Background
KEEBLE, Herbert Ben Curtis was born on September 18, 1922 in London. Son of Herbert and Gertrude Keeble.
KEEBLE, Herbert Ben Curtis was born on September 18, 1922 in London. Son of Herbert and Gertrude Keeble.
Clacton County High School, London University.
Served Royal Irish Fusiliers 1942-1947. Entered Foreign Service 1947. Served in Batavia (now Jakarta.
Indonesia) 1947-1949.
Foreign Office 1949-1951, 63. Berlin 1951-1954; Washington 1954-1958.
Counsellor and Head of European Economics Organizations Department 1963-1965. Counsellor (Commercial), Berne 68.
Minister, Canberra 1968-1971.
Assistant LTnder-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 74. Ambassador to German Democratic Republic 1974-1976. Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 78.
Ambassador to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics 1978-1982.
Chair! Great Britain-Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Association since 1985. Government of British Broadcasting Corporation 1985-1990.
Council of Royal Institute of Institute Affairs 1984-1990, Council of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
Married Margaret Fraser in 1947.