David Roberts (diplomat)
Sir David Arthur Roberts, KBE, CMG, CVO (8 August 1924 – 7 June 1987) was a British career diplomat who was ambassador to Lebanon, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
Career
David Roberts was educated at
Ambassador to Lebanon 1981–83. He was knighted in the New Year Honours in 1983[1] and was director-general of the Middle East Association 1983–85. In 1985 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at Durham University
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Sir David was chairman of Herefordshire District Health Authority from 1986 until his death.
Publications
- The Ba'th and the Creation of Modern Syria, ISBN 0-312-06948-0
References
ROBERTS, Sir David (Arthur), Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, accessed 14 Feb 2012
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1982
- Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 9 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
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