# Mark Pellew

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'''Mark Edward Pellew''' [CVO](/source/Commander_of_the_Royal_Victorian_Order) (born 28 August 1942), a British diplomat, was [Her Britannic Majesty](/source/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom)'s [Ambassador to the Holy See](/source/British_Ambassadors_to_the_Holy_See) 1998–2002.<ref>[http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FDOHP%2085 British Diplomatic Oral History Programme interview], Churchill College, Cambridge</ref>

Pellew was educated at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College)<ref>Maclure, P. S. W. K.; Stevens, R. P. ''Winchester College, A Register''. Winchester College, 2014. p. 333</ref> and [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford). He joined the [Foreign Office](/source/Foreign_Office) in 1965.<ref name=WW/> He was [1st Secretary](/source/1st_Secretary) in [Rome](/source/Rome) 1976–1980, and Assistant Head of the Personnel Operations Department 1981–1983. He was seconded to [Hambros Bank](/source/Hambros_Bank) (1989–1991), and served as a [Counsellor](/source/Consul_(representative)) in [Washington](/source/Washington%2C_D.C.) (1983–1989). He was Head of the North American Department at the [Foreign and Commonwealth Office](/source/Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Office) (1991–1996).<ref name="WW">[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U30474 PELLEW, Mark Edward], ''Who's Who 2015'', A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014</ref>

After leaving the [Diplomatic Service](/source/Diplomatic_Service) he was Chief Executive to the [Secretary-General](/source/Secretary-General) of the [Anglican Consultative Council](/source/Anglican_Consultative_Council) 2002–05.<ref name=WW/>

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