John Kenneth Drinkall,
CMG (1 January 1922 – 30 May 2015) was a British diplomat.
Educated at
Haileybury and Imperial Service College
Haileybury is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) near Hertford in England. It is a member of the Rugby Group and, though originally a major boys' public school in the Victorian era, it is now co-educational, enrol ...
and
Brasenose College, Oxford,
[ he was Ambassador to ]Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
from 1972 to 1976. From 1976 to 1981 he was High Commissioner to Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
and non-resident Ambassador to Haiti. He died on 30 May 2015 at the age of 93.John Drinkall
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References
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Haiti
High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Jamaica
1922 births
2015 deaths
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College
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