Sir Antony Arthur Acland was a British diplomat and a provost of Eton College.
The Ditchley Foundation is a foundation that holds conferences, with a primary focus on British-American relations. It is based at Ditchley Park near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. It was established as a privately-funded charity in 1958 by philanthropist Sir David Wills.
Peter Forbes Ricketts, Baron Ricketts, is a retired British senior diplomat and a life peer. He has sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords since 2016.
Winckley Square is situated near the centre of Preston, Lancashire, England, at the west end of Avenham.
Patrick Richard Henry Wright, Baron Wright of Richmond, was a British diplomat who served as Head of HM Diplomatic Service.
Sir John Oliver Wright was a British diplomat. He was British Ambassador to West Germany from 1975 to 1981 and British Ambassador to the United States from 1982 to 1986.
Sir Roderic Michael John Lyne is a British former diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the Russian Federation from 2000 to 2004.
Sir Mark Justin Lyall Grant, is a former senior British diplomat who was previously the United Kingdom's National Security Adviser and Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations.
Sir Brian James Proetel Fall is a retired British diplomat who was the UK's Special Representative for the South Caucasus 2002–12.
Sir John Alexander Noble Graham, 4th Baronet, was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Iraq, Iran and NATO.
Sir Duncan Robin Carmichael Christopher is a British retired diplomat, now a consultant and charity trustee.
Sir John Jenkins is a British former diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.
The 1904 Birthday Honours were announced on 9 November 1904, to celebrate the birthday of King Edward VII that day. The list included appointments to various orders and honours of the United Kingdom and the British Empire.
Sir Stephen Jeremy Barrett is a British retired diplomat who was ambassador to Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Sir John Killick GCMG was a British diplomat who was ambassador to the Soviet Union, and later ambassador to NATO.
Simon Gerard McDonald, Baron McDonald of Salford, is a British former diplomat who was the Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Head of the Diplomatic Service until September 2020. He was the last professional head of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office before the creation of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. On 23 November 2021, McDonald was elected Master-Elect of Christ's College, Cambridge, with a term of office beginning 1 September 2022.
Francis Raymond "Frank" Baker, is a British diplomat and civil servant who was Ambassador to Libya from February 2018 to April 2019. He was Ambassador to Kuwait from 2010 to 2014, and Ambassador to Iraq from 2014 to 2017.
Sir John Scott was a British colonial administrator. Scott joined the Ceylon Civil Service as a cadet in 1901 before retiring as Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlement in 1933.
Nigel John Dakin is a British diplomat currently serving as Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He assumed office on 15 July 2019 in a swearing-in ceremony before the territory's House of Assembly.
The 1990 Special Honours in New Zealand were three special honours lists: the first was dated 6 February 1990 and made appointments to the Order of New Zealand and the Queen's Service Order; the second was dated 17 May 1990 made awards of the Polar Medal; and the third was dated 27 November 1990, to recognise the incoming governor-general, Dame Catherine Tizard.
