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British High Commissioner To New Zealand
The high commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in New Zealand, and head of the UK's diplomatic mission in New Zealand. As the United Kingdom and New Zealand are fellow members of the Commonwealth of Nations, their diplomatic relations are at governmental level, rather than between heads of state. Thus, the countries exchange high commissioners, rather than ambassadors. The British high commissioner to New Zealand is also the non-resident governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, a British Overseas Territory, and formerly non-resident high commissioner to the Independent State of Samoa. Besides the high commission in Wellington, the UK government maintains a consulate general in Auckland. List of high commissioners The following persons have served as British high commissioner to New Zealand since 1939: *1939–1945: Sir Harry Batterbee *1945–1949: Sir Patrick Duff *1949–1953: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British High Commission Wellington 2015
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George Mallaby (public Servant)
Sir Howard George Charles Mallaby (17 February 1902 – 18 December 1978), was an English schoolmaster and public servant. He received the US Legion of Merit in 1946 and was knighted in 1958. From 1957 to 1959, he was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand. Early life and family Born in 1902 at Worthing, Mallaby was the youngest child of actor and acting company manager William Calthorpe Mallaby (né William Calthorpe Deeley- his father had insisted on a stage name; d. 1912) and his wife Katharine Mary Frances Miller. He was educated at Radley College and Merton College, Oxford, where he was a classicist and an exhibitioner. Gittings, Robert, 'Mallaby, Sir (Howard) George Charles (1902–1978), public servant and headmaster' in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''online version(subscription required), accessed 10 August 2008 At Radley, he was Cadet CSM of the school's Officer Training Corps. At Oxford, he graduated BA in 1923 and MA in 1935.'MALLABY, Sir (Howard) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Treadell
Victoria Marguerite Treadell, (; born 4 November 1959) is the former High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Australia having also previously served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia, High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to New Zealand and Samoa, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands. Early life and education She was born on 4 November 1959 in Ipoh, Perak, Malaya (now Malaysia) to a Cantonese mother and a father of French-Dutch ancestry. Diplomatic career Treadell joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1978. Before her posting to New Zealand, she had held postings in Pakistan, India and Malaysia. From 2010 to 2014, she served as High Commissioner to New Zealand and Governor of Pitcairn. She is the first woman who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand. From October 2014 to 2019, she served as High Commissioner to Malaysia. On 12 February 2019, Treadell was announced as the next British High Commissioner to Australia, in s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Fergusson (diplomat)
George Duncan Raukawa Fergusson (born 30 September 1955) is a British diplomat. He was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa, and the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands, from 2006 to 2010. He was the Governor of Bermuda from 2012 to 2016. Early life George Fergusson was born in 1955, the son of Baron Ballantrae, who was Governor-General of New Zealand 1962–1967. His middle name "Raukawa" is Māori and reflects the history of Fergussons being appointed to vice-regal posts in New Zealand (two Governors and two Governors-General; George Fergusson is a direct descendant of all four). He was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he edited the student newspaper ''The Tributary''. Political career Fergusson joined the Northern Ireland Office in 1978. While serving in Belfast he introduced the Foreign Office to Christie Davies's humorous suggestion that Northern Ireland be the new home of Hong Kong's British population when the territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fell
Richard Taylor Fell CVO (born 11 November 1948) was the British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the colonial Governor of the Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands (of which only Pitcairn is inhabited) from 2001 to 2006. He was educated at Bootham School, in York, followed by the University of Bristol and the University of London. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1971, after completing an MA in Area Studies (1971) at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, serving in the South Asian Department. His first international post was a two-year stint in Ottawa, Canada, as 3rd Secretary. Since then he has served in Saigon (1974–1975, as 2nd Secretary), Vientiane (1975 on temporary duty), Hanoi (1979 as Chargé d'Affaires), Brussels (1979–1983, as a 1st Secretary with United Kingdom Delegation to NATO), Kuala Lumpur (1983–1986 as Head of Chancery), and Ottawa 1989–1993 as Counsellor, Economic/Commercial. He was Deputy He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Williams (diplomat)
