Allinson, Walter Leonard, Sir, 1926-, Knight, civil servant and diplomat

Dates:
Birth 1926

Biographical notes:

1947-1948 Assistant Principal, Ministry of Fuel and Power; 1948-1958 Ministry of Education; 1958 transferred to Commonwealth Relations Office; 1960-1962 First Secretary in Lahore and Karachi; 1963-1966 First Secretary in Madras and New Delhi; 1968-1970 Deputy Head, later Head, of Permanent Under-Secretary's Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office; 1970-1973 Counsellor and Head of Chancery, subsequently Deputy High Commissioner, Nairobi; 1975-1977 Deputy High Commissioner and Minister, New Delhi; 1978-1980 High Commissioner, Lusaka; 1980-1982 Assistant Under-Secretary of State (Africa); 1982-1986 High Commissioner in Kenya and Ambassador to UN Environment Programme.

Epithet: civil servant and diplomat

Title: Knight

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x000080

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Places:

  • East Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Arabian Peninsula, Africa (as recorded)
  • Burma, Asia (as recorded)
  • Middle East, Asia (as recorded)
  • Singapore, Asia (as recorded)
  • Pakistan, Asia (as recorded)
  • West Indies, Caribbean (as recorded)
  • Ghana, Africa (as recorded)
  • Canada, North America (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Australia, Australia (as recorded)
  • Nigeria, Africa (as recorded)
  • United States, North America (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia (as recorded)
  • New Zealand, Australia (as recorded)
  • North-West Frontier, India (as recorded)
  • Central Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Ireland, Europe (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Persian Gulf, Asia (as recorded)
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