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 31 August 2007(2007-08-31)
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. The London Gazette: no. 46272. p. 5068. 23 April 1974.
  3. Mackie, Colin. "A directory of British diplomats" (PDF). gulabin.com.
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