Background
PARSONS, Anthony was born on September 9, 1922 in London. Son of late Colonel H. A. J. Parsons.
PARSONS, Anthony was born on September 9, 1922 in London. Son of late Colonel H. A. J. Parsons.
King"s School, Canterbury, Balliol College, Oxford.
Assistant Military Attache, Baghdad 54. Foreign Office 1954-1955. At British Embassy, Ankara 1955-1959, Amman 1959-1960, Cairo 1960-1961.
Foreign Office 1961-1964.
British Embassy, Khartoum 1964-1965. British Political Agent, Bahrain 1965-1969.
With United Kingdom Mission to United Nations 1969-1971. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1971-1974.
Ambassador to Iran 1974-1979.
Deputy to Permanent Under-Secretary, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1979. Permanent Representative 1979-1982.
Foreign Affairs Adviser to Prime Minister 1982-1983, Lecturer, Department, of Arabic and Islamic Studies and Research Fellow, Centre for Arab Gulf Studies, Exeter University 87.
Married Sheila Emily Baird in 1948.