David Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield

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David Howe Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield , GCMG (born August 16, 1934 in Swindon , † March 20, 1999 in London ) was a British diplomat and life peer .

Life

Gillmore grew up as the son of Vice Air Marshal ( Air Vice Marshal ) Alan David Gillmore and his wife Kathleen Victoria Morris. According to his own account, he already had the desire to become a diplomat as a teenager. He went to school at Trent College , Long Eaton , before going to King's College , Cambridge after completing his military service . His subjects were French and Russian.

From 1958 to 1960 he worked in London at Reuters , then for five years at Polypapier SA , a manufacturer of flexible plastic packaging, in Paris . He then lived for a year in southern Spain, where he wrote the novel A Way from Exile , which was published in 1967. He then moved back to London and worked as a teacher in the East End .

In 1970, at the age of 35, Gillmore finally entered the diplomatic service . In 1972 he was sent to Moscow as First Secretary , where he had to represent British economic interests. From 1975 he was counselor to the British delegation to the MBFR disarmament negotiations in Vienna . When he returned to London in late 1978, he was made Head of Defense at the Foreign Office in 1979 . During this time he was involved in the negotiations on the NATO double decision . From 1981 he was appointed Assistant Under-Secretary of State with general defense matters. During this time, the Falklands War of 1982 took place.

In 1983, Gillmore went to Malaysia as High Commissioner . In 1986 he returned to London and became Deputy Undersecretary for Asia and America. In 1991 he succeeded Patrick Wright as Permanent Undersecretary and Head of the Diplomatic Service. He held this office until he retired in 1994.

In 1994 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George . Two years later, Gillmore was promoted to the rank of Life Peer . He has since held the title of Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield, of Putney in the London Borough of Wandsworth and was a crossbencher in the House of Lords . From his 1964 marriage with Lucile Morin, the two sons of Julian and Paul Gillmore emerged.

publication

  • A Way from Exile , 1967

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituary at independent.co.uk, accessed on February 16, 2015
  2. ↑ a b c Interview with Jane Barder from March 12, 1996, accessed on February 16, 2015
  3. ^ A b David Howe Gillmore, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
  4. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 889
  5. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 979
  6. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 926
  7. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 585
  8. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 918
  9. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 911
personal data
SURNAME Gillmore, David, Baron Gillmore of Thamesfield
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gillmore of Thamesfield, David Howe Gillmore, Baron (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat and life peer
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Swindon
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1999
Place of death London