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British diplomat
Gore-Booth
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Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth
KCMG
KCVO
(15 May 1943 ? 31 October 2004) was a British
diplomat
, who served in the
FCO
from 1964 until 1998.
Sir David was appointed
HM Ambassador
to
Saudi Arabia
in 1993, before his final posting as British
High Commissioner
in
New Delhi
1996?1998.
[1]
His father,
Lord Gore-Booth GCMG
was also High Commissioner to India 1960?1965.
[2]
Family and education
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Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and
Lissadell
, and were created
baronets
in 1760.
[3]
Educated at
Eton College
and
Christ Church, Oxford
, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of
Lord Gore-Booth GCMG
, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah,
nee
Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son:
Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth
(heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of
Sir David Muirhead
with a step son.
Honours
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KCMG
(1997),
CMG 1990
;
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KCVO
(1997).
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