Charles de Chassiron (British diplomat)

Charles Richard Lucien de Chassiron, CVO (27 April 1948[1] – 5 April 2018)[2] was a British diplomat. He was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Cambridge University, where he studied history. He held a Kennedy Scholarship at Harvard, where he received a Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree.[3][4]

He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in 1971. He was Economic and Commercial Secretary at the British Embassy in Brasilia between 1982 and 1985.[5] Over the course of his FCO career, he was the Head of South America Department (1987–1989), Commercial and Economic Counsellor in Italy (1989–1994), Ambassador to Estonia (1994–1997), Consul-General in Milan (1997–2001) and Director of Protocol and Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps (2002–2006).[6] He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) on 16 October 2000.[7]

After retirement from the Diplomatic Service he was chairman of Spencer House[8] and Chairman of the British-Italian Society.[9] In addition, he was a "diplomatic consultant" at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington.[10]

He died on 5 April 2018 after having suffered with poor health for three years.[2][11]

References
  1. "Birthdays". The Independent. 27 April 2017. p. 48.
  2. Northern, Richard. "Charles de Chassiron". British-Italian Society. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  3. "Full List of Kennedy Scholars". Kennedy Memorial Trust. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  4. "Letters: Cambridge 02138". Harvard Magazine. September–October 2007. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  5. de Chassiron, Charles (March 2011). "Debt Crisis - Déjà Vu? Brazil in the '80s". Exchange: The Magazine for International Business and Diplomacy. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  6. Mackie, Colin (5 June 2017). "A directory of British diplomats" (PDF). p. 136. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. London Gazette, 31 October 2000
  8. Dor, Jean-Francois (Autumn 2011). "Visit to Spencer House" (PDF). Marketor. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 October 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. "Who we are". British-Italian Society. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  10. "Court circuit". Embassy. November–December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  11. Charles de Chassiron obituary
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