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(28 December 1912 – 26 November 1999) was a British diplomat.


Biography

Born on 28 December 1912, Thomas Rogers was educated at
Bedford School :''Bedford School is not to be confused with Bedford Girls' School, Bedford High School, Bedford Modern School, Old Bedford School in Bedford, Texas or Bedford Academy in Bedford, Nova Scotia.'' Bedford School is a public school (English indep ...
and at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...
. He served in the Indian Civil Service between 1936 and 1947, entering the British Diplomatic Service in 1948. He was British Ambassador to Colombia between 1970 and 1973. In 1991, Rogers published his memoirs under the title ''Great Game, Grand Game: Memoirs of India, the Gulf & Diplomacy''.Thomas Edward Rogers, ''Great Game, Grand Game: Memoirs of India, the Gulf & Diplomacy'', Gerald Duckworth and Company, 1991, Rogers died on 26 November 1999.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Thomas Edward 1912 births 1999 deaths People educated at Bedford School Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Colombia Members of HM Diplomatic Service Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century British diplomats