Terence Garvey

Sir Terence Garvey KCMG (7 December 1915 – 7 December 1986) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR.

Career

Terence Willcocks Garvey was educated at Felsted School and University College, Oxford (where he gained a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and was a Laming Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1938. In the same year he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He served in the USA,[1] Chile,[2] Germany and Egypt as well as at the Foreign Office. He was Counsellor, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1958–62; chargé d'affaires at Peking, and concurrently Britain's first ambassador to Mongolia, 1963–65;[3] assistant Under-secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1965–68; ambassador to Yugoslavia 1968–71;[4] High Commissioner to India 1971–73; and ambassador to the Soviet Union 1973–75.[5]

After retiring from the Diplomatic Service Garvey became a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is buried at Murrisk Abbey, county Mayo, Ireland.[6]

Honours

Terence Garvey was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1955[7] and knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1969.[8]

Publications

• Bones of Contention: An Enquiry Into East-West Relations, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978, ISBN 0-7100-0010-3

Offices held

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Michael Stewart	Chargé d'Affaires at Peking 1963–1965	Succeeded by Sir Donald Hopson
New office	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Ulan Bator 1963–1964	Succeeded by Reginald Hibbert
Preceded by Sir Duncan Wilson	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Belgrade 1968–1971	Succeeded by Sir Dugald Stewart
Preceded by Sir Morrice James	High Commissioner to India 1971–1973	Succeeded by Sir Michael Walker
Preceded by Sir John Killick	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Moscow 1973–1976	Succeeded by Sir Howard Smith

References

• GARVEY, Sir Terence Willcocks, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 7 April 2013
• Sir Terence Garvey (obituary), The Times, London, 9 December 1986

1. "No. 35068". The London Gazette. 7 February 1941. p. 751.
2. "No. 35536". The London Gazette. 24 April 1942. p. 1810.
3. "No. 42985". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 May 1963. p. 3834.
4. "No. 44723". The London Gazette. 26 November 1968. p. 12676.
5. "No. 46216". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 February 1974. p. 2410.
6. Terence Willcocks Garvey at findagrave.com
7. "No. 40497". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3261.
8. "No. 44740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1969. p. 4.