Donald Tebbit Explained

Sir Donald Claude Tebbit (4 May 1920 – 25 September 2010^[1]) was a British diplomat.

He attended The Perse School, Cambridge,^[2] and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He was president of the Trinity Hall alumni association, the Trinity Hall Association, 1984–1985.^[3]

He was Chief Clerk of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1973 to 1976,^[4] and British High Commissioner to Australia 1976–80.

In 2009 he was appointed a Vice-President of the Britain–Australia Society. On 25 September 2010 he died at age 90.

References

• TEBBIT, Sir Donald (Claude), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

External links

• • Sir Donald Tebbit (obituary), The Telegraph, London, 10 October 2010

Notes and References

1. http://announcements.thetimes.co.uk/obituaries/timesonline-uk/obituary.aspx?n=donald-tebbit&pid=145720749 Times obituary
2. http://www.oldperseans.org/library/eminent-old-perseans.asp Eminent Old Perseans
3. http://www.trinhall.cam.ac.uk/alumni/associations/trinity-hall-association/detail.asp?ItemID=100 THA Committee
4. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110108023323/http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about%2Dus/who%2Dwe%2Dare/our%2Dhistory/historical%2Dpublications/research%2Dprojects/people%2Dpolicy%2Dplaces/chief%2Dclerks Chief Clerks of the FCO