Donald Maitland

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Sir Donald Maitland, GCMG (born 16 August 1922) served as British Prime Minister Edward Heath's press secretary (1970-1974).

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Maitland joined the Foreign Service in 1947. After serving as Heath's press secretary, he was appointed as British Ambassador to the United Nations.

Maitland's expertise is in the Middle East were he served during World War II. Between 1956 and 1960 he was Director of the Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, Lebanon. In 1967 he became Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary and later Ambassador to Libya.