Julian Bullard
Sir Julian Bullard GCMG | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to West Germany | |
| In office 1984–1988 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Sir Jock Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Sir Christopher Mallaby |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 March 1928 Athens, Greece |
| Died | 25 May 2006 (aged 78) Oxford, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse |
Margaret Stephens (m. 1954) |
| Children | 4 |
| Education | Dragon School Rugby School |
| Alma mater | Magdalen College, Oxford |
Sir Julian Leonard Bullard
He was employed at
nuclear weapons.[1]
Career
Early life
Bullard was born in
fellowship at All Souls College at Oxford. Later, he was promoted to Lieutenant and stationed in Germany
.
Germany and the KGB
In his early career from 1953 until 1971, he was sent to
East European and Soviet department of the Foreign Office.[1] At this time, KGB infiltration was rife in London, and Bullard is credited with devising the strategy which resulting in the expulsion of 105 KGB spies from the capital in the 1970s.[1][2]
Bullard had an aptitude for languages and during his service he became fluent in Arabic, Russian and German.
From 1975, he was sent to Bonn, in
KCMG.[1]
and on appointment as ambassador in Bonn he was awarded the GCMG.
Retirement from the Foreign Office
Bullard had retired before the
Pro-Chancellor, until 1994.[1] He was instrumental in creating the university's Institute for European Law and the Institute for German Studies.[2]
At the time of his retirement, Bullard began suffering from
war in Iraq. He died in 2006 in Oxford, and was survived by his wife Margaret Stephens, whom he married in 1954,[2] and his two sons and two daughters.[1]
Published works
- Europe in the 1990s, W.H. SmithGroup, 1991.
- Inside Stalin's Russia, Day Books, 2000.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Obituary – Sir Julian Bullard". The Times. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Obituary – Sir Julian Bullard". The Independent. Retrieved 1 June 2008.
- ^ Fall, Brian (2 June 2006). "Sir Julian Bullard". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
Further reading
- Noakes, Jeremy, Peter Wende, Jonathan Wright, Britain and Germany in Europe, 1949–1990, ISBN 0-19-924841-9.
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