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Commissioner Of The British Indian Ocean Territory
The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory is the head of government in the United Kingdom's overseas territory of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The Commissioner is appointed by the British monarch on the advice of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Commissioner does not reside in the territory, as it has had no native population since the forced depopulation of the Chagossian people in the 1970s, and the only population is the military of the United States and the United Kingdom at the joint base at Diego Garcia. The Commissioner's role is to administer the territory on behalf of the British government. This involves the passing of any necessary legislation for the territory, usually Orders in Council or Statutory Instruments. The Commissioner is also responsible for liaising with the military of the United States in matters concerning the territory. An Administrator of the British Indian Ocean Territory acts as the Commissioner's assistant. The Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Candler
Paul Candler is a British civil servant. Since 2021, he serves as the Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory (succeeding Ben Merrick), Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory (succeeding Ben Merrick), and Director, Overseas Territories at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Before joining the FCDO, Candler was Director of International, Rights and Constitutional Policy at the Ministry of Justice A Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry. Lists of current ministries of justice Named "Ministry" * Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia) * Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan) * Ministry of Just .... References * https://www.gov.uk/government/people/paul-candler British civil servants Commissioners of the British Antarctic Territory Commissioners of the British Indian Ocean Territory Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{UK-gov-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl Of Oxford And Asquith
Julian Edward George Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (22 April 1916 – 16 January 2011) was a British colonial administrator and hereditary peer. Background and education Asquith was the only son of Katharine (née Horner) and Raymond Asquith, a barrister. He was the grandson of H.H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 until 1916. Lord Oxford's two older sisters both predeceased him; the younger of these was Lady Perdita Rose Mary Asquith, later Lady Hylton (1910–1996), who was married to William Jolliffe, 4th Baron Hylton and became the grandmother of the actress Anna Chancellor. He inherited the earldom in 1928 on the death of his grandfather, since his father had been killed in the First World War. He was raised as a Roman Catholic after his mother's conversion to Catholicism in 1923. He and was educated at St Ronan's School and Ampleforth College, going on to study at Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated with Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Wilton
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as "Chris", "Topher", and sometimes " Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Dinwiddy
Bruce Harry Dinwiddy, CMG (1 February 1946 – 1 April 2021) was the governor of the Cayman Islands from May 2002 to October 2005. Born in Epsom, he worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 1973 to 2005. Before becoming a colonial administrator, he was posted to many countries around the world, and also spent time working in England. The following is a list of jobs he has had with the FCO in the past 30 years: * 1973–1974: FCO (Central and Southern African Dept.) * 1974–1974: UK Mission CSCE, Geneva (Second Secretary) * 1974–1975: FCO (Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Dept.) * 1975–1977: UK Delegation MBFR, Vienna (First Secretary) * 1977–1981: FCO (Permanent Under Secretary's Dept.) * 1981–1983: Cairo (Head of Chancery) * 1983–1984: FCO (Personnel Operations Dept.) * 1985–1986: FCO (Assistant Head, Personnel Policy Dept.) * 1986–1988: FCO (Counsellor on loan to Cabinet Office) * 1989–1989: FCO (Career Development Attachment, Stiftung Wisse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ross MacLennan
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Harris (diplomat)
Sir Thomas George Harris (born 6 February 1945, died 12 October 2021) was a British banker and former diplomat who served as the British ambassador to South Korea. Career From 2004 Harris served as the Vice Chairman of the financial services and banking company Standard Chartered and a non-executive director of Standard Chartered Korea. Harris was also a non-executive director of the chemicals and technology company Johnson Matthey and the medical technology company Biocompatibles. He was also Chairman of the Trade Policy Panel of the British Bankers Association. As a member of the British Diplomatic Service Harris was the British Ambassador to South Korea from 1993 to 1997 and held diplomatic posts at the British embassies in Lagos, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. In the United States Harris was the British Consul General in New York City from 1999 to 2004 and the United Kingdom's Director General for Trade and Investment. In his interview with Emily Maitlis, Prince Andrew, Duk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Edis
