Hugo Judd

Hugo Judd CVO QSO
File:Hugo Judd (cropped).jpg Judd in 2010
Official Secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand
In office 1993–2004
Governor-General	Catherine Tizard Michael Hardie Boys Silvia Cartwright
Preceded by	Ken Richardson
Succeeded by	Tia Barrett
New Zealand Ambassador to Austria
In office 1 January 1982 – 10 June 1985
Preceded by	Francis Anthony Small
Succeeded by	Donald James Walker
New Zealand Chargé d'Affaires in the Soviet Union
In office 1 August 1973 – 1 April 1974
Preceded by	Desmond Patrick Costello
Succeeded by	Brian Sydney Lendrum
Personal details
Born	Neville Hugo Sale Judd (1939-12-27)27 December 1939 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Died	2 May 2017(2017-05-02) (aged 77) Māpua, New Zealand
Spouse(s)	Catherine Anne Isaac ​ ​ (m. 1973, divorced)​ Sue Morgan
Children	3
Education	Cathedral Grammar School Christ's College
Alma mater	Canterbury University College (BA, 1961) University of Oxford (BA, 1963)

Neville Hugo Sale Judd CVO QSO (27 December 1939 – 2 May 2017) was a New Zealand diplomat and public servant.

Early life and family

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, on 27 December 1939, Judd was the son of Edwin Judd and Violet Judd (née Sale). After emigrating to New Zealand in 1946, he was educated in Christchurch at Cathedral Grammar School, and then Christ's College. He went on to study at Canterbury University College, graduating BA in 1961, and the University of Oxford, where he completed a second BA in 1963. While at Oxford he was awarded a blue for gymnastics.

Judd became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1957. In 1973 he married Catherine Isaac, and the couple had three sons. They later divorced and Judd married Sue Morgan.

Career

In 1964, Judd joined the Ministry of External Affairs. In 1965 he was employed in the external economic division of the Treasury. From 1966 to 1968, he served at the New Zealand Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and then, from 1968 to 1971, at New Zealand's embassy in Saigon. He then returned to New Zealand and worked in the economic division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1971 to 1973, before taking another overseas posting as New Zealand's chargé d'affaires in Moscow. Between 1975 and 1978, Judd was director of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1978 to 1982 he was minister at the New Zealand embassy in Washington, D.C., and between 1982 and 1985, he served as New Zealand's ambassador to Austria, with accreditation in Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania. In 1986, he was appointed spokesman and assistant secretary at the Ministry of External Relations and Trade.

Judd served as the official secretary to the Governor-General of New Zealand from 1994 until his retirement in 2004.

Honours

Judd was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1995. In the 2008 New Year Honours Judd was appointed a Companion of the Queen's Service Order for public services.

Later life and death

Judd moved to Nelson in October 2004, and served as a member of the Bishop Suter Art Gallery Trust Board. He died at his home in Māpua near Nelson on 2 May 2017.