Background
TEBBIT, Donald was born on May 4, 1920 in Cambridge.
TEBBIT, Donald was born on May 4, 1920 in Cambridge.
He attended The Perse School, Cambridge, and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Minister of State, Foreign Office 1958-1961, Counsellor 1962, Secretary Committee on Representational Services Overseas 1962-1964. Counsellor and Head of Chancery, Copenhagen 1964-1967. Head of West. and Central Africa Department, Commonwealth Office 1967.
Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1968.
Commercial Minister, Washington, District of Columbia 1970-1971, Minister 1971-1972. Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1973-1976.
High Commissioner in Australia 1976-1980. President (United Kingdom) Australia-British Chamber of Commerce 1980-1990.
Director-General British Property Federation 1980-1985.
Director Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation Limited. 1980-1990; Chairman English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth 1983-1987. Governor (Deputy Chairman) Nuffield Hospitals 1980-1990.
Chairman Diplomatic Service Appeals Board 1980-1987, Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission since 1985, Jt.
Commonwealth Societies’ Council since 1987.
Appeals Board Council of Europe since 1981.
Married Barbara Margaret Olson Matheson in 1947.