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David Blatherwick (diplomat)

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in 1964 he served in a number of diplomatic posts in Kuwait, Ireland, Egypt and at the United Nations in New York. He was appointed the British ambassador to Ireland from 1991 to 1995, and ambassador to Egypt from 1995 to 1999. Following his retirement he has served on the
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positions. He was a director of the British Egyptian Society from 20 July 1999 to 17 April 2005 and the Middle East Association from 3 May 2000 to 1 September 2006. His knowledge of Irish affairs led to his appointment in January 2003 as the British Joint Chairman of
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and served there from June 1986 to 1989. He returned to the Foreign Office again in 1989, this time as Superintending Under-Secretary and Principal Finance Officer with responsibility for planning and co-ordination of expenditure and oversight of delegated budgets.
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since it opened in 2005 and still continues in this role as of the 2011 to 2012 academic year. He had been involved with the initial proposals for the new university during his time as ambassador to Egypt in 1998.
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He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 1973, a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1990 and a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1997.
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for not disclosing their business links to the region. On 15 September 2010, Blatherwick, along with 54 other public figures, signed an open letter published in
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Barder, Brian; Bergne, Paul; Birch, John; Blatherwick, David; Boyce, Graham; Bullard, Julian; Campbell, Juliet; Cartledge, Bryan; et al. (29 April 2004).
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In March 1983 he became Head of the Energy Science and Space Department at the Foreign Office. He was appointed counsellor and Head of Chancery at the
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of the Egyptian-British Chamber of Commerce in December 1999, a position he still holds as of September 2012. He has been a trustee of the
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in 1970. He was promoted to First Secretary and returned to work at the Foreign Office from September 1973. In July 1977 he was appointed
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In April 2004 Blatherwick was one of 52 former British diplomats to sign a letter criticising
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and from March 1981 to 1983 he was seconded to the Political Affairs Division of the
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from May 1995 to 10 February 1999. He retired from the diplomatic service in 1999.
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then later a Second Secretary at the Foreign Office before being appointed to the
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He married Margaret Clare Crompton in 1964. Blatherwick is a patron of
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of the British Egyptian Foundation for Children with Special Needs
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Hastings, Chris; Bamber, David; Nikkhah, Roya (2 May 2004).
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Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Himself Alone: David Trimble and the Ordeal of Unionism
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from 1964 to 1966. Between 1966 and 1968 he became a
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During his time in Northern Ireland he met with the
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Diplomatic Service Administration Office. 1479:Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1004: 1002: 545: 543: 481: 479: 477: 1459:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Egypt 1375: 1010:"David Elliott Spiby Blatherwick KCMG OBE" 17: 1484:People educated at Lincoln Grammar School 686:"Secret hunger strike documents released" 169:Born on 13 July 1941, he was educated at 1062:Charity Commission for England and Wales 193:in 1968. His first overseas posting was 429:(30th ed.). H.M.S.O. p. 122. 409: 1148:"Egyptians welcome British initiative" 984: 940: 893: 849: 805: 761: 660: 616: 572: 498: 311:before it was disbanded in July 2011. 232:in May 1981, Blatherwick advised the 183:Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies 7: 1233:Walker, Peter (15 September 2010). 224:after the death of hunger strikers 140:Sir David Elliott Spiby Blatherwick 1168:"Diplomats slam Blair on Mid-East" 386:University of California, Berkeley 14: 1156:. TSL Education. 27 October 2000. 466:. 28 January 2003. 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Index

KCMG
OBE
British Ambassador to Ireland
Sir Nicholas Fenn
Veronica Sutherland
British Ambassador to Egypt
Christopher William Long
Sir Graham Boyce
KCMG
OBE
Foreign Office
boards
Lincoln School
Wadham College, Oxford
Foreign Office
Middle East Centre for Arabic Studies
Third
diplomatic service
Kuwait
Dublin
Head of Chancery
Cairo
counsellor
Northern Ireland Office
Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich
Raymond McCreesh
Patsy O'Hara
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
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