Terence Garvey
Sir Terence Garvey KCMG (7 December 1915 – 7 December 1986) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR.
Career
Terence Willcocks Garvey was educated at Felsted School and University College, Oxford (where he gained a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and was a Laming Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford in 1938. In the same year he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He served in the USA,[1] Chile,[2] Germany and Egypt as well as at the Foreign Office. He was Counsellor, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1958–62; chargé d'affaires at Peking, and concurrently Britain's first ambassador to Mongolia, 1963–65;[3] assistant Under-secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1965–68; ambassador to Yugoslavia 1968–71;[4] High Commissioner to India 1971–73; and ambassador to the Soviet Union 1973–75.[5]
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service Garvey became a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is buried at Murrisk Abbey, county Mayo, Ireland.[6]
Honours
Terence Garvey was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1955[7] and knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1969.[8]
Publications
- Bones of Contention: An Enquiry Into East-West Relations, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978, ISBN 0-7100-0010-3
Offices held
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir Michael Stewart |
Chargé d'Affaires at Peking 1963–1965 |
Succeeded by Sir Donald Hopson |
| New office | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Mongolian People's Republic 1963–1964 |
Succeeded by Reginald Hibbert |
| Preceded by Sir Duncan Wilson |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Belgrade 1968–1971 |
Succeeded by Sir Dugald Stewart |
| Preceded by Sir Morrice James |
High Commissioner to India 1971–1973 |
Succeeded by Sir Michael Walker |
| Preceded by Sir John Killick |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Moscow 1973–1976 |
Succeeded by Sir Howard Smith |
References
- GARVEY, Sir Terence Willcocks, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012, accessed 7 April 2013
- Sir Terence Garvey (obituary), The Times, London, 9 December 1986
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35068. p. 751. 7 February 1941.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 35536. p. 1810. 24 April 1942.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42985. p. 3834. 3 May 1963.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 44723. p. 12676. 26 November 1968.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 46216. p. 2410. 22 February 1974.
- ↑ Terence Willcocks Garvey at findagrave.com
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 40497. p. 3261. 9 June 1955.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 44740. p. 4. 1 January 1969.