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Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British
– (1997), CMG 1990;
* 
– KCVO (1997).
www.burkespeerage.com
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Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat
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, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998.
Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
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in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi
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1996–1998. His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965.
Family and education
Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were createdbaronet
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s in 1760.
Educated at Eton College
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and Christ Church, Oxford
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, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, ''née'' Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son.
Honours
* – (1997), CMG 1990;
* – KCVO (1997).
See also
* Booth baronets * Gore baronetsReferences
External links
www.burkespeerage.com
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David
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Sons of life peers
20th-century British diplomats