Sir Donald Claude Tebbit (4 May 1920 – 25 September 2010) 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 attended The

Perse School (He who does things for others does them for himself) , established = , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent day school , religion = Nondenominational Christian , president = , head_label = Head , he ...

, Cambridge, and

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is the fifth-oldest surviving college of the university, having been founded in 1350 by ...

. He was president of the Trinity Hall alumni association, the Trinity Hall Association, 1984–1985. He was Chief Clerk of the

Foreign and Commonwealth Office The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is a Departments of the Government of the United Kingdom, department of the Government of the United Kingdom. Equivalent to other countries' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ministries of fore ...

from 1973 to 1976,Chief Clerks of the FCO
/ref> and British High Commissioner to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

1976–80. In 2009 he was appointed a Vice-President of the

Britain–Australia Society The Britain–Australia Society was established in 1971 as a friendship society to promote historic links between the United Kingdom and Australia. It has headquarters in the Australia Centre within Australia House in London and branches throughou ...

. On 25 September 2010 he died at age 90.

References

TEBBIT, Sir Donald (Claude)
''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

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(obituary), ''The Telegraph'', London, 10 October 2010 1920 births 2010 deaths People educated at The Perse School Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to Australia Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George Place of birth missing Place of death missing {{UK-diplomat-stub