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Sydney Giffard

Sydney Giffard

British diplomat (1926–2020)

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]

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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. [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. [2]
    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. [3]
    "No. 48325". The London Gazette. 1 October 1980. p. 13693.
  4. [4]
    "No. 49583". The London Gazette. 31 December 1983. p. 4.
  5. [5]
    WorldCat Identities: Giffard, Sydney
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