John Gordon Doubleday
John Gordon Doubleday | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 November 1920 |
| Died | 27 April 1982 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | British diplomat |
John Gordon Doubleday OBE (27 November 1920–27 April 1982) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Liberia.[1]
Biography
[edit]Doubleday was educated at Bedford School and at St John's College, Cambridge. After service in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and then service in the Colonial Administrative Service in Northern Rhodesia between 1949 and 1965, he entered the British Diplomatic Service in 1965. He was Deputy High Commissioner to the Bahamas between 1973 and 1976 and to Sri Lanka between 1976 and 1978, before serving as Ambassador to Liberia between 1978 and 1980.[2] He was appointed OBE in the 1975 Birthday Honours.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 47656". The London Gazette. 3 October 1978. p. 11773.
- ^ "Doubleday, John Gordon". Who Was Who. 1 December 2007.
- ^ "No. 46593". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 June 1975. p. 7386.
Categories:
- 1920 births
- 1982 deaths
- People educated at Bedford School
- Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
- Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Colonial Administrative Service officers
- Members of HM Diplomatic Service
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Liberia
- British expatriates in Zambia
- British expatriates in Sri Lanka
- British expatriates in the Bahamas
- 20th-century British diplomats