David Gore-Booth
Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth FCO from 1964 until 1998.
Sir David was appointed
High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998.[1] His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965.[2]
Family and education
Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760.[3]
Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, née Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son.
Honours
- KCMG(1997), CMG 1990;
– KCVO (1997).
See also
References
- ^ "Sir David Gore-Booth – Obituaries – News – The Independent". The Independent. London. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010" (PDF). Gulabin.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Current Irish Baronetcies". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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