Sir Michael St Edmund Burton KCVO CMG (born 1937) is a retired

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Biography

Born on 18 October 1937, Burton was educated at

Bedford School :''Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Girls' School, Bedford High School, Bedford Modern School, Old Bedford School in Bedford, Texas or Bedford Academy in Bedford, Nova Scotia.'' Bedford School is a public school (English indep ...

and

Magdalen College, Oxford Magdalen College (, ) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1458 by William of Waynflete. Today, it is the fourth wealthiest college, with a financial endowment of £332.1 million as of 2019 and one of the s ...

, and joined the

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in 1960. He was British Minister in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

, 1985–1992, acting as Deputy Commandant to the British Military Government, 1985–1990, and Head of the British Embassy Office, 1990–1992; Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the

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(

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), 1993; and British Ambassador to the Czech Republic, 1994–1997.

References

External links

Interviewed on ANN TV 2016 on the Middle East; The East-West divide; and Brexit

Positions held

{{DEFAULTSORT:Burton, Michael Living people 1937 births Members of HM Diplomatic Service Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Czechoslovakia 20th-century British diplomats