Background
TOMKYS, W. was born on March 15, 1937 in Bradford. Son of Arthur Tomkys and Edith Tomkys.
TOMKYS, W. was born on March 15, 1937 in Bradford. Son of Arthur Tomkys and Edith Tomkys.
Bradford Grammar School and Balliol College Oxford.
Served Amman, Benghazi, Athens, Rome. Ambassador to Bahrain 1981-1984, to Syria 1984-1986. Assistant Under-Secretary, later Deputy Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1986-1990.
High Commissioner in Kenya since 1990.
Commendatore dell"Ordine al Merito.
Married Margaret Abbey in 1963.