO, 1976; Deputy Head of Mission, Lusaka, 1980; FCO, 1983; on secondment to Cabinet Office, 1985; Counsellor: Madrid, 1987; FCO, 1991; Ambassador to Ethiopia, 1994–97; Ambassador to Indonesia, 1997–2000; Ambassador to Argentina,…

  • REDDAWAY, Sir David Norman, KCMG MBE (b. 1953)

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    Diplomat.  Joined FCO in 1975: language student, SOAS, 1976 and Iran, 1977; Tehran: Third Secretary, later Second Secretary (Commercial), 1977–78; Second Secretary. later First Secretary (Chancery), 1978–80; First Secretary: (Chancery), Madrid, 1980–84; FCO, 1985–86; Private Secretary to Minister of State, 1986–88; (Chancery), New Delhi, 1988–90; Chargé d’Affaires, Tehran, 1990–93 (Counsellor, 1991); Minister, Buenos Aires, 1993–97;…

  • WRIGHT, Sir Stephen, KCMG (b. 1946)

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    Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Rhodesia Political Department, 1968; Havana, 1969-71; Civil Service College, 1971-72; FCO, Trade Policy Department, then Eastern European and Soviet Department, 1972-75; British Information Services, New York, 1975-80; UK Permanent Representative to European Community, Brussels, 1980-84; FCO, Energy, Science, and Space Department, 1984-85; seconded to Cabinet Office, Deputy Chief of Assessments Staff,…

  • WADE-GERY, Sir Robert Lucian, KCMG (1929-2015)

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    Diplomat. Joined HM Foreign (now Diplomatic) Service, 1951; FO (Economic Relations Department), 1951-54; Bonn, 1954-57; FO (Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, later Southern Department), 1957-60; Tel Aviv, 1961-64; FO (Planning Staff), 1964-67; Saigon, 1967-68; Cabinet Office (Secretary to Duncan Committee), 1968-69; Counsellor 1969; on loan to Bank of England, 1969; Head of Financial Policy and…

  • ROBERTS, Sir Ivor, KCMG (b. 1946)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1968; Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1969; Third, later Second Secretary, Paris, 1970-73; Second, later First Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-78; First Secretary, Canberra, 1978-82; Deputy Head of News Department, FCO, 1982-86; Head, Security Co-ordination Department, FCO, 1986-88; Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Madrid, 1989-93; Chargé d’Affaires, Belgrade,…

  • PARSONS, Sir Richard, KCMG (1928-2016)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1951-53; 3rd Secretary, Washington, 1953-56; 2nd Secretary, Vientiane, 1956-58; FO, 1958-60; 1st Secretary, Buenos Aires, 1960-63; FO, 1963-65; 1st Secretary, Ankara, 1965-67; FO, 1967-69; Counsellor, Lagos, 1969-72; Head of Personnel Operations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-76; Ambassador to Hungary, 1976-79; Ambassador to Spain, 1980-84; Ambassador to Sweden, 1984-87.Interviewed 2005.

  • MEYER, Sir Christopher John Rome, KCMG (1944-2022)

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    Diplomat. 3rd Secretary, Foreign Office, 1966-67; Army School of Education, 1967-68; 3rd, later 2nd, Secretary, Moscow, 1968-70; 2nd Secretary, Madrid, 1970-73; 1st Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973-78; 1st Secretary, UK Permanent Representative to European Communities, 1978-82; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Moscow, 1982-84; Head of News Department, FCO, 1984-88; Fellow, Center for International Affairs,…

  • JUCHAU, Beryl (née Eastop) (c 1921-2018)

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    Beryl Juchau, née Eastop, joined the Foreign Office in 1939. After a brief spell in the Foreign Office Library, she moved to the Cypher Room, 1940-44, then worked as a Cypher Officer at the British Embassy in Washington, June 1944-March 1946. After a month at Geneva working at the British Consulate on behalf of the…

  • 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,…