Background
SANKEY, John was born on June 8, 1930 in London.
SANKEY, John was born on June 8, 1930 in London.
Cardinal Vaughan School, Kensington. Peterhouse, Cambridge, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Defence College, Rome.
Deputy High Commissioner in Guyana 1968-1971. Counsellor, Singapore 1971-1973. Deputy High Commissioner in Malta 1973-1975.
Counsellor, The Hague 1975-1979.
Special Counsellor for African Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1980-1982. High Commissioner in Tanzania 1982-1985.
Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and to General Agreement of Tariff and Trades 1985-1990.
Consultant to United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and General Agreement of Tariff and Trades since 1990. Chairman General Agreement of Tariff and Trades Working Group on trade in domestically prohibited goods since 1990.
Married Gwendoline Putman in 1958.