Background
CLIFT, Richard was born on May 18, 1933 in Weymouth, Dorset. Son of Dennis Victor Clift and Helen Wilmot Clift (née Evans).
CLIFT, Richard was born on May 18, 1933 in Weymouth, Dorset. Son of Dennis Victor Clift and Helen Wilmot Clift (née Evans).
Saint Edward’s School, Oxford and Pembroke College Cambridge.
Counsellor (Commercial), Embassy, Peking 1974-1976. Canadian National Defence College 1976-1977. Seconded to North.I. Office, Belfast 1977-1979.
Head, Hong Kong Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1979-1984.
High Commissioner in Sierra Leone 1984-1986. Political Adviser, Hong Kong Government 1986-1989.
Student in Furniture Restoration at London College, of Furniture since 1989.
Married 1st Barbara March}’ Travis in 1957 (divorced in 1982), 2nd Jane Rosamund Barker (nee Homfray) in 1982.