David Gore-Booth

Sir David Alwyn Gore-Booth KCMG KCVO (15 May 1943 – 31 October 2004) was a British diplomat, who served in the FCO from 1964 until 1998.

See also: David Gore (disambiguation)

Gore-Booth arms

Sir David was appointed HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia in 1993, before his final posting as British High Commissioner in New Delhi 1996–1998.[1] His father, Lord Gore-Booth GCMG was also High Commissioner to India 1960–1965.[2]

Family and education

Of Anglo-Irish extraction, the Gore-Booth family was formerly seated at Artarman and Lissadell, and were created baronets in 1760.[3]

Educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, David Gore-Booth was a twin son of Lord Gore-Booth GCMG, and married firstly in 1964, Jillian Sarah, née Valpy (marriage dissolved 1970), by whom he had one son: Paul Wyatt Julian Gore-Booth (heir presumptive to the baronetcy); he married secondly in 1977, Mary Elisabeth Janet, daughter of Sir David Muirhead with a step son.

Honours
  • – KCMG (1997), CMG 1990;
  • – KCVO (1997).

See also

References
  1. "Sir David Gore-Booth - Obituaries - News - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. 4 January 2015. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. "BRITISH AMBASSADORS AND HIGH COMMISSIONERS: 1880-2010" (PDF). Gulabin.com. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. "Current Irish Baronetcies". Cracroft's Peerage. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
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