Christopher Audland

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Sir Christopher John Audland KCMG DL (* July 7, 1926 in Wiesbaden ; † December 29, 2019 ) was a British diplomat who was head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy between 1981 and 1986 . During his diplomatic work, he dealt with the Germany question after the Second World War , but also with the European Communities .

Life

Audland was the son of Brigadier General Edward Gordon Audland CB CBE MC and Violet Mary Audland, daughter of Herbert Shepherd-Cross , who represented the Conservative Party as a member of the House of Commons between 1885 and 1906 . After attending the Twyford School and Winchester College in 1944, he joined the Royal Artillery and was a member of the Royal Artillery until 1948. On December 8, 1945, he was promoted to lieutenant (Second Lieutenant) and most recently held the temporary rank of captain (Temporary Captain) .

On August 13, 1948, Audland joined the diplomatic service (His Majesty's Diplomatic Service) of the Foreign Office and, between 1950 and 1952, after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, was part of the British delegation in the negotiations on the German Treaty of May 26, 1952 the Allied Right of Reservation and the Occupation Statute . From November 3, 1952, he was subsequently employed as Vice Consul at the British Mission to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg and at the Embassy in the USA . Between 1961 and 1963 he was part of the British delegation to the negotiations on the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities , where he was responsible for the coordination of the negotiations and the editing of the negotiation minutes. He was then in 1963 rapporteur for the accession negotiations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After a post at the Embassy in Argentina between 1963 and 1967 , Audland was Head of the Science and Technology Unit from 1968 to 1970, following the Ministry of Commonwealth Affairs with the Foreign Office to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Affairs in October 1968 Commonwealth of Nations ( Foreign and Commonwealth Office ) was merged. In this capacity he was also head of the British delegation to the negotiations on the Seabed Treaty in 1968 . In 1970 he took over the function of Chancellor of the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany and held this position until 1973 with the rank of Counselor . At the same time he acted from 1970 to 1973 as deputy head of the British delegation in the negotiations on the four-power agreement on Berlin . On January 1, 1973, he became Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (GCM).

Audland was most recently seconded to the European Commission in 1973, where he was initially Deputy Secretary General from 1973 to 1981 and then from 1981 to 1986 head of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy. In 1986 he retired and on January 1, 1987, he was made Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George, so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". On March 1, 1996, he was finally with effect of 12 February 1996 to the Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Cumbria appointed.

Audland was married to Maura Daphne Sullivan from 1955.

Publications

  • The 1990's. Which way for the European community? , Manchester Statistical Society, 1987, reprinted 1990
  • Negotiating Britain's membership of the European Communities. 1961-3 and 1971-2 , co-author Roy Denman , University of Manchester , 2000
  • Right place, right time , Memoir Club, 2004, ISBN 978-18410-4-091-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sir Christopher John Audland, 1926-2019. Lancaster University, January 7, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Obituary: Sir Christopher John Audland KCMG. Europa Nostra UK, January 10, 2020, accessed March 5, 2020 .
  3. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 37430, HMSO, London, January 15, 1946, p. 448 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
  4. ↑ London Gazette . No. 39006, HMSO, London, August 29, 1950, p. 4384 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 39804, HMSO, London, March 20, 1953, p. 1586 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
  6. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 45860, HMSO, London, January 1, 1973, p. 4 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
  7. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 50764, HMSO, London, January 1, 1987, p. 3 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
  8. ↑ London Gazette . No. 54334, HMSO, London, March 1, 1996, p. 3180 ( PDF , accessed June 13, 2016, English).
personal data
SURNAME Audland, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Audland, Christopher John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH July 7, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiesbaden
DATE OF DEATH 29th December 2019