Background
WAKEFIELD, Peter George Arthur was born on May 13, 1922. Son of John Bunting and Dorothy Ina (nee Stace) Wakefield.
WAKEFIELD, Peter George Arthur was born on May 13, 1922. Son of John Bunting and Dorothy Ina (nee Stace) Wakefield.
Cranleigh School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Served in Army 1942-1947. Mil. Government, Eritrea 1946-1947. Hulton Press 1947-1949.
Entered Diplomatic Sendee 1949. Middle East Centre for Arab Studies 1950. Second Secretary, British Embassy, Jordan 1950-1952.
Foreign Office 1953-1955, 1964-1966. First Secretary, British Middle East Office, Nicosia 1955-1956. First Secretary (Commercial), Egypt 1956, Austria 1957-1960, Japan 1960-1963.
Administration Staff College, Henley 1957. Consul-General and Counsellor, Benghazi 1966-1969. Economical Commercial Counsellor, Tokyo 1970-1972, Economical Commercial Minister 1973.
Seconded as Special Adviser on the Japanese Market, British Overseas Trade Board 1973-1975. Ambassador to Lebanon 1975-1978, to Belgium 1979-1981. Director National Art Collections Fund London since 1982.
Governor European Cultural Foundation. Chairman Richmond Theatre.
Married Felicity Maurice-Jones in 1951.