Captain Dugald Malcolm, CMG CVO TD (22 December 1917 – 16 February 2000) was a British

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to the

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1975-1977. Malcolm was born in 1917, the son of Major-General Sir

Neill Malcolm Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, KCB, DSO (8 October 1869 – 21 December 1953) was a British Army officer who served as Chief of Staff to Fifth Army in the First World War and later commanded the Troops in the Straits Settlements. Military ...

, and educated at

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

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. After serving in the

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

in the

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, he joined the

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in 1945. He was Her Majesty's Vice-

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1957-1965, then

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Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...

1966-1970, and Ambassador to

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1971-1974. From 1975 to 1977 served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Vatican. Malcolm was a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (

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MALCOLM, Dugald
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 16 Feb 2012 1917 births 2000 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of New College, Oxford Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Panama Members of the Royal Company of Archers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany {{Scotland-bio-stub

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