Denis Laskey
Sir Denis Seward LaskeyKCMGCVO(18 January 1916 – 16 October 1987) was British ambassador to Romania and Austria.
Career
[edit]Denis Seward Laskey was educated atMarlborough CollegeandCorpus Christi College, Oxford.He joined theForeign Officein 1939,[1]served briefly in theBritish Army1940–41, then returned to the Foreign Office until the end of thewar,when he was posted toBerlinand later to the UK delegation to theUnited NationsinNew York.He wasPrincipal Private Secretaryto theForeign Secretary(Selwyn Lloyd) 1956–59,Minister(second to theAmbassador) atRome1960–64,Permanent Under-Secretaryat theCabinet Office1964–67, Minister atBonn1967–68, Ambassador toRomania1969–71[2]and Ambassador toAustria1972–75.[3]
Laskey was appointedCMGin the1957 New Year Honours,[4]CVO in the1958 Birthday Honours[5]and knighted KCMG in the1974 New Year Honours.[6]
References
[edit]- ^"No. 34711".The London Gazette.17 October 1939. p. 6960.
- ^"No. 44798".The London Gazette.27 February 1969. p. 2175.
- ^"No. 45690".The London Gazette.1 June 1972. p. 6577.
- ^"No. 40960".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 January 1957. p. 5.]
- ^"No. 41404".The London Gazette(Supplement). 12 June 1958. p. 3515.
- ^"No. 46162".The London Gazette(Supplement). 1 January 1974. p. 4.
- LASKEY, Sir Denis (Seward),Who Was Who,A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
- Sir Denis Laskey(obituary),The Times,London, 19 October 1987, page 18
- 1916 births
- 1987 deaths
- People educated at Marlborough College
- Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Principal Private Secretaries to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Romania
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Austria
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order