Sir Anthony James Williams (28 May 1923 – 7 May 1990) was a British diplomat.
He attended
Oundle School and
Trinity College, Oxford, where he read
Philosophy, politics and economics. He joined the Foreign Office in 1945. He served several overseas posts including being stationed in the UN offices in Geneva and New York, and was present in Egypt during the
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, or the Second Arab–Israeli war, also called the Tripartite Aggression ( ar, العدوان الثلاثي, Al-ʿUdwān aṯ-Ṯulāṯiyy) in the Arab world and the Sinai War in Israel,Also known as the Suez War or 1956 Wa ...
in 1956.
He was Ambassador to
Cambodia
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from 1970 to 1973, and then after a in Rome as Minister. He became Ambassador to
Libya
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from 1977 to 1980, and Ambassador to
Argentina
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from 1980 to 1982; his term in Argentina was disrupted by the
Falklands War
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.
During his retirement, he served as President of the Society for Libyan Studies.
Williams was grandson of the chancery lawyer
Lord Wrenbury and nephew of
Sir Denys Burton Buckley. He married on 11 April 1955 in
Cairo
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to German noblewoman Countess Hedwig von
Neipperg (born 1929), daughter of Count Erwin von Neipperg and his wife, Countess Hissa von
Hatzfeldt zu Trachenberg. They had four children.
References
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Cambodia
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Libya
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Argentina
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
1923 births
1990 deaths
British expatriates in the United States
British expatriates in Switzerland
People educated at Oundle School
British expatriates in Egypt
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