Sir Colin Henry Imray (1933–2020) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Tanzania and Bangladesh.

Biography

Colin Imray was educated at

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, Hotchkiss School, Connecticut, and

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. He served in the

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and the Royal West African Frontier Force in Sierra Leone 1952–54, then joined the

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in 1957. After diplomatic postings in Canberra, Nairobi and Montreal, he was Consul-General at Islamabad 1973–77, Commercial Counsellor at Tel Aviv 1977–80, Deputy High Commissioner at Bombay (now Mumbai) 1980–84, Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the FCO 1984–85, High Commissioner to Tanzania 1986–89 and High Commissioner to Bangladesh 1989–93. Imray was appointed

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in 1983 and knighted

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in 1992.

References

1933 births 2020 deaths People educated at Highgate School Hotchkiss School alumni Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Members of HM Diplomatic Service High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Tanzania High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Bangladesh Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub