Background
ADAMS, William James was born on April 30, 1932 in Wolverhampton. Son of late William Adams and Norah Walker.
ADAMS, William James was born on April 30, 1932 in Wolverhampton. Son of late William Adams and Norah Walker.
Wolverhampton Grammar School, Shrewsbury School and Queen"s College Oxford.
Assistant Political Agent, Trucial States 1957-1958. British Embassy, Manila 1960-1963. First Secretary and Private
Secretary to Minister of State 1963-1965.
British Embassy, Paris 1965-1969. Counsellor and Head of European Integration Department, Economics Commission, for Africa, Addis Ababa 197273.
Counsellor, British Representation to European Communities, Brussels 1973-1977. British Embassy, Rome 1977-1980.
Assistant Under-Seq. Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1980-1984.
Ambassador to Tunisia 1984-1987, to Egypt since 1987.
Married Donatella Pais-TarsiUa in 1961.