John Francis Ryde Martin
John Francis Ryde Martin CMG (1943–1999) was a British diplomat.[1]
John Francis Ryde Martin | |
|---|---|
| Born | 8 February 1943 |
| Died | 5 January 1999 (aged 55) |
| Occupation | British diplomat |
Biography
Born on 8 February 1943, John Martin was educated at Bedford School and at Brasenose College, Oxford. He joined the British Diplomatic Service in 1966 and, following diplomatic postings in Argentina, Greece, Cyprus, Nigeria and at the United Nations, he served as British High Commissioner to Malawi between 1993 and 1998.[2]
John Martin died on 5 January 1999.
gollark: It's ridiculous to complain that he doesn't know much about rocketry and stuff himself and (THE HORROR) hired competent people who do, and managed to improve the state of space travel a lot.
gollark: I'm not sure what you mean by "apartheid profiting", but generally that seems pretty stupid.
gollark: Unless they have a warrant, you can apparently just tell them to go away and they can't do anything except try and get one based on seeing TV through your windows or something.
gollark: But the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the price
References
- http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U180310/MARTIN_John_Francis_Ryde?index=1&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by Nigel Wenban-Smith |
British High Commissioner to Malawi 1993–1998 |
Succeeded by George Finlayson |
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