Derek Day

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing United Kingdom

Sir Derek Malcolm Day KCMG (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2]

Field hockey

A field hockey player, Day competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal and played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club.[3]

Diplomatic career

Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975–78, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984-87. He was made KCMG in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.[4]

Honours

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - 1984

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References

"Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
"OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times Digital Archive.
"Day, Sir Derek (Malcolm), (29 Nov. 1927–7 March 2015), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; High Commissioner to Canada, 1984–87". Who's Who 2019. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u13268. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

External links

Interview with Sir Derek Malcolm Day & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1997

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Willie Morris	UK Ambassador to Ethiopia 1975–1978	Succeeded by Robert Tesh
Preceded by Lord Moran	UK High Commissioner to Canada 1984–1987	Succeeded by Sir Alan Urwick

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[1] "Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.

[2] ‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014

[3] "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times Digital Archive.

[4] "Day, Sir Derek (Malcolm), (29 Nov. 1927–7 March 2015), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; High Commissioner to Canada, 1984–87". Who's Who 2019. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u13268. Retrieved 11 February 2019.