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List Of Ambassadors Of The United Kingdom To Lebanon
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Lebanon is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in the Lebanese Republic, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Beirut. The first two British envoys were appointed during World War II to both Lebanon and Syria. Since 1923 both countries had been under French mandate from the League of Nations. During the war, however, France was partly occupied by Germany and French troops in Lebanon and Syria were loyal to the Vichy French government, so the Allies invaded and occupied Lebanon and Syria in 1941. Both countries became independent after the war. List of heads of mission Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Syrian and Lebanese Republics *1942–1944: Major General Sir Edward Spears *1944–1947: Sir Terence Shone Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Beirut *1947–1951: Sir William Houstoun-Boswall *1951–1952: Edwin Chapman-Andrews Ambassador Extraordinary and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lebanese Republic
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies to its west across the Mediterranean Sea; its location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has contributed to its rich history and shaped a cultural identity of religious diversity. It is part of the Levant region of the Middle East. Lebanon is home to roughly six million people and covers an area of , making it the second smallest country in continental Asia. The official language of the state is Arabic, while French is also formally recognized; the Lebanese dialect of Arabic is used alongside Modern Standard Arabic throughout the country. The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back over 7000 years, predating recorded history. Modern-day Lebanon was home to the Phoenicians, a mari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wright (diplomat)
Sir Paul Hervé Giraud Wright KCMG, OBE (12 May 1915 – 10 June 2005) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to Lebanon. His wife Beatrice ("Babs"), whom he married in 1942, had succeeded her late husband John Rathbone as Member of Parliament for Bodmin, but did not contest the 1945 general election. They had one child together; she had two children by her previous marriage, including Tim, who later become a Conservative MP. However, Wright did contest the 1945 general election as Liberal candidate for Bethnal Green North East finishing second. After retiring from the diplomatic service in 1975, Wright was appointed as honorary secretary general of the celebration committee for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977, and arranged the music for the occasion. He was a governor of Westminster School and Westminster Cathedral Choir School, and chairman of the Anglo-Lebanese Society. His wife Beatrice died in 2003, two years b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Fletcher (diplomat)
Thomas Stuart Francis "Tom" Fletcher CMG (born 27 March 1975) is the Principal of Hertford College, Oxford. He was formerly a British diplomat, a writer, and a campaigner. From 2011 to 2015, he was the British Ambassador to Lebanon. He is a Visiting Professor at New York University and author of ''The Naked Diplomat'' (2016) and “''Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux''” (2022). Early life Fletcher was born in Kent and educated at The Harvey Grammar School and Hertford College, Oxford, where he was awarded first class honours in Modern History. He was Junior Common Room President at Hertford College. Career Fletcher joined the Diplomatic Service and served as a British diplomat in Nairobi and Paris, and as the Private Secretary to FCO Ministers Baroness Valerie Amos and Chris Mullin. While in Kenya, he took part in a high profile charity boxing match with the Mayor of Nairobi, who had t-shirts printed saying "Fletcher goes home on a stretcher". Between 2007 and 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frances Guy
Frances Mary Guy (born 1 February 1959) is a British former ambassador and UN Women's representative, now chief executive of Scotland's International Development Alliance. Early life Guy was born on 1 February 1959 to David Guy and Elizabeth Guy (née Hendry). She was educated at George Watson's College, Edinburgh. She studied international relations at Aberdeen University, graduating with an undergraduate Master of Arts (MA Hons) degree. She then studied at the Bologna Center of Johns Hopkins University, graduating with a diploma, and Carleton University, Ottawa, graduating with a postgraduate Master of Arts (MA) degree in international relations. Career Guy joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1985 and served at Khartoum, Bangkok and Addis Ababa as well as at the FCO. She was Ambassador to Yemen 2001–04, head of the FCO's Engaging the Islamic World group 2004–06, and Ambassador to Lebanon 2006–11. She was adviser on the Middle East to the Foreign Secretary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wilfrid Watt
James Wilfrid Watt CVO (born 5 November 1951) is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt. Career James Wilfrid Watt was educated at Ampleforth College and The Queen's College, Oxford. He worked for Kleinwort Benson 1974–75 and was a freelance broadcaster and interpreter in Madrid 1975–77, then joined the Diplomatic Service. He studied at the Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies, then served at Abu Dhabi, the United Nations in New York and at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). He was Consul-General and deputy Head of Mission at Amman 1992–96 and deputy High Commissioner at Islamabad 1996–98, then took a sabbatical year at the School of Oriental and African Studies 1999–2000. He was Director of Consular Affairs at the FCO 2000–03, Ambassador to Lebanon 2003–06 and Ambassador to Jordan 2006–11 before being appointed Ambassador to Egypt from March 2011 to 2014. Watt was appointed CVO in 1997 after Queen Elizabeth Queen E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Kinchen
Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'. Nicknames include "Richie", "Dick", "Dickon", " Dickie", "Rich", "Rick", "Rico", " Ricky", and more. Richard is a common English, German and French male name. It's also used in many more languages, particularly Germanic, such as Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Icelandic, and Dutch, as well as other languages including Irish, Scottish, Welsh and Finnish. Richard is cognate with variants of the name in other European languages, such as the Swedish "Rickard", the Catalan "Ricard" and the Italian "Riccardo", among others (see comprehensive variant list below). People named Richard Multiple people with the same name * Richard Andersen (other) * Richard Anderson (other) * Richard Cartwright (other) * R ... [...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, Davi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maeve Geraldine Fort
Dame Maeve Geraldine Fort (19 November 1940 – 18 September 2008) was a British diplomat. During her posting as the United Kingdom's High Commissioner in South Africa from 1996 to 2000, she was the highest ranking female diplomat in Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. Early life Born on 19 November 1940 in Liverpool, Fort was the only child of a hospital administrator. She attended Nantwich Grammar School, but left before completing her A-Levels when she discovered that Trinity College, Dublin did not then require entrants to have taken them. She achieved a sufficiently good degree in English and French to gain a scholarship for study at the Sorbonne from the French government. Foreign Office Early career Fort decided to apply to join the Foreign Office, despite the fact that she was advised that as a female, and not even an Oxbridge graduate, she had little chance of being selected. However, she became one of just twelve successful candidates to be appointed to the junior grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Everard Tatham
David Tatham (born 28 June 1939) is an English former ambassador and Governor of the Falkland Islands, and editor of ''The Dictionary of Falklands Biography''. Career David Everard Tatham was educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate, and Wadham College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1960 and served at New York, Milan and, after studying at the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, at Jeddah, Muscat and Dublin as well as at the FCO. He was Ambassador to the Yemen Arab Republic and concurrently to the Republic of Djibouti 1984–87; head of the Falkland Islands department at the FCO 1987–90; Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic 1990–92; Governor of the Falkland Islands (and commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) 1992–96; and High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and concurrently to the Republic of Maldives 1996–99. Tatham retired from the Diplomatic service on leaving Sri Lanka and was adviser on dip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Ramsay (diplomat)
Sir Allan John Heppel Ramsay (19 October 1937 – 5 January 2022) was a British diplomat. Biography The son of Norman Ramsay Ramsay and wife Evelyn Faith Sorel- Cameron, Ramsay was educated at Bedford School and at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. At one point he also studied at Durham University. Ramsay was in the British Army from 1957 to 1970, serving in the Somerset Light Infantry until 1964, followed by two years in the Trucial Oman Scouts, and finally joining the Durham Light Infantry for the remainder of his service. He attended MECAS from 1968 to 1969 and then joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1970. He was British Ambassador to the Lebanon (1988–1990), British Ambassador to the Sudan (1990–1991) and British Ambassador to Morocco (1992–1996). Ramsay died at home in France on the 5 January 2022, at the age of 84. Honours * Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) – 1992 * Companion of the Most Distingui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gray (diplomat)
Sir John Walton David Gray (1 October 1936 – 1 September 2003) was a senior British diplomat. In 1987, as the British ambassador to Beirut, Gray unsuccessfully attempted to dissuade Terry Waite from re-entering Beirut without proper protection, with the result that Waite was kidnapped and held for nearly five years. Early life John Gray was born in Burry Port in Carmarthenshire and educated at Blundell's School. After National Service in Cyprus and Egypt he attended Christ's College, Cambridge and later did postgraduate research in Arab nationalism at the Middle East Centre in Oxford and the American University in Cairo. He joined the diplomatic service in 1962 and retained his link with the Middle East throughout his career. Diplomatic career *1964 – Bahrain *1967 – Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London *1970 – Geneva *1974 – Sofia *1977 (approx) Jedda *1982 - Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London (Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department) *1985 – B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Miers
Sir Henry David Alastair Capel Miers (born 10 January 1937), commonly known as Sir David Miers, is a British retired ambassador. Career Miers was educated at Winchester College and University College, Oxford. He did National Service as an officer in the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, commissioning into the regiment in 1956. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1961 and held appointments in Japan, Laos, France, Iran and at the Foreign Office in London, before becoming Ambassador to Lebanon in 1983.Sir David Miers British Lebanese Society He served in that position until 1985. In 1989 he was made Ambassador to Greece, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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