Edward Clay

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Sir Edward Clay KCMG (born 21 July 1945) is a retired British diplomat, formerly a High Commissioner and ambassador.

He won and scholarship to study at Magdalen College, Oxford.

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[edit] Career summary

  • 1969: joined Foreign Office, London
  • 1970: posted to British High Commission, Nairobi
  • 1973: appointed Second (later First) Secretary, British Embassy in Sofia
  • 1975-1979: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
  • 1979-1982: First Secretary, British Embassy in Budapest
  • 1982-1985: Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
  • 1993-1997: British High Commissioner to Uganda
  • 1994-1995: Non-resident British ambassador to Rwanda
  • 1994-1996: Non-resident British ambassador to Burundi
  • 1997-1999: Director, Public Diplomacy and Public Services, FCO, London
  • 1999-2001: British High Commissioner to Cyprus
  • 2001-2003: British High Commissioner to Kenya

[edit] Honours

[edit] Retirement

Sir Edward is now a member of the Trustee body of Leonard Cheshire, a disability organisation.

[edit] Family

Clay married Anne Stroud in 1969, and they had three daughters.

He is a cousin of the late Edward Hartley Clay, inventor of the infinitely variable gear which resides in the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, and designer of an early prototype portable building.

[edit] References

  • Who's Who 2003 (A. & C. Black, London, 2003) page 415

[edit] External links


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