Patrick Hancock

Sir Patrick Francis Hancock (25 June 1914 – 1 February 1980) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Israel, Norway and Italy.

Career Patrick Francis Hancock was educated at Winchester College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the Diplomatic Service in 1937 and was appointed Third Secretary in the Foreign Office. On 10 January 1940, he was transferred to the British embassy in The Hague, but was recalled on 14 May following the German invasion of the Netherlands. Upon Hancock's return to London, he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Warfare as Private Secretary to the Minister, Hugh Dalton. He returned to the Foreign Office on 12 January 1942 and was promoted to Second Secretary in October of the same year. and then to Norway 1963–65. In 1965 he was transferred back to London and promoted to Assistant Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and then promoted again in 1968 to Deputy Under-Secretary.

Later and private life Hancock retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1974 and was secretary of the Pilgrim Trust from 1975 until his death.

Hancock married Beatrice Mangeot (née Huckell) in 1947. They had one son and one daughter. knighted KCMG in 1969 and raised to GCMG in 1974 on his retirement.