David Byron Merry,
CMG (born 16 September 1945) was
High Commissioner to Botswana from 2001
He was at the
Ministry of Aviation
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from 1961 to 1965 when he entered the
HM Diplomatic Service
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. He
served in
Bangkok
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,
Budapest
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,
Bonn
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,
East Berlin
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,
Manila
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and
Karachi
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before his
Gaborone
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appointment.
[‘MERRY, David Byron’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Nov 201]
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References
People educated at Ecclesfield Grammar School
People educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield
High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Botswana
1945 births
Living people
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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