John S. R. Duncan
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John Spencer Ritchie "Jock" Duncan CMG MBE (26 July 1921 – 12 September 2006) was the last member of the Sudan Political Service to leave at independence in 1956. He then became a diplomat and was British Consul General in Muscat, High Commissioner to Zambia, Ambassador to Morocco, and High Commissioner in the Bahamas.
Career
John Spenser Ritchie Duncan grew up in
bimbashi in the Sudan Defence Force. He then joined the Sudan Political Service, the civilian administration of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, and was appointed assistant District Commissioner at En Nahud. In 1946 he was transferred to the Upper Nile province, first as assistant District Commissioner at Waat and in 1947–50 as District Commissioner at Fangak. During this time he learned the Nuer language
and wrote a book on Nuer grammar.
Duncan left Sudan when it became an independent state in 1956, and joined the
High Commission at Canberra. He was then appointed High Commissioner to Zambia 1971–74, Ambassador to Morocco 1975–78[3] and finally High Commissioner to The Bahamas
1978–81.
Publications
- The Sudan: A Record of Achievement, Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1952
- The Sudan's Path to Independence, Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1957
Honours
John Duncan was appointed MBE in the
Queen's Birthday Honours of 1967.[5]
Offices held
References
- DUNCAN, John Spenser Ritchie, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007, retrieved 15 Oct 2012
- John Duncan (obituary), The Scotsman, Edinburgh, 26 September 2006
- Jock Duncan (obituary), The Times, London, 6 October 2006, page 77 (largely reproducing the Scotsman obituary above)
- Catalogue of the papers of J.S.R. Duncan – Durham University
- ^ "No. 35608". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 June 1942. p. 2814.
- ^ "No. 3058". The London Gazette. 19 July 1963. p. 6079.
- ^ "No. 46681". The London Gazette. 11 September 1975. p. 11464.
- ^ "No. 39863". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1953. p. 2971.
- ^ "No. 38275". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1967. p. 2687.
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