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  • CRAWFORD, Charles Graham, CMG (b. 1954)

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    Diplomat. Entry to Diplomatic Service, 1979; FCO (South East Asia Department), 1979-80; 2nd, then 1st Secretary, Belgrade, 1981-84; FCO speechwriter, 1985-87; 1st Secretary, Pretoria and Cape Town, 1987-91; FCO (Soviet, then Eastern Department), 1991-93; Political Counsellor, Moscow, 1993-96; Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1996-98; Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard, 1998-99; Deputy Political Director, FCO,…

  • CARTLEDGE, Sir Bryan, KCMG (b. 1931)

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    Diplomat. Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1950-51. Commonwealth Fund Fellow, Stanford University, 1956-57; Research Fellow, St Antony’s College, Oxford, 1958-59 (Hon. Fellow, 1987). Entered Diplomatic Service, 1960; served in Foreign Office, 1960-61; Stockholm, 1961-63; Moscow, 1963-66; Diplomatic Service Administration Office, 1966-68; Tehran, 1968-70; Harvard University, 1971-72; Counsellor, Moscow, 1972-75; Head of East European and Soviet Department, FCO,…

  • BURTON, Sir Michael, KCVO CMG (b. 1937)

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    Diplomat. 2nd Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, 1955-57. Foreign Office, 1960; Assistant Political Agent, Dubai, Trucial States, 1962-64; Private Secretary to Minister of State, FO, 1964-67; Second (later First) Secretary (Information), Khartoum, 1967-69; First Secretary (Information), Paris, 1969-72; Assistant, Science and Technology Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-75; First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Amman, 1975-77; Counsellor,…

  • BIRCH, Sir John Allan, KCVO CMG (1935-2020)

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    Diplomat. Served with Middlesex Regiment, 1954-56. Joined Foreign Service, 1959; served: Paris, 1960-63; Singapore, 1963-64; Bucharest, 1965-68; Geneva, 1968-70; Kabul, 1973-76; Royal College of Defence Studies, 1977; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Negotiations, Geneva, 1977-80; Counsellor, Budapest, 1980-83; Head of East European Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1983-86; Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations,…

  • BERMAN, Sir Franklin Delow, KCMG QC (b. 1939)

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    Called to Bar, Middle Temple, 1966 (Hon. Bencher, 1997). HM Diplomatic Service, 1965–99: Assistant Legal Adviser, Foreign Office, 1965; Legal Adviser: British Military Government, Berlin, 1971; British Embassy, Bonn, 1972; Legal Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974; Counsellor and Legal Adviser, UK Mission to United Nations, New York, 1982; FCO, 1985, Deputy Legal Adviser, 1988,…

  • BAYNE, Sir Nicholas Peter, KCMG (b. 1937)

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    Entered Diplomatic Service, 1961; served at British Embassies in Manila, 1963-66, and Bonn, 1969-72; seconded to Treasury, 1974-75; Financial Counsellor, Paris, 1975-79; Head of Financial, later Economic Relations, Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1979-82; attached to Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1982-83; Ambassador to Zaire, 1983-84, also accredited to the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, 1984;…

  • ALEXANDER, Sir Michael, GCMG (1936-2002)

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    Home and James Callaghan) 1972-74; Counsellor (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe) and later Head of Chancery, UK Mission, Geneva, 1974-77; Deputy Head, 1977-78, Head, 1978-79, Personnel Operations Department, FCO; Private Secretary (Overseas Affairs) to the Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher), 1979-81; Ambassador, Vienna, 1982-86; concurrently Head of UK Delegation to the Negotiations on Mutual…