Background
O'NEILL, Robert was born on June 17, 1932 in Chelmsford. Son of Robert O’Neill and Dorothy O’Neill.
O'NEILL, Robert was born on June 17, 1932 in Chelmsford. Son of Robert O’Neill and Dorothy O’Neill.
King Edward VI School, Chelmsford and Trinity College, Cambridge.
Served in British Embassy, Ankara 1957-1960, Dakar 1961-1963, Bonn 1968-1972. Pvt. Secretary to Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and to Minister of State, Foreign Office 1966-1968. Deputy Governor Gibraltar 1978-1981.
Under-Secretary Cabinet Office 84. Assistant Under-Secretary Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1984-1986. Ambassador to Austria and Head Delegate to Negotiations on mutual reduction of forces in Europe 1986-1989.
Ambassador to Belgium since 1989.
Married Helen Juniper in 1958.