Gordon Duggan

Gordon Aldridge Duggan (12 August 1937 – 22 October 1998) was a British diplomat. He served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore from 1991 to 1997.

Early life and education Duggan was born on 12 August 1937, the son of Joseph Duggan and Elizabeth Aldridge. He was educated at Liverpool Collegiate School and Lincoln College, Oxford.

Career Duggan joined the Foreign Office in 1963 and served in Canberra (1966–69); in Bonn (1972–1974), and then as First Secretary and Head of Chancery, Jakarta (1974–1976) and as First Secretary in Canberra (1976–1979). He was Consul-General in Zurich (1984–85) and then Consul-General in Liechtenstein (1985–1988). After he was Head of the Commercial Management and Exports Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (1988–89), and then seconded as Director of Project Development to Northern Engineering Industries (1989–90), he served as High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Singapore (1991–1997). While in office he was instrumental in establishing the Singapore British Business Council. After retiring from the diplomatic service he held various directorships and advisory roles in the private sector.

Personal life and death Duggan married Erica Anderssen in 1969 and they had a son and two daughters.