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Adrian Thorpe (diplomat)

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Adrian Charles Thorpe CMG FRSA (born 29 July 1942 in Cambridge) is a British retired ambassador. [1]

Thorpe is a son of Lewis Thorpe and his wife Barbara Reynolds. He was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge, and Christ's College, Cambridge. He entered the diplomatic service in 1965 and was posted to Tokyo where he served for a total of 14 years between postings at Beirut, Bonn and the FCO in London. He was deputy High Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur 1989–1995, British Ambassador to the Philippines 1995–1998, and Ambassador to Mexico 1999–2002. [2]

Thorpe speaks Japanese, German, French and Spanish, and married Miyoko Kosugi in 1968. [3]

Honours

References

  1. ↑ THORPE, Adrian Charles, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)>
  2. ↑ Who's who of the Asian Pacific rim. Vol. 6. Barons Who's Who. 1998. p. 338.
  3. ↑ "Britain and Meiji Japan". Sherborne Historical Society. 9 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "The Order of Sikatuna". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by British Ambassador to the Philippines
1995–1998		Succeeded by
Preceded by British Ambassador to Mexico
1999–2002		Succeeded by


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