About Wilfred Jones
Lived 1926 – 2018 (aged 91). Wilfred Jones was a British diplomat.
Wilfred Jones, CMG, OBE (29 November 1926 – 30 January 2018) was a British diplomat who served as the High Commissioner to Botswana from 1981 to 1986.
Jones joined the Foreign Office in 1949. From 1950 to 1966 he served in Tamsui, Jedda, Brussels and Athens. He was then First Secretary at Canberra, Copenhagen, Blantyre and Lilongwe. He was at the FCO from 1977 to 1981.
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Wilfred Jones was born on 29 November 1926.
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Wilfred Jones died on 30 January 2018.
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