The History, Role and Function of the British Embassy in Paris Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Description

This event and witness seminar examined the history, role and functions of the UK Embassy in Paris. It marked the publication of Rogelia Pastor-Castro and John W Young’s edited volume, The Paris Embassy: British Ambassadors and Anglo-French Relations, 1944-79. Dr pastor-Castro presented a paper on Sir Oliver Harvey. Matthew Rycroft, Chief Operating Officer, FCO chaired the witnesses Sir David Manning GCMG: First Secretary, 1984-88; Sir Christopher Mallaby GCMG: Ambassador, 1993-1996; Lord Jay of Ewelme GCMG: Counsellor (Financial and Commercial), 1987–90; Ambassador, 1996-2001; Sir John Holmes GCVO: First Secretary (Economic), 1984–87; Ambassador, 2001-2007. The audience consisted of FCO alumni and current staff, academics and students of foreign policy. Twitter coverage can be found at #UKEmbassyParis. The transcript of this event will be published at http://issuu.com/fcohistorians

Period	3 Apr 2014
Held at	Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom