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British High Commissioner To India
Countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Nations exchange High Commissioners rather than Ambassadors. Though there are a few technical differences (for instance, whereas Ambassadors present their diplomatic credentials to the host country's head of state, High Commissioners are accredited to the head of government), they are in practice the same office. The following persons have served as British High Commissioner to India. High Commissioner to British India (1946–1947) *1946–1947: Sir Terence Shone High Commissioner to the Dominion of India (1947–1950) *1947–1948: Sir Terence Shone *1948–1950: Sir Archibald Nye High Commissioner to the Republic of India (1950–present) *1950–1952: Sir Archibald Edward Nye *1952–1955: Sir Alexander Clutterbuck *1955–1960: Malcolm MacDonald *1960–1965: Sir Paul Gore-Booth *1965–1968: John Freeman *1968–1971: Sir Morrice James *1971–1973: Sir Terence Garvey *1974–1976: Sir Michael Walker *1977–1982: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ellis (diplomat)
Alexander Wykeham "Alex" Ellis Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (born 5 June 1967) is a British civil servant, currently British High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commissioner to List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India, India. Previously, he was National Security Council (United Kingdom)#National Security Secretariat, Deputy National Security Adviser for the Integrated Review on diplomacy, development and defence. Ellis was previously the Director General of the Department for Exiting the European Union, Department for Exiting the EU. He had previously been Britain's ambassador to Brazil from July 2013 to January 2017. Career Ellis was educated at Dragon School, Oxford, Winchester College and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He taught history at St Edward's School, Oxford before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1990. He was British ambassador to Portugal 2007–10 and Director of Strategy at the FCO 2011–13 before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrice James, Baron Saint Brides
John Morrice Cairns James, Baron Saint Brides, (30 April 1916 – 26 November 1989), normally known as Morrice James, was a senior British diplomat. He served as British High Commissioner to Pakistan, India and Australia, and was known as a specialist in the affairs of the Indian Subcontinent. Early life and Second World War James was born on 30 April 1916 and was educated at Bradfield College and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the Dominions Office in London in 1939, and was Private Secretary to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State from April to August 1940. In August 1940 he joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman, was commissioned in the Royal Marines in February of the following year, and ended the war as a lieutenant colonel. Career James returned to the Dominions Office (which merged with the India Office in 1947 to form the Commonwealth Relations Office) in 1945, and served in South Africa, London, and Pakistan, where he headed the Deputy High Commissions in b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British High Commission New Delhi
The High Commission of the United Kingdom in New Delhi is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in India. It is located at Shantipath in Chanakyapuri district. The British High Commission in New Delhi covers consular services for Northern India, namely, Delhi and the states of Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttarakhand. The High Commission has regional offices, the Deputy High Commissions, at Kolkata, Chennai, and Mumbai. The Deputy High Commission at Bangalore falls under the Chennai division. Departments The various departments of the High Commission are as follows: *British Council Division: The British Council is responsible for activities in education, English language, governance, science and the arts. The council has its offices in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, and Mumbai. The council also manages the British Libraries which are located in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, and Pune, in additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominic Asquith
Sir Dominic Anthony Gerard Asquith (born 7 February 1957) is a British career diplomat and former Ambassador to Iraq, Egypt, and Libya. He was First Secretary at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., Washington DC. He was most recently the British High Commissioner to the Republic of India. Background and education Asquith is the younger son of Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, The 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith and Anne Asquith, Anne (born Palairet). He was a great-grandson of H. H. Asquith, the former British Prime Minister. Asquith's elder brother Raymond Asquith, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Raymond, father Lord Oxford, and maternal grandfather Michael Palairet, Sir Michael Palairet, all served as British diplomats. Like his father and brother, he was educated at Ampleforth College. In 1975 he was involved in the Musa Alami project in the West Bank, Palestine, and worked as a researcher at the Institute for Palestine Studies, Institute of Palestine S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bevan (diplomat)
Sir James David Bevan KCMG (born 13 July 1959) is the Chief Executive of the Environment Agency and a former British diplomat. Early life Bevan was born on 13 July 1959. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe and Sussex University. Career He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1982 and served in Kinshasa, Brussels, Paris, and Washington, as well as various posts in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He was a visiting fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard (2006–07) and the Chief Operating Officer of the FCO (2007–11). He was the UK's High Commissioner to India from 2011-15. Bevan became Chief Executive of the Environment Agency in 2015. The Environment Agency's stated aims include confronting climate change, promoting sustainable growth, enhancing the nation's resilience to flooding and drought, and protecting the environment. He has been outspoken on the need to tackle the climate emergency and its consequences, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stagg