Martin John Williams (born 3 November 1941), is a British diplomat. He was High Commissioner to New Zealand and concurrently the Governor of the Pitcairn Islands The Governor of Pitcairn is the representative of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, British monarch in the Pitcairn Islands, the last remaining British Overseas Territory in the Pacific Ocean. Despite technically being under the authority of ... from 1998 to 2001. Williams serves as a consultant to the New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust. Career Williams is a career member of the British Foreign Office having entered the FCO in 1963. His assignments include 1993-95 On loan to Northern Ireland Office, 1990-92 FCO (Head of South Asian Department), 1986-90 ROME (Head of Chancery), 1982-85 NEW DELHI (Head of Chancery), 1980-82 FCO (Assistant Head, Aid Policy Department), 1977-80 TEHRAN (First Secretary Commercial and Head of Chancery), 1974-77 FCO (Marine and Transport Department), 1972-73 FCO (On loan to Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Alston
Robert John Alston, (born 10 February 1938) is a retired British diplomat. Alston was educated at Ardingly College and New College, Oxford. He is Chairman of Governors at Ardingly College. He served as British Ambassador to Oman between (1986–1990), and as British High Commissioner to New Zealand and the Cook Islands, non-resident High Commissioner to Samoa, and Governor of the Pitcairn Islands between (1994–1998). In 1987, Alston became a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. From 2007 to 2008, he was Master of the Worshipful Company of World Traders, one of the City of London's 110 livery companies A livery company is a type of guild or professional association that originated in medieval times in London, England. Livery companies comprise London's ancient and modern trade associations and guilds, almost all of which are Style (form of a .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Alston, Robert 1938 births Living people People educated at Ardingly Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Moss (diplomat)
Sir David Joseph Moss, (born 6 November 1938) is a British retired diplomat. Career Moss joined the civil service in 1956"Moss, Sir David Joseph" '''' (online ed., , December 2018). Retrieved 18 July 2019. and was appointed to in 1966. He served as [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Byatt
Ronald "Robin" Archer Campbell Byatt (14 November 1930 – 30 November 2019) was a British diplomat, who served as British High Commissioner to New Zealand, and Zimbabwe and Ambassador to Morocco. He was also the Governor of Pitcairn. He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1980 Birthday Honours The Queen's Birthday Honours 1980 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. The appointments were made to celebrate .... References 1930 births 2019 deaths People educated at Gordonstoun Alumni of New College, Oxford Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Morocco Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George High commissioners of the United Kingdom to New Zealand High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Zimbabwe Governors of Pitcairn {{Pitcairn-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Daniel O'Leary
Terence Daniel O'Leary CMG (18 August 1928 – 11 July 2006) was a British diplomat. He served as High Commissioner to Sierra Leone from 1981 to 1984 and High Commissioner to New Zealand from 1984 to 1988. While High Commissioner to New Zealand, he also served as Governor of Pitcairn. O'Leary was educated at Dulwich College and St John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history. He worked in the Commonwealth Relations Office from 1953 to 1956. He was second secretary at the High Commission to New Zealand in Wellington from May 1956 to March 1958, first secretary at the Commonwealth Relations Office in 1958, and first secretary in the High Commission to India in Delhi from 1960 to 1962. He worked at the High Commission to Tanganyika in Dar es Salaam from 1962 to 1963 and in the High Commission to Australia in Canberra Canberra ( ; ) is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the Federation of Australia, federation of the colonies of Australia as the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stratton (high Commissioner)
Sir Richard James Stratton (16 July 1924 – 26 July 1988) was a British diplomat. He served as the ambassador to Zaire and the Congo from 1974 to 1977, to Burundi from 1975 to 1977, and to Rwanda in 1977. He later was the high commissioner to New Zealand and Samoa from 1980 to 1984 and thus also the Governor of Pitcairn. Early life and education Stratton was born on 16 July 1924 in London, and was educated at the King's School, Rochester, in Kent. He later attended Merton College, Oxford. He served in World War II for the British Army as a member of the Coldstream Guards. After the war, he joined the Foreign Office in 1947. Among early positions he held in the office were private secretary to the under secretary of state and private secretary to Lord Carrington. Diplomatic career Stratton worked in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1948. He later worked abroad in 1953 with the British Embassy in Tokyo, Japan. It was followed by work in Seoul, South Korea; the NATO Defence College i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Smedley
Sir Harold Smedley (19 June 1920 – 16 February 2004) was a British diplomat who was envoy to several countries. Career Harold Smedley was educated at Aldenham School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. During the Second World War, he was in the Royal Marines and an officer in 48 Commando at the Normandy landings in 1944. In 1946, he entered the Dominions Office (which became the Commonwealth Relations Office in the following year). He was private secretary to the permanent under-secretary (1947–48), in the British high commissioner's office in Wellington, New Zealand (1948–50) and Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (1951–53), principal private secretary to the secretary of state for Commonwealth relations (1954–57) and counsellor in the high commissioner's offices at Calcutta (1957) and New Delhi (1958–60). Smedley was high commissioner in Ghana 1964–67 (with a break from December 1965 to March 1966 when the Ghanaian president, Kwame Nkrumah, broke off diplomatic relati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
