Background
Imray, Colin Henry was born on September 21, 1933 in Newport, England. Son of Henry Gibbon and Frances Olive (Badman) Imray.
Imray, Colin Henry was born on September 21, 1933 in Newport, England. Son of Henry Gibbon and Frances Olive (Badman) Imray.
Master of Arts in Politics, Philosophy and Economic with 2d class honours, Oxford (England) University, 1957.
With Commonwealth Relations Office, London, 1957, 61-63. Assigned to Canberra, Australia, 1958-1961, Nairobi, Kenya, 1963-1966. With Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 1966-1970.
British trade commissioner, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1970-1973. Counsellor, head chancery, consul general British Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan, 1973-1977, commercial counsellor Tel Aviv, 1977-1980. Deputy high commissioner, Bombay, 1980-1984.
Assistant under-secretary state, deputy chief clerk, chief inspector Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 1984-1985. High commissioner Tanzania, 1986-1989, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1989-1993. Secretary-general Venerable Order of St. John of Jerusalem, London, 1993-1997, director overseas relations, 1997-1998.
Assigned to Royal College Defense Studies, 1977. Rayner project officer, 1980.
Second lieutenant British Army, 1953-1954. Member Travellers Club, Friends of the Center for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (patron), Royal Overseas League (central council).
Married Shirley Margaret Matthews, July 26, 1957. Children: Christopher, Frances, Elizabeth, Alison.
