Richard Edis

Richard John Smale Edis (1 September 1943 – 10 April 2002) was a British diplomat who served as UK High Commissioner to Mozambique, and UK ambassador to Tunisia, and Algeria.

Biography Richard Edis was born on 1 September 1943 at Welwyn Garden City to Denis Edis and Sylvia (née Smale), was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and read history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Edis joined the Foreign Office and Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service in 1966, serving in Nairobi; and in New York City and Geneva at the United Nations. In 1995, Mozambique joined the Commonwealth of Nations. Edis was next posted as UK ambassador to Tunisia in 1995 through to 1999. His last posting was as UK ambassador to Algeria from 2001 to 2002.

Edis married Genevieve Cerisoles in 1971; the couple had three sons. He served, with his wife, as Special Constables with the Metropolitan Police during his UK postings.