About Gordon Whitteridge
Lived 1908 – 1995 (aged 86). Gordon Whitteridge was a diplomat.
Sir Gordon (Coligny) Whitteridge KCMG OBE (6 November 1908 – 11 January 1995) was a British diplomat. He was appointed the British consul to Sumatra from late 1941 to February 1942. He was Ambassador to Burma from 1962 to 1965, and Ambassador to Afghanistan from 1965 to 1968.
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Who was Gordon Whitteridge?
British diplomat (1908-1995)
When was Gordon Whitteridge born?
Gordon Whitteridge was born on 6 November 1908.
When did Gordon Whitteridge die?
Gordon Whitteridge died on 11 January 1995.
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Gordon Whitteridge was a diplomat.
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