Graham Fry
Sir Graham Fry | |
|---|---|
| British Ambassador to Japan | |
| In office 2004–2008 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | Sir Stephen Gomersall |
| Succeeded by | Sir David Warren |
| High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Malaysia | |
| In office 1998–2001 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| Prime Minister | Tony Blair |
| Preceded by | Sir David Moss |
| Succeeded by | Bruce Cleghorn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 December 1949 |
| Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Sir Graham Holbrook Fry, KCMG (born 20 December 1949) was British High Commissioner to Malaysia from 1998 to 2001 and British Ambassador to Japan from 2004 to 2008.
Fry was born on 20 December 1949.[1] He was educated at Montpelier prep school at Paignton, Devon,[citation needed] and graduated from Brasenose College, Oxford University and joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1972.[2] Following language courses at the University of Sheffield and Kamakura he became 2nd Secretary at the British Embassy in Japan in 1974.
Further appointments included the British Embassy Paris and Director, North Asian and Pacific of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[1] He was High Commissioner to Malaysia from 1998 to 2001.[1] In 2004 he was appointed Ambassador to Japan[3] and he was knighted in the New Year Honours 2006 list.[4] His wife is Lady Toyoko Fry. He has two sons, Gerald and Kenzo.[1][5] Fry retired from the Diplomatic Service in July 2008.[6] Fry has been a director of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in the period, 2010–2012.[7]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d SIR GRAHAM FRY, KCMG British Ambassador to Japan[permanent dead link] (Cached webpage from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
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- ^ The Times (London) – 6 April 2004, page 32, 11 June 2004, p. 41
- ^ The Times (London) 31 December 2005, p. 56
- ^ English Speaking Union News[permanent dead link]
- ^ FCO: Change of Ambassador to Japan[permanent dead link]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FCO[permanent dead link] Image of Fry
- The Japan Society Image of Fry
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- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan
- High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Malaysia
- Living people
- 1949 births
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- 20th-century British diplomats
- 21st-century British diplomats
- Alumni of the University of Sheffield
- British diplomat stubs