Background
POSNETT, Richard was born on July 19, 1919 in Kotagiri, India. Son of Reverend Charles Walker Posnett and Phyllis (nee Barker).
colonial administrator and diplomatist
POSNETT, Richard was born on July 19, 1919 in Kotagiri, India. Son of Reverend Charles Walker Posnett and Phyllis (nee Barker).
Kingswood School, Saint John"s College, Cambridge.
Chairman Uganda Olympic Committee 1954-1958. Judicial Adviser 1960. Permanent Secretary for Social Development, External Affairs, Trade and Industry 63.
Foreign Office 1964-1966.
United Kingdom Mission to United Nations 1966-1970. Briefly M. Commander, Anguilla 1969.
Head of West Indian Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1970-1972. Governor and Commander in Chief, Belize 1972-1976.
Mission to Ocean Island (Banaba) 1977.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Adviser on Dependent Territories 1977-1979. High Commissioner in Uganda April-November 1979. Governor and Commander in Chief Bermuda 1981-1983.
United Kingdom Commander, Board of British Phosphate Commissioners
1978-1981; Lord Chancellor’s Panel of Industry Inspectors 1983-1989. Governor Kingswood School.
President Godalming-Joigny Friendship Association. Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society.
K. Saint J. 1972.
Royal Institute of Institute Affairs, Royal African Society, Royal Forestry Society.
Married Shirley Margaret Hudson in 1959.