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Sir Anthony Galsworthy KCMG

Sir Anthony Galsworthy was born on 20 December 1944. He was educated at St Paul's School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1966. Both he and his wife, Lady Jan Galsworthy, speak Chinese.  

1967 Third Secretary, Hong Kong
1970 Third, later Second Secretary, Beijing
1972 Second, later First Secretary,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1977 First Secretary, Rome
1981 First Secretary, later Counsellor, Beijing
1984 Counsellor and Head of Hong Kong Dept,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1986 Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary
of State (Sir Geoffrey Howe)
1988 Royal Institute of International Affairs
1989 British Senior Representative, Sino-British
Joint Liaison Group on Hong Kong
1993 Cabinet Office
1995 Deputy Under-Secretary of State,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
1997 Ambassador, Beijing

His interests include wildlife, especially birds, and taxonomy. He is a specialist on moths.


 


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