# David Brighty
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'''Anthony David Brighty''' [CMG](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) [CVO](/source/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order) (7 February 1939 – 28 October 2025) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to several countries.
==Life and career==
Anthony David Brighty was educated at Northgate Grammar School (now [Northgate High School (Ipswich)](/source/Northgate_High_School_(Ipswich))) and [Clare College, Cambridge](/source/Clare_College%2C_Cambridge). He joined the [Foreign Office](/source/Foreign_Office) in 1961, served in [Brussels](/source/Brussels) and [Havana](/source/Havana), then in 1969 resigned and spent two years working for [S. G. Warburg & Co.](/source/S._G._Warburg_%26_Co.) He rejoined the Foreign Office in 1971 and served at [Saigon](/source/Saigon) and at the UK mission to the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations) in New York City, then attended the [Royal College of Defence Studies](/source/Royal_College_of_Defence_Studies) in 1979. He was head of the Personnel Operations Department at the [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office) 1980–83, [Counsellor](/source/Diplomatic_rank) at [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon) 1983–86, and Director of the Cabinet of the [Secretary General of NATO](/source/Secretary_General_of_NATO) ([Lord Carrington](/source/Peter_Carington%2C_6th_Baron_Carrington)) 1986–87.
He was ambassador to [Cuba](/source/Cuba) 1989–91 and to [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia) 1991–93, then after the [dissolution of Czechoslovakia](/source/dissolution_of_Czechoslovakia) he was ambassador both to the Czech Republic and [(non-resident)](/source/Dual_accreditation) to Slovakia 1993–94.[[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ambassador-to-czechoslovakia-takes-on-new-republics-1476030.html Ambassador to Czechoslovakia takes on new republics], ''The Independent'', London, 2 January 1993] He was ambassador to Spain and (non-resident) to [Andorra](/source/Andorra) 1994–98.
After retiring from the Diplomatic Service, Brighty was a non-executive director of [EFG Private Bank](/source/EFG_Private_Bank) and of [Henderson](/source/Henderson_Group) EuroMicro Investment Trust. In 2003 he was [http://ilas.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/robin-humphreys-fellows Robin Humphreys Fellow] at the [Institute of Latin American Studies](/source/Institute_of_Latin_American_Studies), [University of London](/source/University_of_London). He was chairman of the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies at the [London School of Economics](/source/London_School_of_Economics).[{{Cite web |url=http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/canadaBlanch/who.aspx |title=Who's Who – Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies |access-date=4 November 2013 |archive-date=4 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004062205/http://www.lse.ac.uk/europeanInstitute/research/canadaBlanch/who.aspx |url-status=dead }}]
Brighty died on 28 October 2025, at the age of 86.[{{cite news |title=David Brighty CMG CVO |url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/births-marriages-and-deaths-november-11-2025-k7f3tvvzc |access-date=11 November 2025 |publisher=The Times |date=11 November 2025}}]
==Publications==
* [https://books.google.com/books/about/Cuba_under_Castro.html?id=WFUYAAAAYAAJ ''Cuba Under Castro: Ambassadorial Reflections''], Institute of Latin American Studies, 2004
==References==
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==Further reading==
*[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U8731 BRIGHTY, (Anthony) David], ''Who's Who 2013'', A & C Black, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012
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{{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador to Cuba](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Cuba) |years=1989–1991}}
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{{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador to Czechoslovakia](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Czechoslovakia) |years=1991–1993}}
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{{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador to the Czech Republic](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_the_Czech_Republic) |years=1993–1994}}
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{{S-ttl |title=Non-resident [Ambassador to Slovakia](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Slovakia) |years=1993–1994}}
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{{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador to Spain and non-resident Ambassador to Andorra](/source/List_of_ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Spain) |years=1994–1998}}
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