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Philip John Priestley
Philip John Priestley; CBE FRSA
	; Philip Priestley speaking at the 2010 Old Bostonian Association Annual Dinner
Born	29 August 1946 (age 79)
Education	Boston Grammar School (1957-1965); University of East Anglia (BA Hons)
Spouse	Christine Rainforth
Children	One son, one daughter
Parents	Frederick Priestley; Caroline Rolfe

Revision as of 12:00, 9 April 2021

Philip John Priestley CBE FRSA (born 29 August 1946) is a former British diplomat. He was educated at Boston Grammar School (1957-1965).

At BGS he was Head Prefect (1964-1965), House Captain, S./Sgt., CCF, Librarian, Debating Society Committee, Captain 2nd XI Cricket, 17-19 Holland Schools Athletics.

He was educated at Boston Grammar School and at the University of East Anglia (BA Hons). He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1969. His roles were:

Sofia
Kinshasa
First Secretary, FCO (1976)
Wellington (1979-1983)
FCO (1984-87)
Ambassador to Gabon (1990-1991)
Commercial Counsellor and Department Head of Affairs, a fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University (1991-1992)
Consul-General, Geneva (1992-1995)
Head of the North American Department, FCO (1996-2000)
British High Commissioner to Belize (2001-2004)

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 '''Philip John Priestley''' [[Wikipedia:CBE|CBE]] [[Wikipedia:FRSA|FRSA]] (born 29 August 1946) is a former British diplomat. He was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]] (1957-1965).
-At BGS he was [[Head of School|Head Prefect]] (1964-1965), House Captain, S./Sgt., [[CCF]], [[Library|Librarian]], [[Debating Society]] Committee, Captain 2nd XI Cricket, 17-19 Holland Schools Athletics.
+At BGS he was [[Head of School|Head Prefect]] (1964-1965), House Captain, S./Sgt., [[CCF]], [[Library|Librarian]], [[Debating Society]] Committee, Captain 2nd XI Cricket, 17-19 [[Wikipedia:Parts of Holland|Holland]] Schools Athletics.
 He was educated at [[Boston Grammar School]] and at the [[Wikipedia:University of East Anglia|University of East Anglia]] (BA Hons). He joined the [[Wikipedia:Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office|Foreign and Commonwealth Office]] in 1969. His roles were: