Derek Day Explained

Sir Derek Malcolm Day (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)^[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.^[2]

Field hockey

A field hockey player, Day competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics winning a bronze medal and played club hockey for Southgate Hockey Club.^[3]

Diplomatic career

Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.^[4]

Honours

• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) - 1984

External links

• • Interview with Sir Derek Malcolm Day & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1997

Notes and References

1. Web site: Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG. telegraph.co.uk. 12 March 2015.
2. ‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
3. Web site: OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952]. The Times Digital Archive.
4. Web site: Day, Sir Derek (Malcolm), (29 Nov. 1927–7 March 2015), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; High Commissioner to Canada, 1984–87. 1 December 2016. Who's Who 2019. en. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u13268. 11 February 2019.