Sir Francis Brian Anthony Rundall (11 September 1908 – 7 July 1987) was a British diplomat. He served as

British Ambassador to Israel The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Israel is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Israel, and in charge of the UK's diplomatic mission in Israel. The official title is ''His Britannic Majesty's Ambassador to the State ...

from 1957 to 1959 and

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from 1963 to 1967.

Early life

Rundall was born in

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, England on 11 September 1908. He was educated at

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, followed by the

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and the

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Career

Rundall entered the

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in 1930 as a consular officer. He subsequently served as Head of the North American Department of the

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from 1947 to 1948, Head of the

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(Economic and Social) Department and Refugee Department of the Foreign Office from 1948 to 1949, an inspector from 1949 to 1953,

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Consul-General from 1953 to 1957, Ambassador to Israel from 1957 to 1959, Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Chief Clerk from 1959 to 1963 and Ambassador to Japan from 1963 to 1967. He was appointed a

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on 1 January 1968.

Personal life

Rundall married Mary Syrett on 26 January 1935. His hobby was trout fishing. By 1956 he lived at 1

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in New York and had two children being schooled in England. He died on 7 July 1987.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rundall, Francis 1908 births 1987 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Israel 20th-century British diplomats People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of the University of Cambridge Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire People from Kent