Adrian Thorpe (diplomat)
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Adrian Charles Thorpe CMG (born 29 July 1942 in Cambridge) is a British retired ambassador.[1]
Thorpe was educated at The Leys School, Cambridge, and Christ's College, Cambridge, and entered the diplomatic service in 1965. He was the British Ambassador to the Philippines from 1995 to 1998, and Ambassador to Mexico from 1999 to 2002.[2]
Honours
- United Kingdom: Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George, 1994[3]
- Philippines: Grand Cross of the Order of Sikatuna, Rank of Datu (24 November 1998)[4]
References
- ^ THORPE, Adrian Charles, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, 2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2015)>
- ^ Who's who of the Asian Pacific rim. Vol. 6. Barons Who's Who. 1998. p. 338.
- ^ "No. 53696". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1994. p. 4.
- ^ "The Order of Sikatuna". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines.
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