Background
He was born in Edinburgh in 1925 and was educated at Fettes College, The University of Aberdeen and Balliol College, Oxford.
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Iain Sutherland
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Balliol College.
Career
Iain Sutherland"s parents were the distinguished Scottish artists David Macbeth Sutherland and Dorothy Johnstone. Sutherland served with the Royal Artillery from 1944-1947, and entered the Diplomatic Service in 1950. Initially training in Russian, he was posted to Belgrade in 1956, became Head of Chancery in Havana, Cuba in 1959 and was posted to Washington in 1962 immediately after the Cuban Missile Crisis He was appointed Consul-general in Jakarta in 1967 and became head of the Foreign Office"s South Asia department from 1969 to 1973 before being appointed as Minister in Moscow in 1974.
After a sabbatical and fellowship in International Affairs at Harvard University, Sutherland was appointed British Ambassador to Greece in 1978 until 1982.
Sutherland"s tenure in Moscow from 1982-1985 was overshadowed by the Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan and the expulsion of Soviet Spies from the United Kingdom at a time of increased tension often called the Second Cold War. Sutherland retired from his post in 1985.
Sutherland collapsed from a heart attack whilst waiting for a train at Bond Street tube station, London. He was taken to the Westminster Hospital but later tragically died aged 61.
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