George Norman Stansfield

George Norman Stansfield (28 February 192615 April 2018) was a British diplomat who worked for the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office and served as the British High Commissioner to Solomon Islands (1982–86).

Career

Stansfield was the son of George and Alice Stansfield and was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England on 28 February 1926. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1944 and served during the Second World War. He joined the Civil Service, in the Ministries of Food and Supply, from 1948 to 1958. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and was Assistant (or Private Secretary) to the Director-General of Armaments Production in the War Office from 1958 to 1961. He was appointed as Consul at the Consulate-General in Durban, South Africa, in 1974.

In the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1978, Stansfield became First Secretary then Counsellor, and was Head of the Overseas Estate (Accommodation and Services) Department from 1980 to 1982.