Sir Roger William Jackling (10 May 1913 in

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, England – 23 November 1986 in

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) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to West Germany 1968–72.

Career

Roger William Jackling was born on 10 May 1913 in

. He was educated at

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and

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(Diploma in Public Administration). He joined the

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in 1939 as acting vice-consul in the British consulate in

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. He was posted as Commercial Secretary at

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, in 1942 but returned to the US in 1943, this time to the embassy at

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where he remained until 1947 when he was transferred to the

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in London. In 1950 he served in the

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secretariat for the government of Prime Minister

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. In 1951 he was transferred to

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as commercial counsellor, then in 1953 to

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as economic and financial adviser to the UK High Commissioner at

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. In May 1955 the Federal Republic of Germany was declared "fully sovereign", the High Commissioner Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar became the

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, and Jackling was promoted to Economic Minister. Jackling was posted as Counsellor at the British Embassy in Washington 1957–59, then to the

as Assistant

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1959–63, then as deputy permanent UK representative to the

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1963–67, with the personal rank of Ambassador from 1965 when he acted as President of the Security Council. After serving as Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office 1967–68 he returned to Bonn as Ambassador 1968–72, during which he conducted lengthy negotiations with the other allied powers, resulting in the

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in September 1971. He led the UK delegation to the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS III) from its inception in 1973 until he retired in 1976.

Family

In 1938 Roger Jackling married Joan Tustin, a Canadian-born actress and journalist. They had two sons, one of which, Sir Roger Jackling, became a distinguished civil servant.

Honours

Roger Jackling was appointed CMG in the

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of 1955, knighted KCMG in 1965 and promoted to GCMG on his retirement in 1976.

Offices held

References

External links

JACKLING, Sir Roger William
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 17 June 2012

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackling, Roger William 1913 births 1986 deaths People from Hythe, Kent People educated at Felsted School Alumni of the University of London Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to West Germany Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George