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  • THOMSON, Sir John Adam, GCMG (1927-2018)

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    Foreign Office, 1950; Third Secretary, Jedda, 1951; Damascus, 1954; FO, 1955; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1958–60; First Secretary, Washington, 1960–64; FO, 1964; Acting Head of Planning Staff, 1966; Counsellor, 1967; Head of Planning Staff, FO, 1967; seconded to Cabinet Office as Chief of Assessments Staff, 1968–71; Minister and Deputy Permanent Representative to North Atlantic…

  • THOMAS, Sir Derek Morison David, KCMG (b. 1929)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, 1953; Midshipman 1953, Sub-Lieutenant 1955, RNVR; FO, 1955; 3rd, later 2nd, Secretary, Moscow, 1956-59; 2nd Secretary, Manila, 1959-61; UK Delegation to Brussels Conference, 1961-62; 1st Secretary, FO, 1962; Sofia, 1964-67; Ottawa, 1967-69; seconded to Treasury, 1969-70; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1971-75; Head of North American Department, FCO, 1975-76; Assistant Under Secretary of…

  • TALLBOYS, Richard Gilbert, CMG OBE (1931-2013)

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    HM Diplomatic Service, 1968-88: First Secretary i/c Brasilia, 1969; Head of Chancery, Phnom Penh, 1972 (Chargé d’Affaires 1972, 1973); FO, 1973; Counsellor Commercial, Seoul, 1976-80 (Chargé d’Affaires 1977, 1978, 1979); Consul-General, Houston, 1980-85; Ambassador to Vietnam, 1985-87.Memoir.

  • SHEINWALD, Sir Nigel Elton, GCMG (b. 1953)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1976; Japan Desk, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1976-77; Russian language training, 1977-78; Third, later Second Secretary, Moscow, 1978-79; Rhodesia/Zimbabwe Department, FCO, 1979-81; Eastern European and Soviet Department, FCO, 1981-83; First Secretary, Washington, 1983-87; Deputy Head, Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1987-89; European Community Department (Internal), FCO, 1989-92; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK…

  • RICKETTS, Lord, GCMG GCVO (b. 1952)

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    Joined FCO, 1974; Reporting Officer, UKMIS New York, 1974; Singapore, 1975-78; UK Delegation to NATO, 1978-81; Arab-Israel desk, FCO, 1981-86; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 1983-86; Washington, 1986-89; Deputy Head of Security Policy, FCO, 1989-91; Head of Hong Kong Department, FCO, 1991-1994; Economic and Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1994-97; Deputy Political Director, FCO, 1997-99; Director,…

  • RENWICK, Rt Hon Lord (Robin), KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, 1963; Dakar, 1963-64; FO, 1964-66; New Delhi, 1966-69; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FCO, 1970-72; First Secretary, Paris, 1972-76; Counsellor, Cabinet Office, 1976-78; Rhodesia Department, FCO, 1978-80; Political Adviser to Governor of Rhodesia, 1980; Visiting Fellow, Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1980-81; Head of Chancery, Washington, 1981-84; Assistant Under Secretary…

  • RAMSBOTHAM, Hon Sir Peter, GCMG (1919-2010)

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Service, October 1948; Political Division of Allied Control Commission, Berlin, November 1948; transferred to Foreign Office, 1950; 1st Secretary, 1950; Head of Chancery, UK Delegation, New York, 1953; Foreign Office, 1957; Counsellor, 1961, Head of Western Organisations and Planning Dept; Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Paris, 1963-67; Foreign Office, 1967-69 (Sabbatical year,…

  • PELLEW, Mark Edward, CVO (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1965; Foreign Office, 1965-67; Third Secretary, Singapore, 1967-69; Second Secretary, Saigon, 1969-70; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970-76; First Secretary, Rome, 1976-80; Assistant Head of Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1981-83; Counsellor: Washington, 1983-89; on secondment to Hambros Bank, 1989-91; Head of North America Department, FCO, 1991-96; Ambassador to the Holy See, 1998-2002.Interviewed…

  • O’KEEFFE, (Peter) Laurence, CMG CVO (1931-2003)

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    Diplomat. HM Customs and Excise, 1953-62; 2nd, later 1st Secretary (Economic), Bangkok, 1962-5; FO, 1965-8; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Athens, 1968-72; Commercial Counsellor, Jakarta, 1972-5; Head of Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1975-6; Director-General, British Information Services, and Deputy Consul General (Information), New York, 1976-8; Counsellor, Nicosia, 1978-81;…

  • 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,…