{{Short description|British colonial administrator, diplomat and academic administrator}} '''Sir John Rodney Johnson''', {{post-nominals|KCMG|FRGS}} (6 September 1930 – 15 October 2018) was a British colonial administrator, diplomat, and academic administrator.

After serving in the Colonial Service in Kenya, Johnson joined the Foreign Service,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44654|page=8873|date=13 August 1968}}</ref> becoming Consul-General<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47514|page=4686|date=17 April 1978}}</ref> and then Ambassador to Chad in 1978,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue==47596|page=8701|date=20 July 1978}}</ref> British High Commissioner to Zambia and to Kenya. After his retirement, he served as Director of the University of Oxford's Foreign Service Programme. He was also chairman of the Countryside Commission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=27 December 2018 |title=Sir Johnny Johnson, diplomat whose intimate knowledge of Kenya and its people helped pave the way for independence – obituary |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/12/27/sir-johnny-johnson-diplomat-whose-intimate-knowledge-kenya-people/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 November 2018 |title=Sir John Johnson obituary |work=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/sir-john-johnson-obituary-qlvgbpks9}}</ref>

Johnson was appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1981 New Year Honours,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=48467|page=4|date=20 December 1980|supp=y}}</ref> and promoted to Knight Commander of the Order (KCMG) in the 1988 Birthday Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=51365|page=4|date=10 June 1988|supp=y}}</ref>

== References == <references /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, John}}

{{S-start}} {{S-dip}} {{S-bef |before=Leonard Allinson}} {{S-ttl |title=High Commissioner to Zambia |years=1980-1984}} {{S-aft |after=William White}} {{S-bef |before=Leonard Allinson}} {{S-ttl |title=High Commissioner to Kenya |years=1986-1990}} {{S-aft |after=Roger Tomkys}} {{S-end}}

Category:1930 births Category:2018 deaths Category:People educated at Manchester Grammar School Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Category:Members of HM Diplomatic Service Category:Colonial Service officers Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Kenya Category:High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Zambia Category:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society Category:British academic administrators