Michael Scott (diplomat)

Sir Michael Scott

CMG

(19 May 1923 – 9 June 2004) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator.

Scott was educated at

Gurkhali languages.^[2]

Career

He joined the

Foreign Office).^[1] He was First Secretary in Karachi (1958-1959); Deputy High Commissioner in Peshawar (1959-1962); Counsellor and Director, British Information Services in India, New Delhi (1963-1965); Head of East and Central Africa Department (1965-1968); and then Deputy High Commissioner in Nicosia (1968-1972).^[1]

Scott headed three missions in his career: he was

High Commissioner to Bangladesh (1980-1981).^[1] In retirement he became Secretary-General of the Royal Commonwealth Society (1983-1988).^[1]

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Terence O'Brien	British Ambassador to Nepal 1974–1977	Succeeded by John Denson
Preceded by Kenneth Ritchie	British High Commissioner to Malawi 1977–1979	Succeeded by William Peters
Preceded by Stephen Miles	British High Commissioner to Bangladesh 1980-1981	Succeeded by Sir Frank Mills

Honours

Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) - 1979
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - 1977

References

^
ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

^ ^a ^b "Sir Michael Scott KCVO CMG" (PDF). The British-Nepal Society Journal (28): 56–57. 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1
. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

[scott1-2] "Sir Michael Scott KCVO CMG" (PDF). The British-Nepal Society Journal (28): 56–57. 2004. Retrieved 26 April 2019.

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