Sir Donald Claude Tebbit (4 May 1920 – 25 September 2010) was a British

diplomat A diplomat (from ; romanization, romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state (polity), state, International organization, intergovernmental, or Non-governmental organization, nongovernmental institution to conduct diplomacy with one ...

. He attended The

Perse School The Perse School is a private school (English fee-charging day and, in the case of the Perse, a former boarding school) in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1615 by Stephen Perse, its motto is ''Qui facit per alium facit per se'', taken to mea ...

, Cambridge, and

Trinity Hall, Cambridge Trinity Hall (formally The College or Hall of the Holy Trinity in the University of Cambridge, colloquially "Tit Hall" ) is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1350, it is th ...

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

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

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

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. 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