Iain Sutherland (diplomat)
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| Born | 15 June 1925 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 1 July 1986 (aged 61) Westminster Hospital, London |
| Resting place | Highgate Cemetery |
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Sir Iain Johnstone Macbeth Sutherland Ambassador to the Soviet Union between 1982 and 1985.
Early career
Iain Sutherland's parents were the Scottish artists
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1982 New Year Honours.[2]
Ambassador to Russia
Sutherland returned to Moscow in 1982 as ambassador. His tenure was overshadowed by the
Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and the expulsion of Soviet spies from the United Kingdom at a time of increased tension often called the Second Cold War. Sutherland retired from his post in 1985.[1]
Death
Sutherland collapsed from a heart attack whilst waiting for a train at
Bond Street tube station, London. He was taken to Westminster Hospital but later died aged 61[3][4] and is buried on the east side of Highgate Cemetery
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His wife Jeanne (née Nutt) survived him and wrote an autobiography of her experiences during the Cold War, From Moscow to Cuba and Beyond: A Diplomatic Memoir of the Cold War[5][6] and also the significant changes during the educational reforms in the last years of the Soviet Union and afterwards in the Russian Federation.[7] She died in 2023, aged 95.[8]
References
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- ^ a b "Iain Sutherland Obituary - New York Times". The New York Times. 3 July 1986. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "No. 48837". The London Gazette. 30 December 1981. p. 3.
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- ^ "Associated Press Archive - Sir Iain Sutherland Obituary". Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- TheGuardian.com. 26 December 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ISBN 978-1848854741
- ISBN 978-0333736999
- ^ "Sutherland". Register. The Times. No. 74149. London. 15 July 2023. col 2, p. 78.
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