David Reddaway

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Sir David Norman Reddaway Template:Post-nominals (born 26 April 1953) is a retired British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Ireland and Turkey.[1]

Career

Reddaway was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where his father, Norman Reddaway, also a British diplomat, was posted at the time. He attended King's College School, Cambridge[2] and Oundle School,[3] then studied History at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where his grandfather, the historian William Fiddian Reddaway, had served as Censor.[4]Template:Efn He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975. His career has included assignments to Iran (during the Iranian revolution), India, Spain, Argentina and Afghanistan.

In 2002, his appointment as British ambassador to Iran was rejected by the Iranian government, with some Iranian newspapers incorrectly accusing him of being "a Jew and a member of MI6".[5][6] He speaks fluent Persian.

He served as High Commissioner to Canada between 2003 and 2006. In 2006 he was appointed the British Ambassador to Ireland[7] and presented his diplomatic credentials to the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese on 12 September 2006, succeeding Stewart Eldon as the ambassador.[8]

He was appointed to Turkey in 2009,[9] and left Ankara in January 2014.[10]

Following his retirement from the FCO, he was Chief Executive and Clerk of the Goldsmiths' Company from 2016-2023.

Reddaway was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1980,[11] CMG in 1993,[12] and knighted KCMG in the 2013 Birthday Honours "for services to British diplomacy and furthering UK interests in Turkey".[13]

Reddaway had the honour of celebrating his 64th birthday at a Chris de Burgh concert. De Burgh announced Sir David's birthday to a packed audience at the London Palladium on April 26, 2017, and gave a brief account of his role as a diplomat. He then sang the Beatles song 'When I'm 64.'

Personal

David Reddaway married Roshan Firouz in the late summer of 1981,[14] thereby gaining Louise Firouz as his mother in law. The marriage was followed by the births of the couple's two sons and one daughter.[6]
David remarried, to Gabrielle Claire O’Driscoll, in March, 2020.

Career

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  • 1975–1977: Foreign and Commonwealth Office Desk Officer for East Germany and the Council of Europe
  • 1977–1980: Tehran: 3rd Secretary Commercial; 2nd later 1st Secretary Political
  • 1980–1984: Madrid, 1st Secretary Political
  • 1984–1986: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Falkland Islands Department, Desk Officer
  • 1986–1988: Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Private Secretary to Minister(s) of State
  • 1988–1990: New Delhi, 1st Secretary Political
  • 1990–1993: Tehran, chargé d'affaires
  • 1993–1997: Buenos Aires, Minister & Deputy Head of Mission
  • 1997–1999: FCO: Head of Southern European Department
  • 1999–2001: FCO: Director Public Services
  • 2002–2002: London, UK Special Representative for Afghanistan
  • 2002–2003: Harvard, Visiting Fellow
  • 2003–2006: Ottawa, High Commissioner
  • 2006–2009: Dublin, Ambassador
  • 2009–2014: Ankara, Ambassador
  • 2016–2023: Chief Executive and Clerk, The Goldsmiths' Company

Arms

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Notes

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References

  1. ↑ The Goldsmiths’ Company appoints Sir David Reddaway as new clerk
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  4. ↑ David Reddaway honoured Template:Webarchive — Fitzwilliam College news article, 23 July 2013
  5. ↑ Rejection threatens UK-Iran detente — BBC News article, 8 February 2002
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  7. ↑ Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Embassy Website Template:Webarchive
  8. ↑ New British ambassador presents credentials Template:Webarchive — British embassy press release, 12 September 2006
  9. ↑ Anadolu Ajansi - Britain appoints new Ambassador to Ankara Template:Webarchive
  10. ↑ Bidding Farewell: David Reddaway, ankarascene.com
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Diplomatic posts
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2006–2009 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check British Ambassador to Turkey
2009–2014 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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