Anthony Lincoln

Sir Anthony Handley Lincoln (2 January 1911 – 15 November 1993) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Laos from 1958 to 1960, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bulgaria from 1960 to 1964, and ambassador to Venezuela from 1964 to 1969.

Early life and education

Lincoln was born in London on 2 January 1911. He was educated at Mill Hill School and Magdalene College, Cambridge where he took a first in history and won the Gladstone and Prince Consort Prizes.

Career

Lincoln joined the Department of Customs and Excise in 1934, and in the following year transferred to the Board of Education. In 1939, he was at the Ministry of Economic Warfare working on the economic blockade of Germany, before he transferred to the Ministry of Production in 1942.

From 1958 to 1960, he served as ambassador to Laos, and then from 1960 to 1964, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Bulgaria. In 1964, he was appointed ambassador to Venezuela, a post he held until his retirement from the Diplomatic Service in 1969.

In retirement, Lincoln worked in the records department of the Foreign Office assisting in categorising which documents should be destroyed or released, before he settled in East Anglia. and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 1965 New Year Honours. He was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in 1957. In 1950, he was appointed Officer of the Order of Nassau.