David Duncan (diplomat)

David Duncan
8th United Kingdom Ambassador to Nicaragua
In office
1974–1976
Preceded by Ivor Vincent
Succeeded by Keith Hamylton Jones
Personal details
Born (1923-02-22)22 February 1923
Exeter, United Kingdom
Died (2007-08-31)31 August 2007
Education Eton College
Alma mater Trinity College, Cambridge
Profession Diplomat

David Francis Duncan (1923 – 2007) was a British diplomat. During World War II he was an officer in the Royal Artillery and was mentioned in despatches.[1] After the war he entered the Diplomatic Service and served both as the 8th United Kingdom Ambassador to Nicaragua from 1974–1976[2] and as British counsellor to the Disarmament Conference from 1971 to 1974.[3]

References

  1. DUNCAN, David Francis, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  2. "No. 46272". The London Gazette. 23 April 1974. p. 5068.
  3. Mackie, Colin. "A directory of British diplomats" (PDF). gulabin.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016.


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