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U.K. Ambassador To Afghanistan
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Afghanistan, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in Kabul. The official title is His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The Treaty of Rawalpindi of 1921 provided for the exchange of diplomatic representatives between the two countries. Until 1948 the British ministers in Kabul were members of the Indian Political Service, appointed by the Foreign Office. Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary * 1922–1929: Sir Francis Humphrys * 1929–1935: Sir Richard Maconachie * 1935–1941: Sir William Fraser-Tytler * 1941–1943: Sir Francis Wylie * 1943–1948: Sir Giles Squire Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary * 1948–1949: Sir Giles Squire * 1949–1951: Sir John Gardener * 1951–1953: Eric Lingeman * 1953–1957: Sir Daniel Lascelles * 1957–1963: Sir Michael Gillett * 1963–1965: Sir Arthur de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Francis Humphrys
Lieutenant-Colonel (United Kingdom), Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Henry Humphrys (24 April 1879 – 28 August 1971) was a British cricketer, colonial administrator and diplomat. Early life and cricket Francis Henry Humphrys was born in Shropshire, at Beatrice Street, Oswestry, where his father was assistant master at Oswestry School. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he was captain of cricket and head of the school, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, Oxford University. His first-class debut came against the touring Australian national cricket team, Australians in 1899. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1900, the last coming against Sussex County Cricket Club, Sussex. In his 4 first-class matches, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 19.46, with best figures of 4/16. While at school, and later, he also played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Wiltshire County Cricket Club, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Humphrys
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Henry Humphrys (24 April 1879 – 28 August 1971) was a British cricketer, colonial administrator and diplomat. Early life and cricket Francis Henry Humphrys was born in Shropshire, at Beatrice Street, Oswestry, where his father was assistant master at Oswestry School. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, where he was captain of cricket and head of the school, and Christ Church, Oxford, where he played first-class cricket for Oxford University. His first-class debut came against the touring Australians in 1899. He played 3 further first-class matches in 1900, the last coming against Sussex. In his 4 first-class matches, he took 13 wickets at a bowling average of 19.46, with best figures of 4/16. While at school, and later, he also played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Wiltshire. Career After graduating from Oxford in 1900, Humphrys joined the Worcestershire Regiment and served in the Second Boer War. Following the war he was in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Hillier-Fry
William Norman Hillier-Fry, CMG (12 August 1923 – 11 January 2015) was a British diplomat. He died in January 2015 at the age of 91. Educated at Colfe's Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university ..., Hillier-Fry was commissioned into the Loyal Regiment in 1942. After the War, he joined HM Foreign Service in 1946. He served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between 1979 and 1980. Subsequently, he was the British High Commissioner to Uganda between 1980 and 1983. He was appointed CMG in 1982 References 1923 births 2015 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan People educated at Colfe's School Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Crook
Kenneth Roy Crook CMG (30 July 1920 – 24 July 2012) was a British diplomat. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands from 1971 to 1974, and Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1976 to 1979. He was named Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ... (CMG) in 1977. References 1920 births 2012 deaths Governors of the Cayman Islands Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Drinkall
John Kenneth Drinkall, CMG (1 January 1922 – 30 May 2015) was a British diplomat. Educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Brasenose College, Oxford, he was Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1972 to 1976. From 1976 to 1981 he was High Commissioner to Jamaica and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and .... He died on 30 May 2015 at the age of 93. References Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Jamaica 1922 births 2015 deaths Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peers Carter
Peers Lee Carter (5 December 1916 – 8 February 2001) was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ... from 1968 to 1972. References Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan 1916 births 2001 deaths {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Whitteridge
Sir Gordon (Coligny) Whitteridge KCMG OBE (6 November 1908 – 11 January 1995) was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Burma from 1962 to 1965, and Ambassador to Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ... from 1965 to 1968. References Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Myanmar Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1908 births 1995 deaths {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur De La Mare
Sir Arthur James de la Mare (15 February 1914 – 15 December 1994) was a British diplomat. He rose to the rank of High Commissioner of Singapore, and was a leading authority on Asian affairs to the British Foreign Office. Life and career Arthur James de la Mare was born into a farming family in Saint John, Jersey. He grew up speaking the Norman French patois of his native island. He was educated at Victoria College, Jersey, then won a scholarship to Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he gained a double first in modern languages. He joined the Foreign Service in 1936 and served in Tokyo, Seoul, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. De la Mare was acting consul general to Seoul by 1938 when the consul general fell ill and had to return to Britain. At the time he had nothing more than two years' Japanese language training. Upon his arrival in Seoul in the late 1930s he was acting consul general, and then the vice consul promptly retired, and De la Mare took on his responsib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Cavenagh Gillett
Sir Michael Cavenagh Gillett KBE CMG (12 July 1907 – 20 January 1971) was a British diplomat. Education Gillett was educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne and Royal Navy College, Dartmouth and then at Manchester University. Career in China Gillett was appointed a student interpreter in the British China Consular Service in January 1929 and served as Vice-Consul in Canton (now Guangzhou), Hankow, Nanking and Kashgar. He was promoted to the rank of Consul in 1937 and was Acting Consul General in Kashgar from June 1938 and Acting Consul at Tengyueh (now Tengchong) from 1940 to 1942. He served as Chinese Secretary to the Legation in Chunking (now Chongqing) in 1942 and then transferred back to Kashgar in that year. He was appointed deputy consul general in Shanghai in 1947 and then Consul General in 1948 serving to November that year. He served in China until 1953. Later career Gillett served as British Consul General in Los Angeles between 1954 and 1957 and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Lascelles (diplomat)
Sir Daniel William Lascelles KCMG (19 March 1902 – 17 October 1967) was a British diplomat.Peerage retrieved 2011-05-20 Early life Lascelles was the son of the Honourable William Horace Lascelles, eighth son of . His mother was Madeline Barton, daughter of Reverend Gerrard Barton. He was educated at , |
Eric Ralph Lingeman
Eric Ralph Lingeman CBE (19 June 1898 – 4 January 1966) was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1951 to 1953, and Ambassador to Uruguay from 1953 to 1955. He was appointed a CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ... in 1947. References Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Uruguay 1898 births 1966 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred John Gardener
Sir Alfred John Gardener, KCMG CBE (6 February 1897 - 16 March 1985) was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1949 to 1951, and Ambassador to Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ... from 1953 to 1957. References Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Syria 1897 births 1985 deaths {{UK-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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