Background
Hickman, John Kyrle was born on July 3, 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John Barlow and Joan (Hankinson) Hickman.
Hickman, John Kyrle was born on July 3, 1927 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of John Barlow and Joan (Hankinson) Hickman.
Bachelor, Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, England, 1948.
Assistant principal British War Office, 1950—1956, principal, 1956—1958. With British Commonwealth Relations Office, 1958—1964, 1st secretary Wellington, New Zealand, 1959—1962. Assistant secretary general Kenya and Zanzibar Independence Conferences, 1963.
With British Diplomatic Service and Foreign Office, 1964, 1st secretary Madrid, 1966—1967, counsellor and consul general Spain, 1967—1969, deputy high commissioner Singapore, 1969—1971. Head Southwest Pacific Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London, 1971—1974, counsellor and charge d'affaires Dublin, 1974—1977, British ambassador to Ecuador, Quito, 1977—1980. On sabbatical London, 1981—1982.
Ambassador Chile, 1982. 2d H. royal artillery, 1948-1950.
Member of Los Leones Golf Club (Santiago, Chile), Prince of Wales Club, Garrick Club (London).
Married Jennifer Olive Love, April 4, 1956. Children: Catherine, Matthew, Andrew.