Knowledge (XXG)

John S. R. Duncan

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to leave at independence in 1956. He then became a diplomat and was British Consul General in Muscat, High Commissioner to Zambia, Ambassador to Morocco, and High Commissioner in the Bahamas.
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medical because he could not stand on one leg with his eyes shut without feeling giddy. He served with the
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but "without pay whilst specially employed". In 1942–43 he held a temporary commission as
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Duncan left Sudan when it became an independent state in 1956, and joined the
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High commissioners of the United Kingdom to the Bahamas
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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Morocco
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province, first as assistant District Commissioner at
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he volunteered to be a fighter pilot but failed the
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where he read Hebrew and Arabic. At the outbreak of
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Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Index

CMG
MBE
Sudan Political Service
Dundee
Dundee Parish Church
High School of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
World War II
Royal Air Force
Essex Regiment
bimbashi
Sudan Defence Force
Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
En Nahud
Upper Nile
Waat
Fangak
Nuer language
Foreign Office
Political Agent
Doha
British Information Services
New York City
Consul-General
Muscat and Oman
Minister
High Commission
Canberra
Zambia
Ambassador

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