William Ernest Quantrill (born 4 May 1939) is a former British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Cameroon from 1991 to 1995. [1]
William Ernest Quantrill (born 4 May 1939) is a former British diplomat who served as Ambassador to Cameroon from 1991 to 1995. [1]
Quantrill was educated at Colston's School and Durham University, graduating with a first-class BA in French. [1] He was Secretary of Hatfield College JCR in 1959, and also represented the college at rugby. [2]
Quantrill joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1962. [1] He was appointed to HM Diplomatic Service in December 1965. [3]
From 1964 to 1980 he served in several overseas posts in Belgium, Cuba, the Philippines, and Nigeria. [4] From 1980 to 1981 he was Head of Training Department and from 1984 to 1988 was Counsellor and Head of Chancery at the British Embassy in Venezuela. [4] He subsequently served as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar until 1990. [5] Quantrill's tenure in Gibraltar coincided with a breakdown in relations between the Gibraltar and Spanish governments after a Gibraltarian court ordered the apprehension of four Spanish customs officials accused of illegal entry and illegal possession of arms. [6] He held a crisis meeting in London with Nicholas Gordon-Lennox, the British Ambassador to Spain, on 29 July 1989. [6]
Quantrill became Ambassador to Cameroon in 1991, also serving as non-resident representative to the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, and Chad.
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