Robin McLaren
Sir Robin McLaren | |
|---|---|
 McLaren in Beijing | |
| British Ambassador to China | |
| In office 1991–1994 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| President | Yang Shangkun Jiang Zemin |
| Prime Minister | John Major |
| Preceded by | Sir Alan Donald |
| Succeeded by | Sir Leonard Appleyard |
| British Ambassador to the Philippines | |
| In office 1985–1987 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Margaret Thatcher |
| Preceded by | Michael Morgan |
| Succeeded by | Keith MacInnes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 August 1934 |
| Died | 20 July 2010 (aged 75) |
| Education | Ardingly College |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
Sir Robin John Taylor McLaren KCMG (14 August 1934 – 20 July 2010[1]) was a British diplomat.
Education
Robin McLaren was educated at Ardingly College, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the village of Ardingly (near Haywards Heath) in West Sussex, followed by St John's College, Cambridge, and the School of Oriental and African Studies.
Life and career
McLaren was Chairman of Governors at Ardingly College, where the McLaren Library is named after him. He served in the Royal Navy from 1953 to 1955, and entered the Foreign Service in 1958. He held a range of diplomatic posts between 1958 and 1994, including being Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Edward Heath between 1963 and 1964. He went on to serve as British Ambassador to the Philippines between 1985 and 1987. He was senior British representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group between 1987 and 1989,[1] and British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China between 1991 and 1994.[2] He was made KCMG in 1991, having been made CMG in 1982.
Honours
References
- Sir Robin McLaren, obituary, The Telegraph, 29 July 2010
- ^ a b Leung, Ambrose (23 July 2010). "OBITUARY – Robin McLaren, 1934–2010: The diplomat who helped smooth a path for Hong Kong's handover", South China Morning Post
- ^ "British Diplomatic History". Retrieved 16 May 2008.
External links
- Interview with Sir Robin John Taylor McLaren & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1996
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