Sir John Rodney Johnson, KCMG, FRGS (6 September 1930 – 15 October 2018) was a British colonial administrator, diplomat, and academic administrator. After serving in the

Colonial Service The Colonial Service, also known as His/Her Majesty's Colonial Service and replaced in 1954 by Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service (HMOCS), was the British government service that administered most of Britain's overseas possessions, under the aut ...

in Kenya, Johnson joined the Foreign Service, becoming British High Commissioner to Zambia and to

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. After his retirement, he served as Director of the University of Oxford's Foreign Service Programme. He was also chairman of the

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1930 births 2018 deaths People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Members of HM Diplomatic Service Colonial Service officers Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Kenya High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Zambia Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society British academic administrators