Sir Leonard Clifford William Figg (17 August 1923 – 11 August 2014) was a British diplomat. Figg was the son of Sir Clifford Figg, a tea and rubber planter, and was educated at

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and

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. He served with the

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between 1942 and 1946. He joined the

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in 1947 and served in

Addis Ababa Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

between 1949 and 1952,

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and

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Amman Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 as of 2021, Amman is ...

between 1958 and 1961, Deputy

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between 1967 and 1969, and Consul-General in

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between 1973 and 1977. He was Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1977 to 1980, when he was appointed Ambassador to Ireland, serving until 1983. Figg was appointed CMG in 1974 and

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in 1981.

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