Leonard Figg

Sir Leonard (Clifford William) Figg, KCMG (17 August 1923 – 11 August 2014) was a British diplomat.

Figg was the son of Sir Clifford Figg, a tea and rubber planter, and was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford. He served with the Royal Air Force between 1942 and 1946.[1]

He joined the Foreign Office in 1947 and served in Addis Ababa between 1949 and 1952, Head of Chancery and Consul in Amman between 1958 and 1961, Deputy Consul-General in Chicago between 1967 and 1969, and Consul-General in Milan between 1973 and 1977.[1] He was Assistant Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office from 1977 to 1980, when he was appointed Ambassador to Ireland, serving until 1983.[1]

Figg was appointed CMG in 1974 and KCMG in 1981.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sir Leonard Figg". The Times. 1 October 2014. p. 53.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Robin Haydon		 UK Ambassador to Ireland
1980-1983 		Succeeded by
Alan Goodison
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