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Wilfred Jones

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Wilfred Jones
Born(1926-11-29)29 November 1926
Died30 January 2018(2018-01-30) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
Occupationdiplomat
Known forHigh Commissioner to Botswana

Wilfred Jones,[1] CMG, OBE (29 November 1926 – 30 January 2018)[2] was a British diplomat who served as the High Commissioner to Botswana from 1981 to 1986.[3]

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.[4]

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  1. ^ BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010
  2. ^ Who's Who 2018: Jones, Wilfred, (29 Nov. 1926–30 Jan. 2018), HM Diplomatic Service, retired
  3. ^ Latest appointments. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 07, 1985; pg. 10; Issue 62315
  4. ^ ‘JONES, Wilfred’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 31 March 2015