About Dugald Malcolm
Lived 1917 – 2000 (aged 82). Dugald Malcolm was a diplomat and art collector.
Captain Dugald Malcolm, CMG CVO TD (22 December 1917 – 16 February 2000) was a British diplomat, Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1975–1977.
Malcolm was born in 1917, the son of Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, and educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. After serving in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in the Second World War, he joined the Foreign Office in 1945.
He was Her Majesty's Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps 1957–1965, then Ambassador to Luxembourg 1966–1970, and Ambassador to Panama 1971–1974. From 1975 to 1977 served as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Vatican.
Malcolm was a member of the Queen's Bodyguard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers).
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British diplomat (1917-2000)
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Dugald Malcolm was born on 22 December 1917.
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Dugald Malcolm died on 16 February 2000.
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Dugald Malcolm was a diplomat and art collector.
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