Background
HAYDON, Robin Walter Robert was born on May 29, 1920 in London. Son of Walter Haydon and Evelyn Louise Thom.
HAYDON, Robin Walter Robert was born on May 29, 1920 in London. Son of Walter Haydon and Evelyn Louise Thom.
Dover Grammar School.
Served Berne 1946-1947, Foreign Office 1947-1948, Turin 1948-1952. Vice-Consul 1950; Vice Consul, Sofia 1952-1953. Second Secretary Bangkok 1953-1956.
First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Khartoum 1958-1961.
First Secretary United Kingdom Mission to United Nations, New York 65. Counsellor. Washington 1965-1967.
Head of News Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1967-1971. High Commissioner in Malawi 1971-1973.
Chief Press Secretary to Prime Minister 1973-1974.
High Commissioner in Malta 1974-1976. Ambassador to Ireland 1976-1980. Director (Public Affairs) Imperial Group Limited.
1980-1984.
Director Imperial Tobacco Limited. 1984-1987; Governor English-Speaking Union 1980-1986, since 1987. Governor Dover Grammar School 1982-1989.
Tobacco Advisory Council 1984-1987, Reviewing Committee Export of Arts 1984-1987.
Married Joan Elizabeth Tewson in 1943 (died in 1988).