Sir David Joseph Moss, (born 1938) is a retired British diplomat. Moss joined the civil service in 1956"Moss, Sir David Joseph"
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, December 2018). Retrieved 18 July 2019. and was appointed to

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in 1966. He served as first secretary at the British embassy in

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from 1969 to 1970 and then, after three years at the

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(FCO), he was appointed first secretary at the British embassy in the

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in 1974. He returned to the FCO in 1978 and was promoted to the rank of counsellor the following year. He was posted as Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Kingdom's mission to the

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in 1983. He then returned to London as Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the FCO from 1987 until 1990, when he was appointed

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. He then served as High Commissioner to Malaysia from 1994 to 1998, when he retired. Moss was appointed a Companion of the

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in the 1989 New Year Honours. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the

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in September 1998.
The London Gazette
', 16 October 1998, notice L-55283-1SI.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moss, David Living people 1938 births British diplomats Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia