Anthony David Brighty
Anthony David Brighty , CMG , CVO (born February 7, 1939 ) is a retired British diplomat .
Brighty studied at Clare College at the University of Cambridge and joined the Foreign Service in 1961. He married Diana Porteous in 1963.
In 1963 he was employed in Brussels and in 1964 in Havana . In 1969 Brighty left the civil service and worked for SG Warburg & Co. until 1971. He then returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and was deployed in Saigon and in the British Mission to the United Nations . From September 1983 he was counselor in Lisbon . On December 31, 1983, he was accepted as a Companion in the Order of St. Michael and St. George . From 1989 to 1991 Brighty was ambassador to Havana, from 1991 to 1994 ambassador to Prague . He was ambassador to Madrid until he retired in 1998 .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Diplomatic service list , 1965
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 49583, HMSO, London, December 31, 1983, p. 4 ( PDF , accessed October 22, 2013, English).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Palmer | Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Cuba 1989–1991 |
Arthur Leycester Scott Coltman |
| Peter Laurence O'Keefe |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Czech Republic 1991–1994 |
Michael St Edmund Burton |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brighty, Anthony David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brighty, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ambassador |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1939 |