G.c.MG CORTAZZI.

Background

CORTAZZI., G.c.MG was born on May 2, 1924 in Sedbergh, Yorkshire, (now Cumbria). Son of F. E. M. Cortazzi and M. Cortazzi.

Education

Sedbergh School, University of Saint Andrews and University of London.

Career

Served Royal Air Force 1943-1948. Joined Foreign Office 1949. Third Secretary, Singapore 1950-1951.

Second Secretary, Tokyo 1951-1954.

Foreign Office, London 1954-1958. First Secretary, Bonn 1958-1960, Tokyo 1961-1965 (Head of Chancery 1963).

Foreign Office 1965-1966. Counsellor (Commercial), Tokyo 1966-1970.

Royal College, of Defence Studies 1971.

Minister (Commercial), Washington 1972-1975. Deputy ITnderSec. of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1975-1980. Ambassador to Japan 1980-1984 (retired).

Appointed Director Hill Samuel and Company Limited.

(now Hill Samuel Bank Limited.), Foreign and Colonial Pacific Investment Trust. G. T. Japan Investment Trust 1984, Thornton Pacific Investment Trust South America 1986.

Appointed Adviser (with Lady Cortazzi) to Mitsukoshi Department Store. Tokyo, Japan 1984.

Membership

Economical Social Research Council 1984-1990.

Interests

• The arts, especially literature and Japanese studies.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Esther Montagu in 1956.

Father:

F. East. M. Cortazzi

Mother:

M. Cortazzi

Spouse:

Elizabeth Esther Montagu