Edward Peck

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Sir Edward Heywood Peck , GCMG (born October 5, 1915 in Hove , Sussex ; † July 24, 2009 ) was a British diplomat and writer who, among other things, was High Commissioner in Kenya between 1966 and 1968 and most recently from 1970 to 1975 permanent representative of the United States Kingdom was with NATO .

Life

Edward Heywood Peck, son of Lieutenant Colonel Edward Surman Peck and his wife Doris Louise Heywood, began studying Modern Languages at Queen's College at Oxford University after attending Clifton College , graduating with honors in 1937. After a subsequent year that in mountain climbing in the Alps led, in 1938, he entered the diplomatic service (Foreign Service) and found uses in various representations abroad and in the State Department ( Foreign Office ) . Between 1953 and 1955 he was head of the departmentGeneral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from 1955 to 1958 Deputy Commander for Civil Affairs of the British Sector in Berlin . During this time he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1957 . He then served as Counselor to the High Commissioner for the Southeast Asia Region between 1958 and 1961 and then served as Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Asia) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1961 to 1966 .

On January 1, 1966, Peck was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), so that from then on he carried the suffix "Sir". As the successor to Malcolm MacDonald , he took over the post of High Commissioner in Kenya in 1966 and remained in this position until 1968, whereupon Eric George Norris succeeded him there. He then served as Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Defense and Intelligence) from 1968 to 1970 and was at the same time chairman of the Ministry for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Defense and Intelligence) from 1968 to 1970 Joint Intelligence Committee ( JIC ) , an inter-ministerial body to coordinate the work of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), Security Service (MI5), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and Defense Intelligence Staff (DIS). Most recently, in 1970, he succeeded Bernard Burrows as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to NATO and held this position until he left the diplomatic service in 1975, whereupon John Killick succeeded him there. On June 15, 1974 he was also raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

After his retirement, Sir Edward Peck committed from 1976 to 1990 as director of Outward Bound -School in Loch Eil and taught next 1976-1985 as a visiting scientist (Visiting Fellow ) in trade defense studies at the University of Aberdeen . Between 1982 and 1987 he was a member of the council of the National Trust for Scotland , a private, not-for-profit foundation for the preservation and care of cultural and natural monuments in Scotland . He also wrote several specialist books. His marriage to Alison Mary MacInnes in 1948 resulted in a son and three daughters, with one daughter dying at an early age.

Publications

  • North-East Scotland , 1981
  • Avonside Explored , 1983
  • The Battle of Glenlivet , 1994.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 975
  2. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 711
  3. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 610
  4. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 934
  5. ↑ a b KNIGHTS AND DAMES. In: leighrayment.com. November 2, 2018, accessed September 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 581
  7. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 916
  8. ↑ A DIRECTORY OF BRITISH DIPLOMATS , p. 890
personal data
SURNAME Peck, Edward
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peck, Edward Heywood (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Hove , Sussex
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 2009