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  • 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,…

  • YOUNG, Elisabeth Ann, MBE (b. c 1945)

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    Married Thomas Young in 1971, and accompanied him to the following postings: Ankara, 1969-71; Madrid, 1972-76; Head of Chancery, Ankara, 1979-80; Deputy Director of Trade Development, New York, 1981; First Secretary, Washington, 1981-84; Assistant Head, Nuclear Energy Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1984-86; Deputy High Commissioner, Accra, 1987-90; Director of Trade Promotion, British High Commission,…

  • WILLSON, John Michael, CMG (1931-2013)

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    Diplomat. Colonial Service, Northern Rhodesia, 1955-64; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1965-70; seconded to British High Commission, Malta, as First Secretary (Economic), 1967-70; joined Diplomatic Service, 1970; British Consulate-General, Johannesburg, 1972-75; Foreign and Commonwealth Office (West Indian and North American Departments), 1975-8; Special Counsellor for African Affairs, 1978; Secretary-General, Rhodesian Independence Conference, 1979; on staff of…

  • VARCOE, Jeremy Richard Lovering Grosvenor, CMG (b. 1937)

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    Colonial Service: District Officer, Swaziland, 1962–65. Called to the Bar, Gray’s Inn, 1966; Lecturer in Law, University of Birmingham, 1967–70; joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1970–72; Deputy Secretary General, Pearce Commission on Rhodesian Opinion, 1972; First Secretary, Ankara, 1972–74, Lusaka, 1974–78; FCO, 1978–79; Counsellor, Kuala Lumpur, 1979–82; Head of Southern African…

  • NIXON, Patrick Michael, CMG OBE (b. 1944)

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    Joined HM Diplomatic Service, 1965; MECAS, Lebanon, 1966; Cairo, 1968; Lima, 1970; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1973; Tripoli, Libya, 1977; British Information Services, New York, 1980; Assistant, later Head, Near East and North Africa Department, FCO, 1983; Ambassador and Consul-General at Doha, Qatar, 1987–90; Counsellor, FCO, 1990–93; High Commissioner to Zambia, 1994–97; Director, FCO, 1997–98;…

  • MILES, (Frank) Stephen, CMG (1920-2013)

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    Diplomat. Fleet Air Arm, 1942-46 (Lt (A) RNVR); Scottish Home Department, 1948; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1948-80. Miles served in: New Zealand, 1949-52; East and West Pakistan, 1954-57; Ghana, 1959-62; Uganda, 1962-63; British Deputy High Commissioner, Tanzania, 1963-65 (Acting High Commissioner, 1963-64); Acting High Commissioner in Ghana, March-April 1966; Consul-General, St Louis [United States], 1967-70;…

  • BEST, Sir Richard Radford, KCVO CBE (1933-2014)

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    Diplomat. Second Secretary, Lusaka, 1969-72; First Secretary (Economics), Stockholm, 1972-76; First Secretary (Commercial), New Delhi, 1979-82; Deputy High Commissioner, Kaduna, Nigeria, 1984-89; Ambassador, Reykjavik, 1989-92.Interviewed 1996.