Sir Denis Seward Laskey KCMG CVO (18 January 1916 – 16 October 1987) was British ambassador to Romania and Austria.

Career

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Denis Seward Laskey was educated at Marlborough College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He joined the Foreign Office in 1939,[1] served briefly in the British Army 1940–41, then returned to the Foreign Office until the end of the war, when he was posted to Berlin and later to the UK delegation to the United Nations in New York. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary (Selwyn Lloyd) 1956–59, Minister (second to the Ambassador) at Rome 1960–64, Permanent Under-Secretary at the Cabinet Office 1964–67, Minister at Bonn 1967–68, Ambassador to Romania 1969–71[2] and Ambassador to Austria 1972–75.[3]

Laskey was appointed CMG in the 1957 New Year Honours ,[4] CVO in the 1958 Birthday Honours[5] and knighted KCMG in the 1974 New Year Honours.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "No. 34711". The London Gazette. 17 October 1939. p. 6960.
  2. ^ "No. 44798". The London Gazette. 27 February 1969. p. 2175.
  3. ^ "No. 45690". The London Gazette. 1 June 1972. p. 6577.
  4. ^ "No. 40960". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1957. p. 5.]
  5. ^ "No. 41404". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1958. p. 3515.
  6. ^ "No. 46162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1974. p. 4.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Principal Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
1956–1959
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Bucharest
1969–1971
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Vienna
1972–1975
Succeeded by