Antony Acland

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Sir Antony Acland in the regalia of a Knight of the Order of the Garter

Sir Antony Arthur Acland KG GCMG GCVO (born March 12, 1930 ) is a former British diplomat who, among other things, was ambassador to Luxembourg between 1975 and 1977 , ambassador to Spain from 1977 to 1980 and first deputy undersecretary between 1980 and 1982 and then from 1982 to 1986 Principal permanent Under Secretary ( permanent Under-Secretary of State ) and the highest official was the foreign Ministry. He was then ambassador to the USA between 1986 and 1991 and provost at Eton College from 1991 to 2000 .

Life

Studies and beginning of the diplomatic career

Acland was the second son of Brigadier General Peter Acland and his wife Bridget Susan Barnett. His older brother, John Acland, was a major general in the British Army . After attending the renowned Eton College, he first completed an officer training course in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and was promoted to Second Lieutenant on November 12, 1948 . This was followed by studying philosophy, political science and economics at Christ Church College at the University of Oxford . In 1953 he entered the diplomatic service and then completed an Arabic course at the Middle East Center for Arab Studies (MECAS) in Lebanon from 1954 to 1955 . After his first assignment as an Assistant Political Agent at the diplomatic mission in the Emirate of Dubai in 1955, he became an employee of the diplomatic mission in the Emirate of Kuwait in 1956, and during this time he experienced the effects of the Suez crisis on the Arabian Peninsula .

After his return Acland was only employees in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Foreign Office ) and then in 1959 one of the two deputy private secretaries of Foreign Minister Selwyn Lloyd and, since July 27, 1960 by his successor, Alec Douglas-Home . He then moved to the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York City in 1962 and remained in this position until 1966, where he was initially an employee of the then Permanent Representative Patrick Dean and, from 1964, of his successor Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon . The Cuban Missile Crisis fell during the time of the activity there , but also the so-called " Bloody Christmas 1963 " in connection with the Cyprus conflict . During this protracted civil war-like conflict in Cyprus , he was the Political Special Committee for the talks between the conflicting partners Greece and Turkey , which were ultimately based on a UN resolution of March 4, 1964 on the establishment of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cyprus UNFICYP ( UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus ) led.

In 1966, Acland took over as Chancellor of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office in Geneva . In 1968 he returned to London and was now employed in the reorganized Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the Commonwealth of Nations , between 1970 and 1972 as head of the Arabia department with the rank of embassy counselor . After the Arabia Section was merged with the Middle East Section in 1972 , he succeeded John Graham as Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-Home's First Private Secretary (Principal Private Secretary to Foreign Secretary) . He also held this post under Secretary of State James Callaghan after the Labor Party won the general election on February 28, 1974 .

Ambassador and senior official in the State Department

Antony Acland's coat of arms as Knight of the Order of the Garter

As the successor to John Roper , Acland finally took on his first ambassadorial post on July 1, 1975, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Luxembourg. On January 1, 1976 he was Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) and less than a year later on November 10, 1976 to Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO), so that he henceforth the name affix "Sir" led. He held the post of ambassador to Luxembourg until 1977, when he was replaced by Patrick Wright .

Acland himself took over the post of Ambassador to Spain from Charles Douglas Wiggin in 1977 and remained in this position until he was replaced by Richard Parsons in 1980. He then returned to the Foreign Ministry in 1980 and was initially Deputy Under-Secretary of State and as such was also the successor of Arthur Antony Duff as chairman of the United Intelligence Committee of the government. In 1982 he succeeded Michael Palliser as Permanent Under-Secretary of State and was thus the highest-ranking official and head of the diplomatic service (Head of Diplomatic Service) in the State Department until his replacement by Patrick Wright in 1986. During this time he was on June 12 1982 also knight commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG).

Most recently, Acland succeeded Oliver Wright as Ambassador to the United States in 1986 . Shortly before, on June 14, 1986, he was also elevated to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCMG). He held the post of ambassador to the United States until he retired in 1991 and was then replaced by Robin Renwick . On May 17, 1991 he was also awarded the Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO).

With effect from July 1, 1991, Acland replaced Martin Charteris, Baron Charteris of Amisfield as Provost of Eton College. He held this position until he was replaced in 2000 by Eric Anderson .

On April 23, 2001, Acland was finally also Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG), the most exclusive order in the United Kingdom and one of the most respected in Europe.

Acland married Clare Anne Verdon in 1956, who died in 1984. In 1987 he married Jennifer McGougan for the second time.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 38520, HMSO, London, January 25, 1949, p. 442 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  2. ↑ London Gazette . No. 46681, HMSO, London, September 11, 1975, p. 11464 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 46777, HMSO, London, January 1, 1976, p. 4 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 47074, HMSO, London, November 23, 1976, p. 15755 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  5. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 49008, HMSO, London, June 12, 1982, p. 4 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 50551, HMSO, London, June 14, 1986, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 50551, HMSO, London, June 14, 1986, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 52592, HMSO, London, July 2, 1991, p. 10098 ( PDF , accessed June 11, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Acland, Antony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Acland, Sir Antony Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1930