Francis Rundall Explained

Sir Francis Rundall
Office:British Ambassador to Japan
Term Start:1963
Term End:1967
Predecessor:Oscar Morland
Successor:John Arthur Pilcher
Primeminister:Alec Douglas-Home
Harold Wilson
Office1:British Ambassador to Israel
Term Start1:1957
Term End1:1959
Predecessor1:John Walter Nicholls
Successor1:Patrick Hancock
Monarch1:Elizabeth II
Primeminister1:Harold Macmillan
Office2:Her Majesty's Consul-General in New York
Term Start2:1953
Term End2:1957
Predecessor2:Henry Hobson
Successor2:Hugh Stephenson
Monarch2:Elizabeth II
Primeminister2:Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Birth Date:11 September 1908
Birth Place:Kent, England
Education:Marlborough College
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
University of Berlin

Sir Francis Brian Anthony Rundall (11 September 1908 – 7 July 1987) was a British diplomat. He served as British Ambassador to Israel from 1957 to 1959 and British Ambassador to Japan from 1963 to 1967.

Early life

Rundall was born in Kent, England[1] on 11 September 1908. He was educated at Marlborough College, followed by the University of Cambridge[2] and the University of Berlin.[1]

Career

Rundall entered the Diplomatic Service in 1930[2] as a consular officer.[1] He subsequently served as Head of the North American Department of the Foreign Office from 1947 to 1948, Head of the United Nations (Economic and Social) Department and Refugee Department of the Foreign Office from 1948 to 1949, an inspector from 1949 to 1953, New York Consul-General from 1953 to 1957, Ambassador to Israel from 1957 to 1959, Deputy Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Chief Clerk from 1959 to 1963 and Ambassador to Japan from 1963 to 1967.[3]

He was appointed a GCMG on 1 January 1968.

Personal life

Rundall married Mary Syrett on 26 January 1935.[4] His hobby was trout fishing. By 1956 he lived at 1 Beekman Place in New York and had two children being schooled in England.[1] He died on 7 July 1987.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Happy Man. 34. Hellman. Geoffrey T.. 29 September 1956. The New Yorker. 20 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Rundall, Sir Francis; Diplomat. Munzinger Online. 17 January 2021.
  3. Book: Mackie, Colin. A Directory of British Diplomats: Part 2 of 4. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. 429. 2014.
  4. Web site: The Times Archive. The Times & The Sunday Times. 31 January 1935. 18 January 2021.