William Norman Hillier-Fry, CMG (12 August 1923 – 11 January 2015) was a British

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

. He died in January 2015 at the age of 91. Educated at

Colfe's Grammar School Colfe's School, previously Colfe's Grammar School is a co-educational independent day school in Lee in the London Borough of Lewisham, in southeast London, England, and one of the oldest schools in London. The school is a member of the Headmast ...

and

St Edmund Hall, Oxford St Edmund Hall (sometimes known as The Hall or informally as Teddy Hall) is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. The college claims to be "the oldest surviving academic society to house and educate undergraduates in any university ...

, Hillier-Fry was commissioned into the Loyal Regiment in 1942. After the War, he joined HM Foreign Service in 1946. He served as British Ambassador to Afghanistan between 1979 and 1980. Subsequently, he was the British High Commissioner to Uganda between 1980 and 1983. He was appointed CMG in 1982

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1923 births 2015 deaths Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Afghanistan People educated at Colfe's School Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub