MA (Oxon)
Born 22 Nov. 1928; o s of Major and Hon. Mrs M. W. Beaumont; m 1955, Mary Rose Wauchope; one s two d...
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Beaumont of Whitley, Baron, (Rev. Timothy Wentworth Beaumont) (22 Nov. 1928–8 April 2008)
Article
Bergne, (Alexander) Paul (A’Court), (9 Jan. 1937–5 April 2007), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; author, broadcaster and consultant
CBE 2002 (OBE 1985)
Born 9 Jan. 1937; s of Villiers A’Court Bergne and Diana Daphne Cuthbert (née Holman-Hunt); m 1963, Suzanne Hedwig Judith Wittich; one s one ...
Article
Bethell, 4th Baron, (Nicholas William Bethell) (19 July 1938–8 Sept. 2007)
Born 19 July 1938; s of Hon. William Gladstone Bethell (d 1964) (3rd s of 1st Baron), and Ann Margaret Bethell (d...
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Blake, Baron cr 1971 (Life Peer), of Braydeston, Norfolk, (Robert Norman William Blake) (23 Dec. 1916–20 Sept. 2003)
FBA 1967
Born 23 Dec. 1916; er s of William Joseph Blake and Norah Lindley Daynes, Brundall, Norfolk; m 1953, Patricia Mary (d 1995), e d of Thomas Richard Waters, Great Plumstead, Norfolk; three ...
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Boyson, Rt Hon. Sir Rhodes, (11 May 1925–28 Aug. 2012), PC 1987
Kt 1987
Born 11 May 1925; s of Alderman William Boyson, MBE, JP and Mrs Bertha Boyson, Haslingden, Rossendale, Lancs; m 1st, 1946, Violet Burletson (marr. diss.); two d; 2nd, ...
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Cullis, Michael Fowler, (22 Oct. 1914–27 June 2004), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Director, UK Committee, European Cultural Foundation, Amsterdam, 1983–92
CVO 1955
Born 22 Oct. 1914; s of Emeritus Prof. Charles Gilbert Cullis, Imperial Coll. of Science and Technology, London Univ., and Winifred Jefford, d of Sir George Fowler; m...
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Davidson, Alan Eaton, (30 March 1924–2 Dec. 2003), author; HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Managing Director, Prospect Books Ltd, 1982–2000
Born 30 March 1924; s of William John Davidson and Constance (née Eaton); m 1951, Jane Macatee; three d; died 2 Dec. 2003
author; HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Managing Director, Prospect Books Ltd, ...
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de Courcy Ling, John, (14 Oct. 1933–10 Nov. 2005), HM Diplomatic Service, 1959–78; politician, publisher and writer, since 1978
CBE 1990
Born 14 Oct. 1933; s of Arthur Norman Ling, Warwick, and Veronica de Courcy, Painestown, Co. Kildare; m 1959, Jennifer Rosemary Haynes, 2nd ...
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Freud, Sir Clement (Raphael), (24 April 1924–15 April 2009), writer, broadcaster, caterer
Kt 1987
Born 24 April 1924; s of late Ernst and Lucie Freud; m 1950, June Beatrice, (Jill), 2nd d of H. W. Flewett, MA; three s two d; died...
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Goldsmith, Edward René David, (8 Nov. 1928–21 Aug. 2009), Founder, The Ecologist, 1969 (Editor, 1970–89, and 1997–98)
Born 8 Nov. 1928; s of late Frank B. H. Goldsmith, OBE, TD, MP (C) for Stowmarket, Suffolk, 1910–18, and Marcelle (née Mouiller); m 1st, 1953, Gillian Marion Pretty; one ...
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Harris of High Cross, Baron cr 1979 (Life Peer), of Tottenham in Greater London, (Ralph Harris) (10 Dec. 1924–19 Oct. 2006)
Born 10 Dec. 1924; m 1949, Jose Pauline Jeffery; one d (two s decd); died 19 Oct. 2006
Founder President, Institute of Economic Affairs, since 1990 (General Director, 1957–87, Chairman, ...
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Havel, Václav, (5 Oct. 1936–18 Dec. 2011), writer; President of Czech Republic, 1993–2003
Born Prague, 5 Oct. 1936; s of Václav M. Havel and Božena Havel (née Vavrečková); m 1st, 1964, Olga Šplíchalová (d 1996); 2nd, 1997, Dagmar Veskrnova; died...
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Kahn-Ackermann, Georg, (4 Jan. 1918–6 Sept. 2008), Secretary General, Council of Europe, 1974–79
Born 4 Jan. 1918; m 1945, Rosmarie Müller-Diefenbach; one s three d; died 6 Sept. 2008
Secretary General, Council of Europe, 1974–79
in Germany and Switzerland
Served in Armed Forces, ...
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Kennedy, Sir Ludovic (Henry Coverley), (3 Nov. 1919–18 Oct. 2009), writer and broadcaster
Kt 1994; FRSL
Born Edinburgh, 3 Nov. 1919; o s of Captain E. C. Kennedy, RN (killed in action, 1939, while commanding HMS Rawalpindi against German battle-cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau), and Rosalind, ...
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Leather, Sir Edwin (Hartley Cameron), (22 May 1919–5 April 2005), Governor and C-in-C of Bermuda, 1973–77; writer and broadcaster
KCMG 1974; KCVO 1975; Kt 1962
Born 22 May 1919; s of Harold H. Leather, MBE, Hamilton, Canada, and Grace C. Leather (née Holmes); ...
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Lindsay, (John) Maurice, (21 July 1918–30 April 2009), Consultant, The Scottish Civic Trust, 1983–2002, then Hon. Trustee (Director, 1967–83)
CBE 1979; TD 1946
Born 21 July 1918; s of Matthew Lindsay and Eileen Frances Brock; m 1946, Aileen Joyce Gordon; one s two d (and one d decd); died...
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Mahfouz, Naguib, (11 Dec. 1911–30 Aug. 2006), Egyptian novelist
Born Gamallya, Cairo, 11 Dec. 1911; s of Abdel Aziz Ibrahim and Fatma Mostapha Mahfouz; m 1954, Attiyah-Allah; two d; died 30 Aug. 2006
Egyptian novelist...
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Margerison, Thomas Alan, (13 Nov. 1923–25 Feb. 2014), author, journalist and broadcaster on scientific subjects
Born 13 Nov. 1923; s of late Ernest Alan Margerison and Isabel McKenzie; m 1950, Pamela Alice Tilbrook (d 2009); two s; partner, Marjorie Shiona Douglas Wallace, CBE; one ...
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Marshall, Sir (Robert) Michael, (21 June 1930–6 Sept. 2006), company director, author, and retired politician
Kt 1990; DL
Born 21 June 1930; s of late Robert Ernest and Margaret Mary Marshall, Hathersage; m 1972, Caroline Victoria Oliphant, d of late Alexander Hutchison, Strathairly, Scotland; two step ...
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Parsons, Sir Richard (Edmund Clement Fownes), (14 March 1928–23 April 2016), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; Ambassador to Sweden, 1984–87
KCMG 1982 (CMG 1977)
Born 14 March 1928; s of Dr R. A. Parsons; m 1960, Jenifer Jane Mathews (d 1981); three s; died 23 April 2016...
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