Background
KELLAS, Arthur Roy Handasyde was born on May 6, 1915 in Aberdeen. Son of Henry Kellas and Mary Brown.
KELLAS, Arthur Roy Handasyde was born on May 6, 1915 in Aberdeen. Son of Henry Kellas and Mary Brown.
Aberdeen Grammar School, Aberdeen University, Balliol College, Oxford and Ecole des Sciences Politiques, Paris.
Joined diplomatic service 1939. Served in army 1939-1944. Third Secretary, Teheran 1944-1947.
First Secretary, Helsinki 1949-1951.
Cairo 1952-1953, Baghdad 58. Counsellor, Teheran 1958-1962.
Imperial Defence College 1963. Counsellor and Consul-General, Tel-Aviv 1964-1966.
Ambassador to Nepal 1966-1970, to People"s Democratic Republic of Yemen (Aden) 1970-1972.
High Commissioner to Tanzania 1972-1975. President Britain-Nepal Society 1975-1979.
Married Katharine Le Rougetel in 1952.