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11 Facts About David Reddaway

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Sir David Norman Reddaway was born on 26 April 1953 and is Chief Executive and Clerk of the Goldsmiths' Company in the City of London.

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David Reddaway is a retired British diplomat who was High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Ireland and Turkey.

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David Reddaway was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where his father, Norman David Reddaway, a British diplomat, was posted at the time.

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David Reddaway attended King's College School, Cambridge and Oundle School, then studied History at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where his grandfather, the historian William Fiddian Reddaway, had served as Censor.

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David Reddaway joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975.

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David Reddaway's career has included assignments to Iran, India, Spain, Argentina and Afghanistan.

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David Reddaway served as High Commissioner to Canada between 2003 and 2006.

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David Reddaway was appointed to Turkey in 2009, and left Ankara in January 2014.

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David Reddaway was appointed MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 1980, CMG in 1993, and knighted KCMG in the 2013 Birthday Honours "for services to British diplomacy and furthering UK interests in Turkey".

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10.

David Reddaway had the honour of celebrating his 64th birthday at a Chris de Burgh concert.

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11.

David Reddaway married Roshan Firouz in the late summer of 1981, thereby gaining Louise Firouz as his mother in law.

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