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  • CARRICK, Sir Roger John, KCMG LVO (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Served in Royal Navy, 1956-58. Joined Foreign (subsequently Diplomatic) Service, 1956; School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1961; Sofia, 1962; Foreign Office, 1965; Paris, 1967; Singapore, 1971; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Counsellor and Deputy Head, Personnel Operations Department, FCO, 1976; Visiting Fellow, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1977-78; Counsellor,…

  • CAMPBELL, Sir Alan Hugh, GCMG (1919-2007)

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    Diplomat. Head of Chancery, Rome, 1952-5, Peking, 1955-7, United Nations, 1961-5; Head of Western Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1965-7; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Paris, 1967-9; Ambassador, Ethiopia, 1969-72, Rome, 1976-9.Interviewed 1996.

  • BURNS, David Allan (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. Served HM Forces, 1956-58. Language student and Third Secretary, British Embassy, Belgrade, 1962-65; Second Secretary, Bangkok, 1966-68; First Secretary, Washington, 1969-72; Head of Chancery, Belgrade, 1973-76; Assistant Head of Arms Control Department, FCO, 1976-79; Counsellor, Bangkok, 1979-83; Consul General, Boston, 1983-87; Head of North America Department, FCO, 1988-91; Ambassador to Cambodia, 1991-94; Ambassador to…

  • BROWNING, Rex Alan, CB (1930-2009)

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    HM Inspector of Taxes, 1952; Assistant Principal, Colonial Office, 1957; Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies, 1960; Principal, Department of Technical Co-operation, 1961; transferred to Ministry of Overseas Development (ODM), 1964; seconded to Diplomatic Service as First Secretary (Aid), British High Commission, Singapore, 1969; Assistant Secretary, 1971; Counsellor, Overseas Development, Washington, and Alternate…

  • BRENTON, Sir Anthony, KCMG (b. 1950)

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    Joined Diplomatic Service, 1975; Cairo, 1978-81; European Communities Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-85; with UK Permanent Representation to EC, 1985-86; Deputy Chef de Cabinet, EC, 1986-89; Counsellor, 1989; Head: UN Department, FCO, 1989-90; Environment, Science and Energy Department, FCO, 1990-92; Fellow, Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University, 1992-93; Counsellor, Moscow, 1994-98; Director for Global…

  • BRAITHWAITE, Sir Rodric Quentin, GCMG (b. 1932)

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    Diplomat. Third Secretary, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1957; Second Secretary, Warsaw, Poland, 1959; First Secretary (Commercial), Moscow, 1963, Rome, 1966; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Brussels, 1975; Head of Planning Staff, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979; Minister (Commercial) Washington, 1982; Ambassador, Moscow, 1988-92; Foreign Policy Adviser and Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee, 1992-3.Interviewed 1998.

  • BOYD, Sir John Dixon Iklé, KCMG (1936-2019)

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    Diplomat. Joined HM Foreign Service, 1962; Hong Kong, 1962-64; Peking, 1965-67; Foreign Office, 1967-69; Washington, 1969-73; 1st Secretary, Peking, 1973-75; secondment to HM Treasury, 1976; Counsellor: (Economic), Bonn, 1977-81; (Economic and Social Affairs), UK Mission to UN, 1981-84; Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1984; Political Adviser, Hong Kong, 1985-87; Deputy Under-Secretary of…

  • BONE, Sir Roger Bridgland, KCMG (b. 1944)

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    Diplomat. Entered Diplomatic Service, 1966; UK Mission to UN, 1966; FCO, 1967; 3rd Secretary, Stockholm, 1968–70; 2nd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–73; 1st Secretary, Moscow, 1973–75; FCO, 1975–78; 1st Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels, 1978–82; Assistant Private Secretary for Foreign Secretary, 1982–84; Visiting Fellow, Harvard University Center for International Affairs, 1984–85;…

  • BEETHAM, Roger Campbell, CMG (1937-2009)

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    Diplomat. Beetham entered the Diplomatic Service in 1960, and his career included: Foreign Office, (1960-62); British Delegation to Disarmament Conference, Geneva [Switzerland], (1962-65); Washington [United States], (1965-68); News Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, (1969-72); Head of Chancery, Helsinki [Finland], (1972-76); FCO, (1976); seconded to European Commission, Brussels [Belgium], as Spokesman of the President, Roy Jenkins,…

  • BAKER-BATES, Merrick Stuart, CMG (1939-2023)

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    Journalist, Brussels, 1962–63; entered HM Diplomatic Service, 1963; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Tokyo, 1963–68; 1st Secretary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1968–73; (Information), Washington, 1973–76; (Commercial), Tokyo, 1976–79; Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo, 1979–82. Director, Cornes and Co., Tokyo, 1982–85; Representative Director, Gestetner Ltd (Japan), 1982–85; Deputy High Commissioner and Counsellor (Commercial/Economic), Kuala Lumpur, 1986–89; Head of South…