Noel Andrew Stephen Jones (December 22, 1940 – November 21, 1995) was an

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diplomat, British ambassador to Kazakhstan from 1993 to 1995. He was the first British ambassador to have come from an ethnic minority. His father, Ernest Walter Jones, was a domiciled European who worked in the Telegraph Department in India; his mother, Merlyn Edith Jones (''née'' Jones), was an

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woman, daughter of a Postmaster of Madras. Noel Jones came to live in England, where he married Jean Rosemary Cheval. He entered the

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and was appointed British ambassador to

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbeki ...

in 1993. His career was cut short by his death in 1995, at the age of 54. He was survived by his widow, Jean, and his children Mark and Alison.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Noel 1940 births 1995 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Kazakhstan