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  • 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,…

  • LONGWORTH, Peter, CMG (b. 1942)

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    Journalist, 1963-74: Labour and Industrial Correspondent, Bristol Evening Post, 1964-66; Lobby Correspondent, Western Daily Press, 1966-68; Diplomatic Correspondent, Westminster Press, 1968-74. Joined Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1974; First Secretary, FCO, 1974-77; First Secretary (Economic), Bonn, 1977-81; Head of Chancery and HM Consul, Sofia, 1981-84; FCO, 1984-87; Counsellor (Economic and Commercial), Copenhagen, 1987-91; Deputy Head of…

  • LEVER, Sir Paul, KCMG (b. 1944)

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    3rd Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1966-67; 3rd, later 2nd Secretary, Helsinki, 1967-71; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, UK Delegation to NATO, 1971-73; FCO, 1973-81; Assistant Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary (David Owen), 1978-81; Chef de Cabinet to Christopher Tugendhat, Vice-President of EEC, 1981-85; Head of UN Department, FCO, 1985-86; Head of Defence Department, 1986-87; Head…

  • 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.

  • JAY, Lord Jay of Ewelme, GCMG (b. 1946)

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    Diplomat. Ministry of Overseas Development, 1969-73; UK Delegation, International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Washington, 1973-75; Ministry of Overseas Development, 1976-78; First Secretary (Aid), New Delhi, 1978-81; Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1981-85 (Planning staff, 1981-82, Private Secretary to Permanent Under-Secretary, 1982-85); Counsellor: Cabinet Office, 1985-87; Counsellor: (Financial and Commercial), Paris,…

  • HUGH-JONES, Sir Wynn, LVO (1923-2019)

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    Diplomat. Served in RAF, 1943-46. Entered Foreign Service (now Diplomatic Service), 1947; Foreign Office, 1947-49; Jedda, 1949-52; Paris, 1952-56; FO, 1956-59; Chargé d’Affaires, Conakry, 1959-60; Head of Chancery, Rome, 1960-64; FO, 1964-66, Counsellor, 1964; Consul, Elizabethville (later Lubumbashi), 1966-68; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Ottawa, 1968-70; FCO, 1971, attached Lord President’s Office; Cabinet Office, 1972-73;…

  • HUEBENER, Rosamund (née Benson)  

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    Diplomat. Entered Foreign Office, 1949; Western Department, FO, 1949-52; UKDEL, NATO, 1952-4; Bonn, 1954-c1957 (specialising on military issues); China Political Desk, FO, c1957-59; Consul and 1st Secretary (Commercial) Prague, c1959-61.Interviewed 2000.

  • 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…

  • HANNAY, Lord Hannay of Chiswick, GCMG CH (b. 1935)

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    Diplomat. Foreign Office, 1959-60; Tehran, 1960-61; 3rd Secretary, Kabul, 1961-63; 2nd Secretary, FO, 1963-65; 2nd, later 1st Secretary, UK Delegation to European Communities, Brussels, 1965-70; 1st Secretary, UK Negotiating Team with European Communities, 1970-72; Chef de Cabinet to Sir Christopher Soames, Vice President of EEC, 1973-77; Head of Energy, Science and Space Department, FCO, 1977-79;…