John William Richmond Shakespeare
John William Richmond Shakespeare , CMG, LVO is a retired British diplomat.
- From 1949 to 1950 he was 2nd Lieutenant at the Irish Guards.
- From 1953 to 1954 he was lecturer in English, École Normale Supérieure, Paris
- In 1955 he was member of the Editorial Staff of the Times Educational Supplement.
- In 1956 he was member of the Editorial Staff of The Times.
- In 1959 he war Private Secretary to Gladwyn Jebb ambassador in Paris.
- On 22 September 1960 he was appointed a member of the Foreign Service and served in Paris.
- On August 1961 he was transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
- On 1 July 1963 he was promoted 1st Secretary.
- In 1968 he was employed from the Secret Intelligence Service.[2]
- 1985 Birthday Honours he became Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George.
- On 12 July 1973 he got Exequatur as Consul General in Buenos Aires.[3]
- On 26 January 1976 Derick Ashe terminated his duty as ambassador in Buenos Aires and JWR Shakespeare stayed as Chargé d'affaires, a task he also fulfilled during the Falklands War (2 April – 14 June 1982).[4]
- From 1983 to 1987 he was ambassador in Lima.
- From 1987 to 1990 he was ambassador in Rabat.
John William Richmond Shakespeare | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom Ambassador to Peru | |
| In office 1983 – 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Wallace |
| Succeeded by | Adrian Beamish |
| United Kingdom Ambassador to Morocco | |
| In office 1987 – 1990 | |
| Preceded by | Robin Byatt |
| Succeeded by | John Macrae |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 June 1930 Shimla |
| Children | Nicholas Shakespeare |
| Mother | Ruth Maude (Etty Potter) Shakespeare, daughter of William Etty Potter |
| Father | William Goodman Shakespeare (24 April 1890. -1975) son of Reverend John Howard Shakespeare and Amy Gertrude Goodman.[1] |
References
- Robert Drew, Alfred Peterkin, Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army, 1660-1960: Roll of officers in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1898-1960, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1968,
- Jonathan Bloch, Patrick Fitzgerald, British Intelligence and Covert Action: Africa, Middle East, and, 1983, p. 270
- John William Richmond Shakespeare, Esquire, M.V.O., to be Her Majesty's Consul-General for the Argentine Republic, to reside at Buenos Aires (12 July 1973). H.M. Stationery Office, The London Gazette, part 11, 1973, p. 13192
- Her Majesty's Ambassador, Mr. Derick Kasslyn Ashe, CMG, will be terminated with effect from 26 January. Thereafter, and until the appointment of a successor, Mr. John William Richmond Shakespeare, MVO, Minister, will continue in charge of the Embassy in the capacity of Chargé d'Affaires “ad interim., THE REVIEW OF THE RIVER PLATE , 1976, p. 109, David Cox, Dirty Secrets, Dirty War: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1976-1983 : The Exile of Editor Robert J. Cox. Jacobo Timerman
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