David Gore-Booth
Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth KCMG KCVO (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998.
Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998.[1] His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965.[2]
Family and education[edit]
Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760.[3]
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, née Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son.
Honours[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Sir David Gore-Booth – Obituaries – News – The Independent". The Independent. London. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010" (PDF). Gulabin.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Current Irish Baronetcies". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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- People educated at Eton College
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- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Saudi Arabia
- High Commissioners of the United Kingdom to India
- Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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- 20th-century British diplomats