Sydney Giffard

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Sir Sydney Giffard

KCMG
British Ambassador to Japan
In office
1984–1986
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded bySir Hugh Cortazzi
Succeeded bySir John Whitehead
British Ambassador to Switzerland
In office
1980–1982
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born(1926-10-30)30 October 1926
Died21 February 2020(2020-02-21) (aged 93)
NationalityBritish
EducationRepton School
Alma materWadham College, Oxford

Sir Charles Sydney Rycroft Giffard KCMG (30 October 1926 – 21 February 2020) was a British diplomat and author.[1] He was educated at Repton School and read classics at Wadham College, Oxford University.[2] His career in the foreign service began in 1961.[2] He became the British Ambassador to Switzerland from 1980.[3] He returned to London as Deputy Under Secretary of State of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1982 to 1984.[2] From 1984 to 1986, he was Ambassador from the United Kingdom to Japan.[2] In 1983 he received the Order of St Michael and St George[4] and in 2003, the Order of the Rising Sun.[2] In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Giffard, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 8 works in 15 publications in 1 language and 1,120 library holdings.[5]

Bibliography[]

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  • Ai no Shogen (The Flowers are fallen) by Rinzō Shiina, 1961, translated from the Japanese by Giffard
  • Japan among the powers 1880-1990, 1994
  • Guns, kites and horses: three diaries from the Western front, 2003

References[]

  1. ^ "Giffard, Sir (Charles) Sydney (Rycroft), (born 30 Oct. 1926), HM Diplomatic Service, retired | WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO". www.ukwhoswho.com. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U17084. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Embassy of Japan in the UK, "The Japanese Government confers a decoration to Sir Sydney Giffard" Archived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine; retrieved 7 January 2013.
  3. ^ "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
  4. ^ "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.
  5. ^ WorldCat Identities: Giffard, Sydney
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
 British Ambassador to Switzerland
1980–1982 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Sir Hugh Cortazzi 		British Ambassador to Japan
1984–1986 		Succeeded by
Sir John Whitehead
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