Sir Derek Malcolm Day (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015) was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed in the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and

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Field hockey

A field hockey player, Day competed for Great Britain in the

winning a bronze medal and played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club.

Diplomatic career

Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made in 1984, having been made

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in 1973.

Honours

Knight Commander 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, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

(KCMG) - 1984

References

External links

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Interview with Sir Derek Malcolm Day

transcript
British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1997 1927 births 2015 deaths People educated at Hurstpierpoint College Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge British male field hockey players Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in field hockey Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Knights Bachelor Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Southgate Hockey Club players {{UK-diplomat-stub