Stanley Duncan

Stanley Frederick St Clair Duncan, (born 13 November 1927) was a British diplomat in the second half of the Twentieth century.

Education

He was educated at Latymer Upper School.

Distance Learning

After his retirement Duncan completed a degree with the Open University.

Career

He joined the India Office in 1946; and the Commonwealth Relations Office a year later. He was Second Secretary in Ottawa then Wellington. He was the British Government Information Officer in Toronto from 1955 to 1957. He was First Secretary at the CRO, and was seconded to the Central African Office where he was a member of the British delegation at the Victoria Falls Conference. He was First Secretary at Nicosia from 1964 to 1967; the FCO Adviser for the British group at the Inter-Parliamentary Union from 1968 to 1970 and Head of Chancery in Lisbon from 1970 to 1973. He was Consul-General and subsequently Chargé d'affaires in Mozambique from 1973 to 1975. He was Counsellor (Political) at Brasilia from 1976 to 1977; Head of the Consular Department at the Foreign Office from 1977 to 1980; seconded to the Canadian National Defence College from 1980 to 1981; Ambassador to Bolivia from 1981 to 1985; and finally, High Commissioner to Malta from 1985 to 1987.

Honours

He was awarded the Portuguese Order of Christ in 1973.