Trefor Evans

Trefor Ellis Evans (4 March 1913 – 16 April 1974) was a British diplomat who served as ambassador to Algeria from 1962 to 1964, ambassador to Syria from 1964 to 1967, and ambassador to Iraq from 1968 to 1969.

Early life and education

Evans was born on 4 March 1913, the son of John and Mary Evans. He was educated at Cowbridge Grammar School, Wales, Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a BA in 1934, and at the University of Hamburg where he was awarded a DPhil in 1937.

Career

Evans entered the Consular Service in 1937, and was posted to Beirut as a probationer vice-consul. In 1939, he was transferred to Alexandria as vice-consul. From 1941 to 1942, he served as third secretary and then second secretary at Cairo. From 1945 to 1946, he was vice-consul at Aleppo and Damascus before he was transferred to Beirut where he was promoted to first secretary. After acting as chargé d’affaires at Beirut in 1947 and 1948, he was employed at the Foreign Office as head of the Middle East secretariat. He then served as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary at Damascus from 1964 to 1967, and ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Republic of Iraq from 1968 to 1969.

After retiring from the service in 1969, he became a professor of international politics at Aberystwyth University. He was appointed (OBE) in the 1948 New Year Honours.