Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George MANSFIELD.

Background

MANSFIELD., Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George was born on May 9, 1926. Son of Philip Theodore Mansfield.

Education

Winchester, Pembroke College, Cambridge.

Career

Served Addis Ababa, Singapore, Paris, Buenos Aires. Counsellor and Head of Rhodesia Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1969-1972. Royal College, of Defence Studies 1973.

Counsellor and Head of Chancery 1974-1975.

Deputy High Commissioner in Kenya 1976. Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Commander for British Indian Ocean Territory 1976-1979.

Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative 81; Ambassador to Netherlands 1981-1984.

Consultant, Rank Xerox since 1987, BPB Industries since 1987.

Interests

• Cooking, bird watching, gardening.

Connections

Married Elinor Russell MacHatton in 1953.

Father:

Philip Theodore Mansfield

Spouse:

Elinor Russell MacHatton