Sir John Albert Leigh Morgan (1929–2012) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to South Korea, Poland and Mexico.[1]
Morgan was born on 21 June 1929, the son of John Edward Roland Morgan, of Wylde Green, Warwickshire.[2]
He served as First secretary of the Foreign Office. He was head of the Far Eastern Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1970–1972); and head of Cultural Relations Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1972–1980). His foreign postings included: third secretary to Moscow (1953–1956); at the unstable time of Stalin's death; second secretary to Peking (1956–1958); first secretary to Rio de Janeiro (1963–1964). His senior positions included first secretary and cultural attaché to Moscow (1965–1967); ambassador to South Korea (1980–1983), and ambassador to Poland (1983–1986) and ambassador to Mexico (1986–1989).[3]
He was the son-in-law of Ann Fleming née Charteris (wife of James Bond author Ian Fleming); being married, on 26 July 1961, to The Hon. Fiona O'Neill (born 1936), only daughter of Charteris and her first husband Shane O'Neill, 3rd Baron O'Neill.[1] [3] [4]