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  • McDONALD, Lord McDonald of Salford, GCMG KCVO (b. 1961)

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    Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1982; Jedda, 1985; Riyadh, 1985–88; Bonn, 1988–90; FCO, 1990; Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1993–95; First Secretary, Washington, 1995–98; Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission and Consul-General, Riyadh, 1998–2001; Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary, 2001–03; Ambassador to Israel, 2003–06; Director, Iraq, FCO, 2006–07; Foreign Policy Adviser to…

  • McBAIN, (David) Malcolm, LVO (1928-2022)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Civil Aviation appointments in Tripoli, Libya, 1949-51, New Delhi, 1953-54; Diplomatic Service: New Delhi, 1958-61; Kenya, 1963-67; Thailand, 1968-75; Brunei, 1978-81; Texas, 1981-84; Ambassador to Madagascar, 1984-87.Interviewed 2000. Also includes a chapter from Malcolm McBain’s memoirs relating to his time as Ambassador to Madagascar.

  • MADDOCKS, Arthur Frederick, CMG (1922-2020)

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    Army, 1942–46; Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service, 1946–82: Washington, 1946–48; FO, 1949–51; Bonn, 1951–55; Bangkok, 1955–58; UK Delegation to OEEC, 1958–60; FO, 1960–64; UK Delegation to European Communities, Brussels, 1964–68; Political Adviser, Hong Kong, 1968–72; Deputy High Commissioner and Minister (Commercial), Ottawa, 1972–76; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to OECD, Paris, 1977–82.Interviewed 2018.

  • 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,…

  • LOGAN, Sir David, KCMG (b. 1943)

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    Entered Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965; Istanbul, Ankara and FCO, 1965-70; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1970-73; First Secretary, 1972; UK Mission to United Nations, 1973-77; FCO, 1977-82; Counsellor, Head of Chancery and Consul-General, Oslo, 1982-86; Head of Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1986-88; Senior Associate Member, St…

  • KERR, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard, GCMG (b. 1942)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; served Foreign Office, Moscow, Rawalpindi, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Private Secretary to Permanent Under Secretary, FCO, 1974-79; Head of DM1 Division, HM Treasury, 1979-81; Principal Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1981-84; Head of Chancery, Washington, 1984-87; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, FCO, 1987-90; Ambassador and UK Permanent Representative to…

  • JAY, The Hon Peter (b. 1937)

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    Writer, broadcaster and diplomat. Assistant Principal and Principal, Treasury, 1964-67; Economics Editor, the Times, 1967-77; Ambassador to United States, 1977-79; Director, Economist Intelligence Unit, 1979-83; President, TV-am, 1983-; Presenter, A Week in Politics, Channel 4, 1983-86; and Economics Editor, BBC, 1990-2001.Interviewed 2006.

  • HUTSON, John Whiteford, OBE (b. 1927)

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    Diplomat. Consul (Commercial), San Francisco, 1963-67; Head of Chancery, Bulgaria, 1967-69; Counsellor (Commercial), Baghdad, 1971-72, Moscow, 1976-79; Consul-General, Frankfurt, 1979-83, Casablanca, 1984-87.Interviewed 1996.

  • 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…

  • 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…