Reginald Hibbert

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Sir Reginald Alfred Hibbert , GCMG (born February 21, 1922 in Ilford, Essex , England ; † October 5, 2002 in Shrewsbury , Shropshire , England) was a British diplomat who, among other things, was Deputy Undersecretary in the Foreign Office from 1976 to 1979 and from 1979 until 1982 was ambassador to France .

Life

Reginald Alfred Hibbert, son of Alfred Hibbert and his wife Kathleen Frances Alice Hibbert, began studying at Worcester College at the University of Oxford after attending Queen Elizabeth's School in Chipping Barnet . The study he had to because of military service in World War II interrupted, after he initially in Tank Regiment 4th Queen's Own Hussars served, he took as a member of the Special Forces SOE ( Special Operations Executive ) in operations in Albania in part, describing his experience in the 1991 book Albania's National Liberation Struggle: A Bitter Victory . He was last used in Italy in 1944 . After the war he resumed his studies at Worcester College and entered after the end of 1946 in the diplomatic service (HM Diplomatic Service) Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Foreign Office ) . In the following years he found numerous uses at diplomatic missions abroad and in the Foreign Ministry.

1964 Hibbert was chargé (charge d'affaires) representation in the Mongolian People's Republic held and this function had to 1966th In 1966 he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) for his services . Having 1966-1967 as a research scientist (Research Fellow ) at the University of Leeds was active, he took over from 1967 to 1969 the post of adviser to the commands Far East (Far East Command) and from 1970 to 1971 as a policy adviser to the commander in chief of the command Far East, Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett . He was then envoy to the Embassy in the Federal Republic of Germany from 1972 to 1975 and then returned to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1976, where he was head of the Europe subdivision from 1976 to 1979 (Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Europe) .

Reginald Hibbert was then Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Europe and Political Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1976 and 1979 . In 1979 he was promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) and has since had the addition of Sir . Most recently, he replaced Sir Nicholas Henderson as ambassador to France in 1979 and held this post until he retired in 1982, whereupon Sir John Fretwell took over from him. In 1982 he was raised to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG).

After retiring from the diplomatic service, he was director of the Ditchley Foundation between 1982 and 1987 and also worked at St Antony's College at Oxford University between 1983 and 1988 and visiting fellow at Nuffield College from 1984 to 1988 . In 1988 he also became an Honorary Fellow at Swansea University . He was also Chairman of the Franco-British Society between 1990 and 1995, President of the Albanian Society from 1996 to 2000 and President of the Féderation Britannique des Alliances Françaises between 1997 and 1999 .

In 1949, Reginald Alfred Hibbert married Ann Pugh, daughter of the judge Sir John Alun Pugh, who died in 2013. From this marriage the three children William John, Jane and George Hibbert were born.

publication

  • Albania's National Liberation Struggle: A Bitter Victory , Pinter Publishers, London, 1991, ISBN 0-86187-109-X
  • The Kosovo question: origins, present complications and prospects , David Davies Memorial Institute, London, 1999
  • Letters from Mongolia , co-author Ann Hibbert, Radcliffe Press, London, 2005. ISBN 1-85043-578-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 777
  2. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 610
  3. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 609
  4. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 702
  5. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 923
  6. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 913
  7. ^ A Directory of British Diplomats, p. 688
personal data
SURNAME Hibbert, Reginald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hibbert, Reginald Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilford, Essex , England
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 2002
Place of death Shrewsbury , Shropshire , England