Basil Eastwood

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Basil Eastwood (born 4 March 1944) is a previous British Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic (from 1996 to 2000) and a previous British Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation (2001 to 2004). He has held posts in Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Germany and Sudan (Head of Chancery, 1984).

In 1998 he co-founded Cecily's Fund, a charity that helps Zambian orphans by funding their education. He is currently the Chair of the charity's International Advisory Panel.^[1]

Education

Basil Eastwood was educated at Eton College (from 1957 until 1962) and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied history, and, later, Arabic.^[2]

References

↑ Cecily's Fund Trustees. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
↑ Interview with Basil Eastwood CMG for the British Diplomatic Oral History Programm PDF. Retrieved 2010-06-02.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Adrian Sindall	British Ambassador to Syria 1996–2006	Succeeded by Henry Hogger

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Christopher Hulse	British Ambassador to Switzerland 2001–2004	Succeeded by Simon Featherstone

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Name	Eastwood, Basil
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Short description	British ambassador
Date of birth	4 March 1944
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