Robin McLaren

Sir Robin John Taylor McLaren KCMG (14 August 1934 – 20 July 2010[1]) was a British diplomat.

Sir Robin McLaren
KCMG
McLaren in Beijing
British Ambassador to China
In office
1991–1994
MonarchElizabeth II
PresidentYang Shangkun
Jiang Zemin
Prime MinisterJohn Major
Preceded bySir Alan Donald
Succeeded bySir Leonard Appleyard
British Ambassador to the Philippines
In office
1985–1987
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher
Preceded byMichael Morgan
Succeeded byKeith MacInnes
Personal details
Born(1934-08-14)14 August 1934
Died20 July 2010(2010-07-20) (aged 75)
EducationArdingly College
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Education

Robin McLaren was educated at Ardingly College, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the village of Ardingly (near Haywards Heath) in West Sussex, followed by St John's College, Cambridge, and the School of Oriental and African Studies.

Life and career

McLaren was Chairman of Governors at Ardingly College, where the McLaren Library is named after him. He served in the Royal Navy from 1953 to 1955, and entered the Foreign Service in 1958. He held a range of diplomatic posts between 1958 and 1994, including being Assistant Private Secretary to Sir Edward Heath between 1963 and 1964. He went on to serve as British Ambassador to the Philippines between 1985 and 1987. He was senior British representative on the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group between 1987 and 1989,[1] and British Ambassador to the People's Republic of China between 1991 and 1994.[2] He was made KCMG in 1991, having been made CMG in 1982.

Honours

References
  1. Leung, Ambrose (23 July 2010). "OBITUARY – Robin McLaren, 1934–2010: The diplomat who helped smooth a path for Hong Kong's handover", South China Morning Post
  2. "British Diplomatic History". Retrieved 16 May 2008.


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