Nigel Broomfield
Sir Nigel Broomfield KCMG | |
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| British Ambassador to Germany | |
| In office 1993–1997 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Richard von Weizsäcker Roman Herzog |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Chancellor | Helmut Kohl |
| Preceded by | Sir Christopher Mallaby |
| Succeeded by | Christopher Meyer |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 March 1937 Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Died | 29 October 2018 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
Sir Nigel Hugh Robert Allen Broomfield KCMG (19 March 1937 – 29 October 2018) was a British diplomat.
Career
Broomfield was born in
Haileybury College and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He joined the British Army and was commissioned in the 17th/21st Lancers in 1959,[3] retiring with the rank of Major
in 1968.
He joined the
Ambassador to Germany 1993–97.[4]
Broomfield was appointed CMG in 1986 and knighted KCMG in 1993.[5]
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Sir Nigel was director of the Ditchley Foundation 1999–2004. He took part in the Atlantic Storm exercise in 2005.[6] He was a non-executive director of TI Group 1998–2000 and of Smiths Group 2000–2007.[7] He was also chairman of Leonard Cheshire Disability 2004-2009.[8] He was honorary President of the German-British Chamber of Commerce.[9] He was the founding non-executive chairman of Cambridge Quantum Computing.[2]
He died of cancer on 29 October 2018 at the age of 81.[10]
References
- ^ "Sir Nigel Hugh Robert Broomfield KCMG : Traueranzeige : Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung". lebenswege.faz.net. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Sir Nigel Broomfield Non-Executive Chairman". Cambridge Quantum Computing. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 16 June 1959
- ^ "British Diplomats Directory: Part 1 of 4". Issuu. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Supplement to the London Gazette, 31 December 1992
- ^ Atlantic Storm participants - Nigel Broomfield
- ^ Board of Directors, Smiths Group, 2006
- ^ New Chairman for the charity Leonard Cheshire Disability, 13 July 2009
- ^ Honorary Officers and Council, German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce
- ^ Broomfield
External links
- BROOMFIELD, Sir Nigel (Hugh Robert Allen), Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011, accessed 9 April 2012
- Sir Nigel Broomfield, KCMG on Debrett's People of Today
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