Item III/ii/01 - A chain of cities: diplomacy at the end of Empire

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GB 2014 WS-01-GRX-III/ii/01

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A chain of cities: diplomacy at the end of Empire

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  • 2000 (Creation)

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4to, 1 volume

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(1924-2007)

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Faber, Sir Richard Stanley, son of Sir Geoffrey Cust Faber, Kt, publisher, Fellow and Bursar of All Souls Coll. Oxf., and Enid Eleanor, d. of Sir Henry Erle Richards KCSI KC, Chichele Prof. of Internat. Law, Univ. of Oxf.; b. 6 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (KS); Capt. of the Sch. 1942; left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, pres. Oxf. Union Soc. 1949, BA 1949 (1st class hons Litt. Hum. ), MA 1950; RNVR 1943-6 (Lieut. ); HM Foreign Service 1950, served Baghdad, Paris, Abidjan, Washington; head of Rhodesia Political Dept, FCO 1967-9; Counsellor HM Embassy, The Hague 1969-73, Cairo 1973-5; asst. Under Sec. of State, FCO 1975-7; HM Ambassador to Algeria 1977-81; CMG June 1977; KCVO 1980; retd. 1981; author, historical biographies; d. 18 Oct. 2007.

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  • English

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  • Latin

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GB 2014

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Final

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  • English

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  • Latin

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