Sir Derek Malcolm Day (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015) was a British diplomat and

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

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 (''Blessed are the pure in heart'') , established = , closed = , type = Public SchoolIndependent School , religious_affiliation = Church of England , president = , head_label = Headmaster , head = Dominic Mo ...

and

St Catharine's College, Cambridge St Catharine's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473 as Katharine Hall, it adopted its current name in 1860. The college is nicknamed "Catz". The college is located in the historic city-centre of Camb ...

Field hockey

player, Day competed for Great Britain in the

winning a bronze medal and played club hockey for

Southgate Hockey Club Southgate Hockey Club is a field hockey club based at Southgate Hockey Centre in Trent Park, near Oakwood in London. The men's 1st XI play in the Men's England Hockey League. The club has 9 men's sides, 5 ladies' sides and a large junior secti ...

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 CMG 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 of 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