Background
POWELL-JONES, John was born on April 14, 1925 in Cranleigh, Surrey. Son of Walter J. and Gladys M. (nee Taylor) PowellJones.
POWELL-JONES, John was born on April 14, 1925 in Cranleigh, Surrey. Son of Walter J. and Gladys M. (nee Taylor) PowellJones.
Degree in Modern History, Oxford University, England, 1949. Postgraduate, National Defense College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1967. Postgraduate, Royal College Defense Studies, London, 1975.
Joined Foreign Office 1949. Served Bogota 1950-1952, Athens 1955-1959, Leopoldville 1961-1962. United Nations Department, FO 1963-1967.
Canadian National Defence College 1967-1968. Consul-General Athens 1970-1973. Ambassador at Phnom Penh 1973-1975.
Royal College, of Defence Studies 1975. Ambassador to Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania and Guinea-Bissau 79, to Cape Verde 1977-1979. Ambassador and Perm. Representative United Nations Conference on Law of the Sea 1979-1982.
Ambassador to Switzerland 1982-1985. Chairman Inter Counsel Ltd. since 1986. Elected Waverley Borough Councillor since 1987.
Member of Travellers Club (London).
Travellers Club (London)
Country pursuits.
Married Ann Murray Powell-Jones, December 10, 1949 (divorced). Children: Mark, Robert, Elizabeth. Married Pamela Sale Powell-Jones, 1968.