Sir Terence Garvey KCMG (7 December 1915 – 7 December 1986) was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India and Ambassador to the USSR.

Career

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Terence Willcocks Garvey was educated at Felsted School and University College, Oxford (where he gained a first class degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and was a Laming Fellow at The Queen's College, Oxford, in 1938. In the same year he joined Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service. He served in the USA,[1] Chile,[2] Germany and Egypt as well as at the Foreign Office. He was Counsellor, HM Embassy, Belgrade, 1958–62; chargé d'affaires at Peking, and concurrently Britain's first ambassador to Mongolia, 1963–65;[3] assistant Under-secretary of State at the Foreign Office 1965–68; ambassador to Yugoslavia 1968–71;[4] High Commissioner to India 1971–73; and ambassador to the Soviet Union 1973–75.[5]

After retiring from the Diplomatic Service Garvey became a Senior Associate Member of St Antony's College, Oxford. He is buried at Murrisk Abbey, county Mayo, Ireland.

Honours

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Terence Garvey was appointed CMG in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1955[6] and knighted KCMG in the New Year Honours of 1969.[7]

Publications

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  • Bones of Contention: An Enquiry Into East-West Relations, Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1978, ISBN 0-7100-0010-3

Offices held

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Chargé d'Affaires at Peking
1963–1965
Succeeded by
New office Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
at Ulan Bator

1963–1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
at Belgrade

1968–1971
Succeeded by
Preceded by High Commissioner to India
1971–1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
at Moscow

1973–1976
Succeeded by

References

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  1. ^ "No. 35068". The London Gazette. 7 February 1941. p. 751.
  2. ^ "No. 35536". The London Gazette. 24 April 1942. p. 1810.
  3. ^ "No. 42985". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 May 1963. p. 3834.
  4. ^ "No. 44723". The London Gazette. 26 November 1968. p. 12676.
  5. ^ "No. 46216". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 February 1974. p. 2410.
  6. ^ "No. 40497". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 June 1955. p. 3261.
  7. ^ "No. 44740". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1969. p. 4.