Donald Tebbit

Sir Donald Claude Tebbit GCMG[1] (4 May 1920 – 25 September 2010[2]) was a British diplomat.

He attended The Perse School, Cambridge,[3] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was president of the Trinity Hall alumni association, the Trinity Hall Association, 1984–1985.[4]

He was Chief Clerk of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1973 to 1976,[5] and British High Commissioner to Australia 1976–80.

In 2009 he was appointed a Vice-President of the Britain–Australia Society. On 25 September 2010 he died at age 90.

References

  1. "No. 48041". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1979. p. 2.
  2. Times obituary
  3. Eminent Old Perseans Archived 6 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. THA Committee, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  5. Chief Clerks of the FCO
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sir Morrice James
High Commissioner to Australia
1976–1980
Succeeded by
Sir John Mason


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