Background
WRIGHT, John Oliver was born on March 6, 1921 in London.
WRIGHT, John Oliver was born on March 6, 1921 in London.
Solihull School, and Christ’s College, Cambridge.
Joined Foreign Office November 1945. Served New York 1946-1947, Bucharest 1948-1950, Singapore 54, Berlin 1954-1956, Pretoria 1957-1958. Imperial Defence College 1959.
Assistant Private
Secretary to Foreign Secretary 1960-1963, Private Secretary January-November 1963. Private Secretary to Prime Minister 1963-1966.
Ambassador to Denmark 1966-1969.
United Kingdom Representative to Northern Ireland Government August 1969-March 1970. Deputy Under-Secretary of State and Chief Clerk, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970-1972.
Deputy Under-Secretary for European Economic Community and Economics Affairs 1972-1975. Ambassador to Federation Republic of Germany 1975-1981, to United States of America 1982-1986.
Director Savoy Hotel Public Limited Company.
Clark Fellow, Cornell University 1987. Lewin Professor, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 1988.
Trustee British Museum, 91, Board.
British Council, Institute Shakespeare Globe Centre. Company-Chairman Anglo-Irish Encounter.
Chairman British Konigswinter Steering Committee. President German Chamber of Commerce and Industry in London.
Chair, of Governors Reigate Grammar School.
Honorary Fellow, Christ’s College, Cambridge 1981.
Married Marjory Osborne in 1942.