David Gore-Booth
Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth KCMG KCVO (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998.
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Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998.[1] His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965 [2]
Family and education
Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760.[3]
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, 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.[4]
Honours
– KCMG (1997), CMG 1990; – KCVO (1997).
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Preceded by Sir Nicholas Fenn |
High Commissioner to India 1996–1998 |
Succeeded by Sir Rob Young |