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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