David Gore-Booth

Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat.

Family and education

Twin son of late Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, GCMG, KCVO. Married 1st, 1964, Jillian Sarah (née Valpy) (marriage dissolved 1970); one son (Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth); Married 2nd, 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead, KCMG, CVO; one step son. He was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.

Employment

HM Diplomatic Service, 1964-98:

Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1964;

Third Secretary, Baghdad, 1966;

Third, later Second Secretary, Lusaka, 1967;

FCO, 1969;

Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1969;

FCO, 1971;

First Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels, 1974;

Assistant Head of Financial Relations Dept, FCO, 1978;

Counsellor, Jedda, 1980;

Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK Mission to UN, New York, 1983;

Head of Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1987;

Asst Under Sec. of State (ME), FCO, 1989;

Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, 1993;

High Commissioner, New Delhi, 1996-98.

Director:

HSBC Bank Middle East, 1999-;

British Arab Commercial Bank, 1999-;

HSBC Bank Egypt, 1999-;

Middle East International, 1999-;

Saudi-British Bank, 2000-;

Group 4 Falck, 2000;

Vedanta Resources plc, 2003-. Co-Chairman: Dubai/UK Trade and Economic Cttee, 2000-;

Qatar/Britain Association of Businessmen, 2001-;

Director, Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, 2002-;

Member: Moroccan-British Business Council, 2001-;

Egyptian-British Business Council, 2003-;

Vice-President, Middle East Association, 2002-.

Trustee:

Next Century Foundation, 1997-;

Medical Aid for Palestinians, 2001-.

Member Adv. Bd, Centre for Internat. Studies and Diplomacy, Birmingham University, 1999-.

Special Adviser to Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, since 1999. KCMG 1997 (CMG 1990); KCVO 1997;

References

• Who's Who
• Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage