Sir Oliver Grantham Forster (2 September 1925 – 3 November 1999) was a British diplomat.

Personal life

He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and King's College, Cambridge.‘FORSTER, Sir Oliver (Grantham)’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014

Career

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and later served as UK Ambassador to Pakistan from 1979 to 1984. He was made a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1961, Companion of the

Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, George III, King George III. ...

in 1976 and Knight Commander of that same order in 1983.

Honours

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George The Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George is a British order of chivalry founded on 28 April 1818 by George IV, Prince of Wales, while he was acting as prince regent for his father, King George III. It is named in honour ...

(KCMG) - 1983

References

1925 births 1999 deaths People educated at Hurstpierpoint College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Pakistan Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George {{UK-diplomat-stub