# Patrick Hancock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patrick_Hancock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Patrick_Hancock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hancock > Source revision: 1306080739 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British diplomat}} {{Use British English|date=November 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} '''Sir Patrick Francis Hancock''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GCMG}} (25 June 1914 – 1 February 1980) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Israel, Norway and Italy. ==Career== Patrick Francis Hancock was educated at [Winchester College](/source/Winchester_College) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge). He joined the [Diplomatic Service](/source/Her_Majesty's_Diplomatic_Service) in 1937 and was appointed Third Secretary in the [Foreign Office](/source/Foreign_Office). On 10 January 1940, he was transferred to the British embassy in [The Hague](/source/The_Hague), but was recalled on 14 May following the German invasion of the [Netherlands](/source/Netherlands).{{Cite book|title = Foreign Office Personnel List|year = 1957|location = The National Archives, London}} Upon Hancock's return to London, he was seconded to the Ministry of Economic Warfare as Private Secretary to the Minister, [Hugh Dalton](/source/Hugh_Dalton). According to [John Colville](/source/Jock_Colville)'s diaries, Hancock found Dalton 'brilliant but unlovable'.{{Cite book|title = The Fringes of Power: Downing Street Diaries 1939-1955|last = Colville|first = John|publisher = Hodder and Stoughton|year = 1985|isbn = 0393022234|location = London|pages = [https://archive.org/details/fringesofpower1000colv/page/255 255]|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/fringesofpower1000colv/page/255}} He returned to the Foreign Office on 12 January 1942 and was promoted to Second Secretary in October of the same year. On 28 May 1943 Hancock was transferred to the [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad) embassy and remained there until 16 July 1945, when he was recalled to London. In November 1948 Hancock was sent to the [Brussels](/source/Brussels) embassy and became ''chargé d'affaires'' there in 1949. He was recalled to the Foreign Office on 9 July 1951, and on 16 May 1953 was made Head of the Central Department. He was appointed private secretary to the [Foreign Secretary](/source/Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs) on 1 September 1955, and remained in this post until 15 October 1956, when he was appointed Head of the Western Department. Hancock was [ambassador](/source/ambassador) to Israel 1959–62,[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/41878/supplements/7458 The London Gazette, 24 November 1959] and then to [Norway](/source/Norway) 1963–65.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/42950/pages/2609 The London Gazette, 22 March 1963] In 1965 he was transferred back to London and promoted to Assistant Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office, and then promoted again in 1968 to Deputy Under-Secretary. Following this, Hancock was sent to Rome and served as ambassador to [Italy](/source/Italy) 1969–74.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44957/pages/10482 The London Gazette, 14 October 1969] ==Later and private life== Hancock retired from the Diplomatic Service in 1974 and was secretary of the [Pilgrim Trust](/source/Pilgrim_Trust) from 1975 until his death.Sir Henry Fisher, [http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS288196180&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir Patrick Hancock], ''The Times'', London, 20 February 1980, page 17 Hancock married Beatrice Mangeot (née Huckell) in 1947. They had one son and one daughter. ==Honours== Hancock was appointed [CMG](/source/Companion_of_the_Order_of_St_Michael_and_St_George) in 1956,[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/40669/supplements/5 Supplement to the London Gazette, 2 January 1956] knighted KCMG in 1969[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/44863/supplements/5964 Supplement to the London Gazette, 14 June 1969] and raised to GCMG in 1974 on his retirement.[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/46310/supplements/6795 Supplement to the London Gazette, 15 June 1974] ==References== {{reflist}} ==Notes== {{Refbegin}} *[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U155269 HANCOCK, Sir Patrick], ''Who Was Who'', A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 *[http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS238257730&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0 Sir Patrick Hancock] (obituary), ''The Times'', London, 2 February 1980, page 14 {{refend}} {{S-start}} {{S-dip}} {{S-bef |before=[Sir Anthony Rumbold](/source/Sir_Anthony_Rumbold%2C_10th_Baronet)}} {{S-ttl |title=[Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary](/source/Principal_Private_Secretary_to_the_Secretary_of_State_for_Foreign_and_Commonwealth_Affairs) |years=1955–1956}} {{S-aft |after=[Sir Denis Laskey](/source/Denis_Laskey)}} {{S-bef |before=[Sir Francis Rundall](/source/Francis_Rundall)}} {{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Tel Aviv](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Israel) |years=1959–1962}} {{S-aft |after=[John Beith](/source/John_Beith)}} {{S-bef |before=[Sir John Walker](/source/John_Walker_(diplomat))}} {{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Oslo](/source/List_of_diplomats_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Norway) |years=1963–1965}} {{S-aft |after=[Sir Ian Scott](/source/Ian_Dixon_Scott)}} {{S-bef |before=[Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh](/source/Evelyn_Shuckburgh)}} {{S-ttl |title=[Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary at Rome](/source/List_of_Ambassadors_of_the_United_Kingdom_to_Italy) |years=1969–1974}} {{S-aft |after=[Sir Guy Millard](/source/Guy_Millard)}} {{S-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hancock, Patrick Francis}} Category:1914 births Category:1980 deaths Category:People educated at Winchester College Category:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Category:Principal private secretaries to the secretary of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Israel Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Italy Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Patrick Hancock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hancock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Hancock?action=history)). 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