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List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Israel
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Israel, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Israel. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State of Israel''. Heads of Missions High Commissioners (Palestine under British Mandate) *1920–1925: Sir Herbert Samuel *1925–1928: Sir Herbert Plumer *1928: Sir Harry Luke (acting) *1928–1931: Sir John Chancellor *1931–1938: Sir Arthur Wauchope *1938–1944: Sir Harold MacMichael *1944–1945: John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort *1945–1948: Sir Alan Cunningham Ambassadors *1948–1949: ''No representation'' *1949–1951: Sir Knox Helm *1951–1954: Sir Francis Evans *1954–1957: Sir John Walter Nicholls *1957–1959: Sir Francis Rundall *1959–1963: Sir Patrick Hancock *1963–1965: Sir John Beith *1965–1969: Sir Michael Hadow *1969–1972: Sir Ernest John Ward Barnes *1972–1975: Sir Bernard Ledwidge *1975–197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Hancock
Sir Patrick Francis Hancock (25 June 1914 – 1 February 1980) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Israel, Norway and Italy. Career Patrick Francis Hancock was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1937 and was appointed Third Secretary in the Foreign Office. On 10 January 1940, he was transferred to the British embassy in The Hague, but was recalled on 14 May following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Upon Hancock's return to London, he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Warfare as Private Secretary to the Minister, Hugh Dalton. According to John Colville's diaries, Hancock found Dalton 'brilliant but unlovable'. He returned to the Foreign Office on 12 January 1942 and was promoted to Second Secretary in October of the same year. On 28 May 1943 Hancock was transferred to the Baghdad embassy and remained there until 16 July 1945, when he was recalled to London. In November 1948 Hancock was sent t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Cornish (diplomat)
Robert Francis Cornish (Chinese: 鄺富劭, born 18 May 1942) is a retired British diplomat. He has served as the Foreign Office spokesman for Douglas Hurd, Senior Trade Commissioner to Hong Kong (until 1997), Consul-General to Hong Kong and Macao (July to November 1997), head of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's news department, and Ambassador to Israel (1998 to 2001). Cornish had other diplomatic and royal postings: * Deputy private secretary to The Prince of Wales * Spokesman to the Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd * High Commissioner to Brunei * Handover transition advisor to Governor Chris Patten Cornish was chairman of South West Tourism (2003–2009) and is now chairman of the Taunton Town Centre Company '' |
David Manning
Sir David Geoffrey Manning, (born 5 December 1949) is a former British diplomat, who was the List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the United States, British Ambassador to the United States from 2003 to 2007. He authored the so-called "Bush-Blair 2003 Iraq memo, Manning Memo", that summarized the details of a meeting between President of the United States, American president George W. Bush and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, British prime minister Tony Blair during the run-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, invasion of Iraq in 2003. Until 2019, he was appointed to the Royal household, Household of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, the Duke and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, the Duke and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Duchess of Sussex. Life and career Manning was educated at Ardingly College and went on to study at Oriel College, Oxford, and at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Andrew Burns
Sir Robert Andrew Burns (born 21 July 1943) is a former diplomat in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Early life Sir Andrew was born on 21 July 1943 and educated at Highgate School.(Robert) Andrew BURNS '''' He graduated from with a Master of Arts (MA).
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Mark Elliott (diplomat)
Mark or Marc El(l)iot(t) may refer to: * Marc Eliot (''Doctors''), a character in the British soap opera ''Doctors'' * Marc Elliot (born 1986), American author * Marc Elliott (born 1979), British actor *Mark Elliot (radio host) (1953–2019), Canadian broadcaster * Mark Elliott (voice-over artist) (1939–2021), American voice-over artist for the Walt Disney Company * Mark Elliott (boxer) (born 1966), British boxer *Mark Elliott (British author) (born 1963), British travel author * Mark Elliott (historian), American professor of Chinese and Asian history at Harvard University * Mark Elliott (''Love Is a Many Splendored Thing''), a character in the American soap opera ''Love is a Many Splendored Thing'' * Mark Elliott (musician) (born 1967), American country singer and songwriter * Mark Elliott (footballer) (born 1959), Welsh footballer * Mark W. Elliott (active from 2007), scholar of religion at the University of St Andrews *Paul Mark Elliott Paul Mark Elliott is a British actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Squire (diplomat)
William Squire (29 April 1917 – 3 May 1989) was a Welsh actor of stage, film and television. Squire was born in Neath, Glamorgan, the son of William Squire and his wife Martha (née Bridgeman). Career As a stage actor, Squire performed at Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, and notably replaced his fellow-countryman Richard Burton as King Arthur in ''Camelot'' at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. One of his first film appearances was in the 1956 film ''Alexander the Great'', which starred Burton in the title role. His varied screen roles included Thomas More in the 1969 film version of Maxwell Anderson's play ''Anne of the Thousand Days'', Sir Daniel Brackley in the 1972 television adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's ''The Black Arrow'', the voice of Gandalf in the 1978 animated version of ''The Lord of the Rings'' and the Shadow in the 1979 '' Doctor Who'' serial ''The Armageddon Factor''. Perhaps his best-known role was as Hunter, the superior of secret agent Dav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Moberly
Sir Patrick Hamilton Moberly (born 2 September 1928) is a retired British diplomat. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before joining the Diplomatic Service in 1951. He worked at the British embassy in Israel as Counsellor (Commercial) from 1970 to 1974. He then served as Head of Personnel Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1974 and 1976. He was Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Defence and International Security at the FCO between 1976 and 1981, and was made Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1977. From 1981 to 1984 Moberly served as British Ambassador to Israel, before serving as British Ambassador to South Africa between 1984 and 1987, during which time he was closely involved in British efforts to bring about an end to Apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong Robinson
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mason (British Diplomat)
Sir John Charles Moir Mason (13 May 1927 – 16 March 2008) was a British diplomat with Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He was the British Ambassador to Israel The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Israel, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Israel. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State ... from 1976 to 1980, and then High Commissioner to Australia from 1980 to 1984. At the end of his term, he and his wife remained in Australia where they became citizens in 1987, and Mason worked as a business executive. References 1927 births 2008 deaths Military personnel from Manchester British Army officers High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Israel Members of HM Diplomatic Service Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Anthony Keith Elliott
Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Apostle * Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles * Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203), Archdeacon of Barnstaple * Thomas, Count of Perche (1195–1217), Count of Perche * Thomas (bishop of Finland) (1248), first known Bishop of Finland * Thomas, Earl of Mar (1330–1377), 14th-century Earl, Aberdeen, Scotland Geography Places in the United States * Thomas, Illinois * Thomas, Indiana * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, Oregon * Thomas, South Dakota * Thomas, Virginia * Thomas, Washington * Thomas, West Virginia * Thomas County (other) * Thomas Township (other) Elsewhere * Thomas Glacier (Greenland) Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Thomas'' (Burton novel) 1969 nove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Ledwidge
Sir Bernard Ledwidge (9 November 1915 – 20 February 1998) was a British diplomat and writer. Ledwidge served as the British Ambassador to Finland from 1969 to 1972 and the British Ambassador to Israel from 1972 to 1975. Ledwidge also served as the Chairman of the United Kingdom Committee for UNICEF from 1976 to 1989. Early life William Bernard John Ledwidge was born on 9 November 1915 in London, United Kingdom to Charles Ledwidge and Eileen O'Sullivan. Ledwidge was educated at Cardinal Vaughan School, a Roman Catholic day school in Holland Park, London. Ledwidge also attended King's College, Cambridge and Princeton University. Ledwidge spent time as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow from 1937 to 1939. Career Ledwidge joined the India Office in 1939 as an Assistant Principal. Military service Ledwidge fought in the Second World War, joining the Royal Artillery in India in 1940. He then joined the Indian Army in 1941, where he served until the end of the war in 1945. Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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