About William Hugh Fullerton
Born 1939. William Hugh Fullerton is a British diplomat.
William Hugh Fullerton (born 11 February 1939) is a British retired diplomat
Fullerton studied Oriental Languages at Queens' College, Cambridge. He worked for Shell International Petroleum in Uganda from 1963 to 1965, leaving to join the Foreign Office. He attended a course at MECAS (1965-1966) and then served as Information Officer in Jedda (1966-1967).
After spells in Jamaica and Turkey Fullerton was Consul-General in Islamabad (1981-1983); Ambassador to Somalia (1983-1987); Governor of the Falkland Islands (1988-1992); and finally British Ambassador to Kuwait (1992-1996).
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British diplomat, Governor of the Falkland Islands (1939-)
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William Hugh Fullerton was born on 11 February 1939 in Wolverhampton.
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