Captain Dugald Malcolm, CMG CVO TD (22 December 1917 – 16 February 2000) was a British

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, Her Britannic Majesty's

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to the

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1975–1977. Malcolm was born in 1917, the son of Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, and educated at

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and

New College, Oxford New College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1379 by Bishop William of Wykeham in conjunction with Winchester College as New College's feeder school, New College was one of the first col ...

. After serving in the

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) is a light infantry company (military unit), company (designated as Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland) and was a line infantry regiment of the British Army tha ...

in the

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, he joined the

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in 1945. He was Her Majesty's Vice- Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1957–1965, then

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1966–1970, and Ambassador to

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1971–1974. From 1975 to 1977 served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Vatican. Malcolm was a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (

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MALCOLM, Dugald
Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 16 Feb 2012 1917 births 2000 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of New College, Oxford Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders officers Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the Holy See Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Luxembourg Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Panama Members of the Royal Company of Archers Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Companions_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George {{Scotland-bio-stub

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