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  • MURRAY, Bill, OBE

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    Bill Murray studied Economics at the University of Glasgow and later took a Masters in Finance from the Madrid Chambers of Commerce. After teaching economics in a secondary school in Scotland, Murray moved to Spain in the mid-1980s. From 1985 he lectured in economics at Schiller International University in Madrid. He then took up a…

  • MARSHALL, Sir Peter Harold Reginald, KCMG CVO (1924-2023)

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    After serving in the RAFVR, 1943-46, Marshall joined the Foreign (later Diplomatic) Service in 1949, and in his diplomatic career served in the following posts: Foreign Office, 1949-52; 2nd Secretary and Private Secretary to Ambassador, Washington, 1952-56; Foreign Office, 1956-60; on staff of Civil Service Selection Board, 1960; 1st Secretary and Head of Chancery, Baghdad,…

  • 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.

  • BUTLER, Sir Michael Dacres, GCMG (1927-2013)

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    Diplomat. UK Mission to United Nations, 1952-6; First Secretary, Baghdad, 1956-8; South East Asia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1958-61; First Secretary, Paris, 1961-5; Counsellor, UK Mission to United Nations, 1968-70, Washington, 1971-2; Head of European Integration, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1972-4, Assistant Under-Secretary in charge of European Community Affairs, 1974-6, Deputy Under-Secretary of State,…

  • 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,…

  • 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;…