Background
JAMES, Cynlais Kenneth Morgan was born on April 29, 1926. Son of Thomas Ellis James and Lydia Ann (Morgan) James.
JAMES, Cynlais Kenneth Morgan was born on April 29, 1926. Son of Thomas Ellis James and Lydia Ann (Morgan) James.
St. Marylebone Grammar School, Durham University, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Entered foreign service, 1951. 3d secretary Tokyo, 1953—1956. 2d secretary Rio de Janeiro, 1956—1959.
1st secretary, cultural attache Moscow, 1959—1962. Counsellor and consul general Saigon, 1969—1971. Head W. European Department Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1971—1975.
With North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defense College, Rome, 1975—1976. Minister Paris, 1976—1981. Ambassador to Poland Warsaw, 1981—1983.
Assistant under secretary, 1983. British ambassador to Mexico, 1983—1987. Director-general Canning House/Hispanic Luso-Brazilian Coun, London, since 1987.
Board directors Thomas Cook Group. Consultant British Rail Engineering Ltd., Darwin Instruments Company. With Royal Air Force, 1944-1947.
Member of Travellers' (Paris), Pratt's (England), Beefsteak, Brooks's.
Married Mary Teresa Girouard, May 1952. 2 children.