Roger Campbell Beetham (22 November 1937 – 19 September 2009) was a British diplomat
Beetham was educated at
Peter Symonds College
Peter Symonds College is a sixth form college in Winchester, Hampshire, in the south of England. Founded as a boys' grammar school, it is one of the few specialist sixth form colleges which is also a boarding school. It serves Falkland Island ...
and
Brasenose College, Oxford.
He joined
HM Diplomatic Service
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in 1960.
He was Head of Chancery at the British Embassy in Helsinki from 1972, before being seconded to the
European Commission
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in Brussels, where he served as spokesman for
Roy Jenkins, who was then
President of the Commission.
He then served consecutively as Counsellor (Economic and Commercial) in New Delhi (1981-1985); Head of Maritime, Aviation and Environment Department at the
Foreign Office in London (1985-1990);
Ambassador to Senegal (1990-1993); and finally
Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe (1993-1997).
Honours
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Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - 1993
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Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (french: Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria. It recognises distinguished personal service to the British monarch, Canadian monarch, Australian monarch, o ...
(LVO) - 1976
References
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1937 births
Members of HM Diplomatic Service
People educated at Peter Symonds College
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
2009 deaths
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Senegal
20th-century British diplomats