David Gore-Booth

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Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth, KCMG, KCVO (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat.

[edit] Family and education

Twin son of late Paul Gore-Booth, Baron Gore-Booth, GCMG, KCVO. Married 1st, 1964, Jillian Sarah (née Valpy) (marriage dissolved 1970); one son (Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth); Married 2nd, 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead, KCMG, CVO; one step son. Educated: Eton Coll.; Christ Church, Oxford (MA Hons).

[edit] Employment

HM Diplomatic Service, 1964-98: Middle East Centre for Arab Studies, 1964; Third Secretary, Baghdad, 1966; Third, later Second Secretary, Lusaka, 1967; FCO, 1969; Second Secretary, Tripoli, 1969; FCO, 1971; First Secretary, UK Permanent Representation to European Communities, Brussels, 1974; Assistant Head of Financial Relations Dept, FCO, 1978; Counsellor, Jedda, 1980; Counsellor and Head of Chancery, UK Mission to UN, New York, 1983; Head of Policy Planning Staff, FCO, 1987; Asst Under Sec. of State (ME), FCO, 1989; Ambassador, Saudi Arabia, 1993; High Commissioner, New Delhi, 1996-98. Director: HSBC Bank Middle East, 1999-; British Arab Commercial Bank, 1999-; HSBC Bank Egypt, 1999-; Middle East International, 1999-; Saudi-British Bank, 2000-; Group 4 Falck, 2000; Vedanta Resources plc, 2003-. Co-Chairman: Dubai/UK Trade and Economic Cttee, 2000-; Qatar/Britain Association of Businessmen, 2001-; Director, Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, 2002-; Member: Moroccan-British Business Council, 2001-; Egyptian-British Business Council, 2003-; Vice-President, Middle East Association, 2002-. Trustee: Next Century Foundation, 1997-; Medical Aid for Palestinians, 2001-. Member Adv. Bd, Centre for Internat. Studies and Diplomacy, Birmingham University, 1999-.

Special Adviser to Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc, since 1999. KCMG 1997 (CMG 1990); KCVO 1997;

[edit] References

• Who's Who
• Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Sir Nicholas Fenn	High Commissioner to India 1996–1998	Succeeded by Sir Rob Young