Richard John Smale Edis (1 September 1943 – 10 April 2002) was a British diplomat who served as UK High Commissioner to Mozambique, and UK ambassador to Tunisia, and Algeria. Biography Richard Edis was born on 1 September 1943 at Welwyn Garden City to Denis Edis and Sylvia (née Smale), was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and read history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Edis joined the Foreign Office and Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1966, serving in Nairobi; and in New York City and Geneva at the United Nations. He was appointed UK High Commissioner to Mozambique in 1992, at the time of the Rome General Peace Accords signed between the government of Mozambique and RENAMO, ending the 16-year long Mozambican Civil War; he is credited with helping - with other foreign missions - to keep the fragile peace, notably by his relationship with RENAMO leader Afonso Dhlakama. Multi-party elections held in 1994 ushered in a democratic period for the country; E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Marsden (diplomat)
William Marsden (15 September 1940 – 12 October 2019) was a British diplomat who served as the United Kingdom's Ambassador to Argentina from 1997 to 2000, and to Costa Rica and Nicaragua concurrently from 1989 to 1992. From 2001 his work was primarily concerned with nature conservation, and he latterly served as Chairman of the Chagos Conservation Trust.Chairman. http://www.chagos-trust.org/extrapage.asp?id=7 Biography Marsden studied history and economics at Cambridge and London Universities and joined the Foreign Office in 1963. For much of the 1960s and 1970s his career was concerned with strategic "East-West" relations, in the UK Delegation to NATO, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the British Embassy, Moscow (1976 to 79). After a secondment in the British Engineering industry, he specialised in the United Kingdom’s role in the European Community, first from 1979 as Assistant Head, European Community Department (FCO) and then as Counsellor in the UK Represen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Wenban-Smith
William Nigel Wenban-Smith CMG (born 1 September 1936) is a British former diplomat. Early life Wenban-Smith was the son of William Wenban-Smith, a colonial administrator who served in the former Nyasaland (now Malawi). He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury followed by King's College, Cambridge, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree. He spent his national service in the Royal Navy. Career After national service, Wenban-Smith became a Plebiscite Supervisory Officer in the Southern Cameroons (now Ambazonia) from 1960 to 1961. At the time, this region was deciding to join Nigeria or become part of Cameroon, and he had some difficulty in communicating the exact terms of federation with Cameroon to voters. He was then an Assistant Principal with the Commonwealth Relations Office - which would eventually be merged with the Foreign Office. Following diplomatic postings in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Ireland, and Belgium, he became Commissioner for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Robson (diplomat)
John or Jack Robson may refer to: In sports * Jack Robson (football manager) (1860–1922), English full-time secretary manager of football clubs, including Middlesbrough and Manchester United * Jack Robson (footballer), English footballer * John Robson (Australian footballer) (1933–2011), played with Richmond and St Kilda in the VFL * John Robson (footballer, born 1950) (1950–2004), English football full-back for Derby County and Aston Villa * John Robson (athlete) (born 1957), British middle-distance runner * John Robson (canoeist), British canoe sailor * Doug Robson (1942–2020), born John Douglas Robson and listed as John Robson in some databases, English football centre half for Darlington Other people * John Robson (priest) (1581–1645), English Anglican priest who was elected to the House of Commons in 1621 * John Robson (politician) (1824–1892), Canadian journalist and politician, Premier of the Province of British Columbia * Jack Robson (songwriter) (1885–19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Mansfield
Sir Philip Robert Aked Mansfield, KCMG (9 May 1926 – 14 May 2003) was a British diplomat. Biography Mansfield was born in Harrogate, the son of Philip Theodore Mansfield, CSI, CIE and Helen Rosamond Aked. He was educated at Winchester College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1949. From 1944 to 1947 he served in the Grenadier Guards. Mansfield joined the Sudan Political Service in 1950. In 1955, he joined HM Diplomatic Service, and was posted to Addis Ababa, Singapore, Paris, and Buenos Aires. An Africa specialist, he was Head of the Rhodesia Department of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1969 to 1972. After attending the Royal College of Defence Studies in 1973, Mansfield was posted to Nairobi as Counsellor and Head of Chancery of the British High Commission in 1974, and was promoted to Deputy High Commissioner in 1976. From 1976 to 1979, he was Assistant Under-Secretary of State, with overall responsibility for African affairs; he was concurre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Aspin
Norman Aspin Order of St Michael and St George, CMG (11 November 1922 – 25 July 2011) was a British diplomat who served as List of High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malta, British High Commissioner to Malta from 1976 to 1979 and oversaw the transition of Rhodesia into the modern day state of Zimbabwe. Early life Born in Lancashire, he was educated at Darwen Grammar School, and initially read Theology at Durham University in 1940 although his studies were put in abeyance owing to service as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. Upon Aspin's return to Durham, he switched to reading Geography and graduated in 1947. From there he spent one year working as a List of academic ranks#United Kingdom, Demonstrator in the Geography Department. Career Aspin began his career at the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1948. His first overseas posting was to India, where he served until 1951. After returning to a more senior role in the Commonwealth Relations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
