Background
ALLAN, James was born on May 22, 1932 in London. Son of Morris Allan and the late Joan Bach.
ALLAN, James was born on May 22, 1932 in London. Son of Morris Allan and the late Joan Bach.
Allan was educated at Gresham"s School, Holt, Norfolk, from 1946 to 1950, and at the from 1953 to 1956.
1950-1953: National Service 1953-1956: London School of Economics 1956-1958: Assistant Principal, Commonwealth Relations Office, London 1958-1959: Third Secretary and Second Secretary, British High Commission to South Africa 1959-1961: Private Secretary to Parliamentary Under-Secretary 1961-1964: First Secretary, British High Commission to Sierra Leone 1964: British High Commission to Cyprus 1964-1968: Commonwealth Relations Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 1969-1971: Head of Chancery, British Embassy to China 1971-1973: Head of Chancery, British Embassy to Luxembourg 1973-1975: Counsellor in Northern Ireland Office, Belfast 1976-1977: Counsellor, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 1978-1979: Head of Overseas Information Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London December 1979 to March 1980: Governor"s Staff, Salisbury, Rhodesia 1980-1981: Head of Overseas Information Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London 1981-1985: High Commissioner in Mauritius 1984-1985: (simultaneously) Ambassador to the Comoro Islands 1986-1989: Ambassador to Mozambique 1989-1992: Senior Directing Staff, Royal College of Defence Studies, London In 1961, Allan married Helena Susara Crouse. Mrs Allan died in 2001.
He is a member of the Athenaeum, London.
Married Helena Susara Crouse in 1961.