Edward Henderson (diplomat)

Edward Firth Henderson CMG (12 December 1917 – 13 April 1995[1]) was a British diplomat who was a prominent figure in the Persian Gulf region, where he spent most of his life furthering Britain's relations with the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain.[1]

Henderson was educated at Clifton College[2] and Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] After serving in the Middle East during World War II, "a switch from the petroleum industry to the diplomatic service in 1956 took him as British consul to Jerusalem";[4] he was subsequently UK Political Officer in Abu Dhabi and (1971–1973) British Ambassador to Qatar.[5] In 1982 he co-founded the American Educational Trust, best known for publishing the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs.[4]

He was a friend of the explorer Wilfred Thesiger, whom he first met during his service in Syria.[1]

Books
  • This Strange Eventful History (1988) (memoirs)

References
  1. The Independent, 5 May 1995, Obituary: Edward Henderson
  2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p468: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. "Henderson, Edward Firth". Who Was Who. 1 December 2007.
  4. Andrew Killgore, Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Edward Firth Henderson (1917-1995)
  5. "No. 45588". The London Gazette. 1 February 1972. p. 1282.


Diplomatic posts
New title British Ambassador to Qatar
1971–1973		 Succeeded by
Douglas Gordon


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