Trefor Evans (diplomat)

Trefor Evans
CMG OBE
British Ambassador to Iraq
In office
1968–1969
Preceded byno ambassador
Succeeded byGlencairn Balfour Paul
British Ambassador to Syria
In office
1964–1967
Preceded byThomas Bromley
Succeeded byno ambassador
British Ambassador to Algeria
In office
1962–1964
Preceded bypost established
Succeeded byThomas Bromley
Personal details
Born4 March 1913
Died16 April 1974 (aged 61)
Children2
EducationBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationDiplomat

Trefor Ellis Evans (4 March 1913 – 16 April 1974) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Algeria from 1962 to 1964, ambassador to Syria from 1964 to 1967, and ambassador to Iraq from 1968 to 1969.

Early life and education

Evans was born on 4 March 1913, the son of John and Mary Evans. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School, Wales, Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a BA in 1934, and at the University of Hamburg where he was awarded a DPhil in 1937.[1][2]

Career

Evans entered the Consular Service in 1937, and was posted to Beirut as a probationer vice-consul.[3] In 1939, he was transferred to Alexandria as vice-consul.[4] From 1941 to 1942, he served as third secretary and then second secretary at Cairo.[5] From 1945 to 1946, he was vice-consul at Aleppo and Damascus before he was transferred to Beirut where he was promoted to first secretary. After acting as chargé d’affaires at Beirut in 1947 and 1948, he was employed at the Foreign Office as head of the Middle East secretariat.[1][2]

In 1952, he was posted back to Cairo as counsellor where he spent five years before he returned to the Foreign Office. In 1957, he was appointed counsellor at Berne, July 29, 1957. He was then posted to Algiers in 1959 as consul-general, and promoted to chargé d’affaires, and subsequently ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary in 1962.[6] He then served as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Damascus from 1964 to 1967,[7] and ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq from 1968 to 1969.[1][2][8]

After retiring from the service in 1969, he became a professor of international politics at Aberystwyth University.[1]

Personal life and death

Evans married Nest Margaret Williams and they had two daughters.[1][2]

Evans died on 16 April 1974, aged 61.[1]

Honours

Evans was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1956 Birthday Honours.[9] He was appointed (OBE) in the 1948 New Year Honours.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 None (1981). Who Was Who 1981: Vol 7 1971-1980. Internet Archive. New York : St. Martin's Press. p. 254. ISBN 978-0-312-87746-0.
  2. 1 2 3 4 [Great Britain] Foreign Office (1965). The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book 1965. 137th Publication Great Britain. p. 201.
  3. ↑ "No. 34454". The London Gazette. 12 November 1937. p. 7092.
  4. ↑ "No. 34831". The London Gazette. 16 April 1940. p. 2240.
  5. ↑ "No. 35536". The London Gazette. 24 April 1942. p. 1810.
  6. ↑ "No. 42915". The London Gazette. 8 February 1963. p. 1190.
  7. ↑ "No. 43482". The London Gazette. 6 November 1964. p. 9392.
  8. ↑ "No. 44622". The London Gazette. 27 June 1968. p. 7173.
  9. ↑ "No. 40787". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 May 1956. p. 3103.
  10. ↑ "No. 38161". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1948. p. 23.
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