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Leslie Glass (diplomat)

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Leslie Charles Glass =
Minister/Ambassador to Romania
In office
1965–1967
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Preceded byDalton Murray
Succeeded byJohn Chadwick
British High Commissioner to Jamaica
In office
1969–1971
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterHarold Wilson
Edward Heath
Preceded byDavid Hunt
Succeeded byCyril Pickard
Personal details
Born(1911-05-28)28 May 1911
Died17 December 1988(1988-12-17) (aged 77)

Leslie Charles Glass KCMG (28 May 1911 - 17 December 1988) was a British diplomat[1] who ended his career as High Commissioner to Nigeria.[2]

Education

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Glass was educated at Bradfield College; Trinity College, Oxford; and SOAS.[2]

Career

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Glass joined the Indian Civil Service in 1934. He served at Mandalay and Rangoon. After World War Two he was Head of Chancery for HM Legation at Budapest, then its Chargé d’Affaires. He was Head of the Information Division for the British Middle East Office from 1953 to 1956; seconded to the Staff of the Governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1956; and Counsellor and Consul-General in Washington DC from 1957 to 1961.

Glass was Assistant Under-Secretary of State in the Foreign Office from 1962 to 1965; Ambassador to Romania from 1965 to 1967; and Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN from 1967 until his last appointment in Nigeria.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "FOREIGN OFFICE". The London Gazette. No. 43706. 6 July 1965. p. 6427. The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to appoint, with effect from the dates respectively indicated: Leslie Charles Glass, Esquire, C/M.G., to be Her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary at Bucharest (1 April 1965)
  2. ^ a b [Anon.] (2024). "Glass, Leslie". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U164558. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Nigerian Relief aid". Hansard. 22 January 1970. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Minister/Ambassador to Romania
1965–1967
Succeeded by
Preceded by British High Commissioner to Nigeria
1969–1971
Succeeded by