Oliver Wright - Diplomatic Career

Diplomatic Career

Wright's career as a Diplomat was a highly distinguished one:

  • New York (1946-47)
  • Bucharest (1948-50)
  • Singapore (1950-51)
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1952-54)
  • Berlin (1954-56)
  • Pretoria (1957-58)
  • Imperial Defence College (1959)
  • Assistant Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1960)
  • Counsellor and Private Secretary for Foreigh Affairs (1963)
  • Private Secretary to the Prime Minister (1964-66) (to Rt Hon. Sir Alec Douglas-Home and subsequently to Rt Hon. Harold Wilson)
  • Ambassador to Denmark (1966-69)
  • Deputy Home Office Representative to Northern Irish Government (Aug 1969-Mar 1970)
  • Chief Clerk, Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service (1970-72)
  • Deputy Under-Secretary of State, FCO (1972-75)
  • Ambassador to Federal Republic of Germany (1975-81)
  • Retired from Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service
  • Re-appointed, Ambassador to Washington DC (1982-86)

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