Bruce Dinwiddy

Bruce Harry Dinwiddy, CMG (1 February 1946, Epsom – 1 April 2021) was a British diplomat and colonial administrator who served as Governor of the Cayman Islands from 2002 to 2005. Over a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) career spanning more than three decades, he held senior postings in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and North America, including appointments as Deputy High Commissioner to Canada, High Commissioner to Tanzania, and non-resident Commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Career

After joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1973, Dinwiddy embarked on a diplomatic career spanning more than three decades, during which he held a wide range of overseas and London-based postings. His early assignments included work in the Central and Southern African Department (1973–1974) and a posting to the UK Mission to the CSCE in Geneva as Second Secretary in 1974.

He later served in the Hong Kong and Indian Ocean Department (1974–1975) before moving to Vienna as First Secretary to the UK Delegation to the MBFR negotiations (1975–1977).

Between 1977 and 1981, Dinwiddy worked in the Permanent Under Secretary's Department at the FCO, followed by a posting to Cairo as Head of Chancery from 1981 to 1983.