Robert Gordon (ambassador) should not be confused with Robert Gordon (diplomat).
Robert Anthony Eagleson Gordon (born 9 February 1952) is a former British Ambassador to Burma (1995[1] - 1999) and Vietnam (2003 - 2007).
Gordon was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Magdalen College, Oxford. He joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1973. He served in Warsaw, Santiago and Paris before his ambassadors' appointments.[2]