Sir Richard Stagg (born 27 September 1955) is a retired British diplomat who was ambassador to Bulgaria, high commissioner to India and ambassador to Afghanistan. Education Charles Richard Vernon Stagg was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford where he read history. Career On joining the British Foreign Office, Stagg worked in the Department responsible for Hong Kong – on his second day the Hong Kong Police mutinied, adding to the challenge of managing Britain’s last major overseas territory. He then spent three years in Bulgaria, and a further three years in the Netherlands at a time when the country was in uproar over the planned deployment of US missiles. Stagg was then seconded to the Secretariat of the European Council to help establish a new organisation designed to coordinate more effectively the foreign policy of the members of the European Union. He returned to London to work on policy towards the Soviet Union in the three years leading up to i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Arthur (British Diplomat)
Sir Michael Anthony Arthur (born 28 August 1950), a senior British diplomat, was Her Majesty's British Ambassador to Germany, 2007–10. Previously, he served as the UK's High Commissioner in New Delhi. Arthur was succeeded as British Ambassador to Germany by Sir Simon McDonald (''later'' Baron McDonald of Salford). Career Arthur had previously worked in a number of positions within the Diplomatic Service, starting out in 1972 in the UK Mission to the United Nations, and moving in 1973 to the UK's Mission in Geneva working on the additional protocols to the Geneva Convention. Between 1981 and 1984, he was Private Secretary to the Lord Privy Seal and Minister of State in the Foreign Office, and in 1984 became First Secretary Political at the British Embassy in Bonn (then the administrative capital of West Germany). He was a Political Counselor at the Embassy in Paris from 1993 to 1997 and Deputy Head of Mission in Washington from 1999 to 2001. In 2001, he was appointed Dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Young (British Diplomat)
Sir John Robertson "Rob" Young GCMG (born 21 February 1945YOUNG, Sir John Robertson, (Sir Rob) ''Who's Who 2015'', A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014) is a retired British . He was the British High Commissioner to from 1999 to 2003. Career Young was educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich, and |
David Gore-Booth
Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998. Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998. His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965. Family and education Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760. Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, ''née'' Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son. Honours * – (1997), CMG 1990; * – KCVO (1997). See also * Booth baronets * Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Fenn
Sir Nicholas Maxted Fenn (19 February 1936 – 18 September 2016) was a British diplomat. He was High Commissioner to India from 1991 to 1996. Fenn served as a RAF pilot in the 1950s before his diplomatic and civil service career. Fenn later studied at Cambridge University. He lived in Marden, Kent. Career Fenn entered the Foreign Office in 1959 and worked as secretaries at various posts overseas, spokesperson at the FCO and as counselor at the British Embassy in Peking. Fenn was fluent in Burmese after undergoing training in 1960 and assigned to Burma in the early 1960s. Fenn's ambassadorships included Rangoon (1982-1986) and Dublin (1986-1991). Fenn retired in 1996. Following his career with the diplomatic service Fenn served as Chief Executive of Marie Curie, from 1997 to 2000, after retiring as Chief Executive he continued to serve the charity as Chair of its council of trustees until 2006. From 1972 to 1975 he was with the Energy Department (as Deputy Head) in the Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Goodall (diplomat)
Sir Arthur David Saunders Goodall, (9 October 1931 – 22 July 2016) was a British diplomat. He was High Commissioner (Commonwealth), High Commissioner to India from 1987 to 1991. Early life Goodall was born on 9 October 1931 in Blackpool, Lancashire. His paternal grandfather was from Wexford, Ireland. He was educated at Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire, and Trinity College, Oxford where he gained first class honours. Military service Goodall was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in the 1950s, he served in Kenya and Cyprus. Diplomatic career Goodall joined the diplomatic service in 1956 and served in Austria, Germany, Indonesia and Kenya, before spending 1997-1991 as the British High Commissioner, the equivalent of Ambassador, in India. He also spent time working in the Cabinet Office, where he helped negotiate the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement. After his retirement he was Chairman of the Leonard Cheshire Foundation, 1995–2000, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wade-Gery
Sir Robert Wade-Gery (22 April 1929 – 16 February 2015) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India 1982–87. Biography Wade-Gery was born in Oxford on 22 April 1929. His father, Theodore Wade-Gery was an ancient historian and fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and his mother was Vivian Whitfield, an archaeologist. Wade-Gery was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford, where he achieved a double first class degree. He then passed the examination to become a Fellow of All Souls 1951–58; subsequently he was a "Fifty-Pound Fellow" 1959–73 and a "Two-Year Fellow" 1987–89; he was an Honorary Fellow from 2011 until his death in 2015. On 16 June 1962, he married Sarah Marris and they had two children together. He died, after having a stroke, on the 16 February 2015 in Gloucestershire. Wade-Gery was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1979, knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1983 and given the additional knighthood of KCVO in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
